Full Results
13:45 York
Sky Bet Melrose Handicap (Class 2)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 1m 6f
- Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
- Surface: Turf
- £65,000 added
- Winner: £42,094
- 2nd: £12,526
- 3rd: £6,260
- 4th: £3,126
- Form 734115
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Official Rating 84
keen tracked leaders, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, swerved right and headed over 1f out, rallied to lead near finish
Tactician
29- Form 24-182
- Age 3
- Weight 8-3
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey Martin Lane
dwelt, held up, headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, left in lead when winner swerved over 1f out, headed near finish
- Form 1-01617
- Age 3
- Weight 8-3
- Official Rating 86
towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase winner 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on same pace
- Form 213171
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey R Mullen
towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden and stayed on same pace final 2f
- Form 47611
- Age 3
- Weight 8-0
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey Louis Beuzelin
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 661-431
- Age 3
- Weight 8-0
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
dwelt, held up, headway to join leaders over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened and hung left over 1f out
- Form 122105
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
raced wide, in touch, chased leader 4f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
Desert Sage
33- Form 2-417
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 92
- Trainer R M Beckett
- Jockey Jim Crowley
held up, ridden and headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Grey Bunting
23- Form 4-21230
- Age 3
- Weight 8-0
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey David Probert
raced wide, mid-division, ridden over 4f out, weakened 3f out
- Form 113212
- Age 3
- Weight 8-3
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey S De Sousa
tracked leaders, led 4f out, soon headed, weakened over 2f out
- Form 331164
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer Pat Eddery
- Jockey Richard Hughes
always in rear
- Form 3-11549
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey E Ahern
held up, lost place 5f out
- Form 5-3135
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 104
- Trainer Sir H R A Cecil
- Jockey T P Queally
in touch, ridden over 4f out, weakened 3f out
- Form 314121
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 102
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey L Dettori
raced wide, held up, weakened 3f out
- Form 00-1411
- Age 3
- Weight 8-1
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer Mrs A J Perrett
- Jockey P Hanagan
led, headed 4f out, soon weakened
- Form 23-2217
- Age 3
- Weight 8-0
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey J F McDonald
tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
Betting breakdown
- Tote Win: £10.10Tote Place: £3.00,£5.70,£6.40,£2.00
- Straight Forecast: £168.56Exacta: £297.50Trifecta: £0.00Swingers: 1&2:£44.70 2&3:£92.60 1&3:£55.50
- Placepot: £287.50Pool: £288,624.70,732.65 winning tickets
- Quadpot: £83Pool: £12,691.56,113.14 winning tickets