13 Sep 2008 16:15 Doncaster
Winner: £20,000 (Penalty: £12,952); Distance: 1m 4f; Class: 2; Eligibility: 3YO plus; Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places).
Keepmoat Handicap
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 7(14) |   | - | Magicalmysterytour (IRE) (Colt, bay, 8 11) | 0/73271- / 22 | Flat (393) | E Ahern | W J Musson Broughton Thermal… | 25/1 | |
| held up, headway 6f out, led over 2f out, hung left and stayed on strongly over 1f out | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 9(7) |   | 2 L | Tastahil (IRE) (Colt, chestnut, 8 11) | 16/0-223 / 7 | Flat (19) | R Hills | B W Hills Mr Hamdan Al Maktoum | 7/1 | |
| held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased winner final furlong, no impression | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 10(4) |   | 1½ L | Walking Talking (GB) (Colt, bay, 8 11) | 2/713- / 5 | Flat (450) | J Quinn | H R A Cecil Mr K Abdulla | 9/1 | |
| held up, ridden over 5f out, stayed on to take 3rd towards finish | ||||||||||
| 4th | 2(3) |   | ½ L | New Guinea (GB) (Gelding, bay, 9 6) | 5-43437 / 5 | Flat (14) | L Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin | 8/1 | |
| chased leaders, onepace final 2f | ||||||||||
| 5th | 15(12) |   | ½ L | Meshtri (IRE) (Colt, chestnut, 8 2) | 2129 / 4 | Flat (12) | David Probert | M A Jarvis Sheikh Ahmed Al… | 6/1 | |
| held up, effort on outside 4f out, wandered badly well over 3f out, stayed on from over 1f out | ||||||||||
| 6th | 13(10) |   | 4 L | Dr Faustus (IRE) (Colt, grey, 8 9) | 21-1900 / 3 | Flat (44) | R L Moore | Sir Michael Stoute Gainsborough | 13/2 | |
| led for 2f, remained close up, led again over 3f out, headed over 2f out, one pace | ||||||||||
| 7th | 3(6) |   | 1 L | Ladies Best (GB) (Colt, bay, 9 4) | 20-5820 / 8 | Flat (48) | Dane O'Neill | L M Cumani Mr Peter Luigi… | 14/1 | |
| held up in touch, one pace from over 2f out | ||||||||||
| 8th | 8(9) |   | NK | Lost Soldier Three (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 8 11) | 9863-05 / 13 | Flat (83) | Adrian Nicholls | D Nicholls Fx Belvisi | 50/1 | |
| held up behind, kept on 3f out, no impression | ||||||||||
| 9th | 5(5) |   | 2 L | Greek Envoy (GB) (Gelding, brown, 9 1) | 01-4050 / 5 | Flat (35) | Tony Culhane | T P Tate Mr T P Tate | 20/1 | |
| held up in touch, weakened over 2f out | ||||||||||
| 10th | 6(8) |   | 7 L | Players Please (USA) (Colt, chestnut, 8 11) | 000740 / 6 | Flat (22) | Greg Fairley | Charlie & Mark Johnston Staverton Owners… | 16/1 | |
| with leader, lost place 3f out | ||||||||||
| 11th | 11(1) |   | 2¾ L | Come On Jonny (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 8 11) | 0/49920 / 7 | Flat (64) | M Dwyer | R M Beckett Mr A E Frost | 14/1 | |
| led after 2f, headed over 3f out, weakened 2f out | ||||||||||
| 12th | 1(15) |   | ½ L | Group Captain (GB) (Gelding, bay, 9 11) | 96109-5 / 9 | Flat (77) | A Hamblett | H J Collingridge Mlle M Plat | 25/1 | |
| held up, effort on wide outside over 4f out , lost place over 3f out | ||||||||||
| 13th | 14(11) |   | 28 L | Moonquake (USA) (Colt, bay, 8 3) | 6213 / 4 | Flat (86) | P Hanagan | J & T Gosden H R H Princess… | 6/1 | |
| in touch, lost place over 3f out | ||||||||||
| 14th | 4(13) |   | 14 L | Milne Graden (GB) (Colt, bay, 9 2) | 11-160 / 4 | Flat (22) | J P Spencer | J Noseda Mrs Susan Roy | 10/1 | |
| slowly into stride, pushed along in rear, never dangerous | ||||||||||
| 12(2) |   | - | Rosbay (IRE) (Colt, bay, 8 11) | 205333 / 7 | Flat (38) | D Allan | T D Easterby Richard Taylor… | |||
