14 Aug 2009 16:55 Newcastle
Winner: £3,400 (Penalty: £2,202); Distance: 6f; Class: 6; Eligibility: 3YO plus; Going: Good to Firm (Firm in places).
David Bentley Is The Big 40 Handicap
| Place | No (Draw) | Silks | Beaten Distance | Horse | Form/Age | Last Run | Jockey | Trainer/Owner | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1(3) |   | - | Dark Moment (GB) (Colt, grey, 9 9) | 60-1P41 / 19 | Flat (3) | F Tylicki | A Dickman Construction Crew… | 5/1 | |
| tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead narrowly inside final furlong, just held on | ||||||||||
| 2nd | 9(1) |   | NS | Averoo (GB) (Gelding, brown, 9 0) | 9-70009 / 5 | Flat (64) | Neil Brown | M D Squance Miss K Squance | 13/2 | |
| held up, headway over 1f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, just failed | ||||||||||
| 3rd | 2(5) |   | NK | Ryedane (IRE) (Gelding, bay, 9 8) | 613375 / 11 | Flat (10) | D Allan | T D Easterby Habton Farms | 7/1 | |
| led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on | ||||||||||
| 4th | 12(12) |   | 1¼ L | Cheery Cat (USA) (Gelding, bay, 8 12) | 847705 / 8 | Flat (39) | Kelly Harrison | J Balding The Cataractonium… | 7/1 | |
| chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong | ||||||||||
| 5th | 5(2) |   | SHD | Greek Secret (GB) (Gelding, bay, 9 6) | 9-60910 / 8 | Flat (16) | J D O'Reilly | J O'Reilly The Boot & Shoe… | 16/1 | |
| tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong | ||||||||||
| 6th | 3(7) |   | ¾ L | Ace of Spies (IRE) (Colt, brown, 9 7) | 212860 / 8 | Flat (65), Jump (204) | S De Sousa | G A Harker Miss M E Rowland | 5/1 | |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong | ||||||||||
| 7th | 8(8) |   | ¾ L | Elkhorn (GB) (Gelding, bay, 9 1) | 803452 / 8 | Flat (5) | P Makin | Miss J A Camacho Lee Bolingbroke… | 5/2 | |
| tracked leaders, out paced 2f out, ridden and no impression from over 1f out | ||||||||||
| 8th | 11(4) |   | 2¾ L | Bright Falcon (GB) (Colt, chestnut, 8 13) | 007091 / 4 | Flat (58), Jump (179) | L Betts | J Balding J David Abell &… | 14/1 | |
| raced alone far side, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out | ||||||||||
| 9th | 7(9) |   | ¾ L | Lujiana (GB) (Filly, bay, 9 4) | 15488-8 / 7 | Flat (14) | Mr J Cavanagh | M Brittain Mr Mel Brittain | 33/1 | |
| behind, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous | ||||||||||
| 10th | 13(6) |   | 8 L | Fulford (GB) (Gelding, chestnut, 8 12) | 0-77079 / 6 | Flat (14) | A Elliott | M Brittain Mr Mel Brittain | 28/1 | |
| slowly intro stride, early reminders, behind, ridden over 2f out, never on terms | ||||||||||
| 10(10) |   | - | Distant Vision (IRE) (Filly, brown, 8 13) | 378428 / 8 | Flat (5) | Jamie Kyne | H A McWilliams Mr J D Riches | |||
| 6(13) |   | - | Poppy's Rose (GB) (Filly, bay, 9 6) | 072334 / 6 | Flat (21) | P Mathers | I W McInnes Mrs Ann Morris | |||
| 4(11) |   | - | Prospect Court (GB) (Gelding, chestnut, 9 6) | 86-8989 / 7 | Flat (19) | D Heslop | A C Whillans Mrs L M Whillans | |||
