16:40 Salisbury

Wednesday 28 June 2023

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:10

Showcasing Standing At Whitsbury Manor Bibury Cup Handicap

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 2m 34.2s

1^st

(1)

Galactic Jack

39-9

12/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Harry Davies (3)

Raced keenly tracking leader, led 10f out, hung badly left home turn, soon straightened, hung badly left again and ended on near side rail over 2f out, stayed on well op 11/1 tchd 14/1

2^nd

(5)

Nader King

39-5

9/2

T: Sir Michael StouteJ: R Kingscote

Held up off the pace in 5th, headway chasing leaders under pressure over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, never going pace to challenge tchd 4/1

3^rd

(8)

Gozo

39-2

9/1

T: B BrookhouseJ: J Mitchell

Held up in rear, headway and switched left over 2f out, ridden and went 3rd towards finish, no chance with leading duo op 17/2 tchd 8/1

4^th

(3)

Baltic Voyage

39-3

7/2

T: R M BeckettJ: Rossa Ryan

Tracked leaders and keenly, left in 3rd place home turn, went 2nd inside final 3f, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, no impression when lost 3rd towards finish op 4/1 tchd 9/2

5^th

(4)

Maasai Mara

39-8

9/4f

T: J & T GosdenJ: Oisin Murphy

Awkwardly away, off the pace in last trio, closer in 4th place 4f out, disputing modest 2nd 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened towards finish op 2/1

6^th

(7)

Raintown

38-12

28/1

T: J S MooreJ: Charles Bishop

Raced keenly, steadied start, held up in last pair, headway tracking leaders over 2f out, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 18/1

7^th

(6)

Enochdhu

39-1

9/1

T: J G PortmanJ: Rhys Clutterbuck

Tracked leaders, left in 3rd place home turn, ridden and weakened quickly inside final 2f op 12/1

8^th

(2)

Krona

38-11

13/2

T: C JohnstonJ: Jim Crowley

Led for 2f, tracked leader, carried badly left and lost position home turn, not recover op 7/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£13.30Pl:£3.10, £1.90, £2.40EX:£80.10Trifecta:£644.80Tricast:£517.04SF:£65.80Swingers:£11.50, £13.90, £6.20

Forecasts

Maasai Mara (9/4), Baltic Voyage (7/2), Nader King (9/2), Krona (13/2), Gozo (9/1), Enochdhu (9/1), Galactic Jack (12/1), Raintown (28/1)

A competitive 3-y-o handicap, with the bottom-weight KRONA fancied to land the hat-trick after completing a quickfire double on AW in February. Gozo took a significant step forward on his handicap debut at Haydock last time and is feared most, with Nader King also open to progress stepped up further in trip.

KRONA
GOZO (IRE)
NADER KING (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

First Officer

Weight: 9-3 |Age: 3

J: Andrea Atzeni | T: R Varian

11/10

Prize Money

1st: £12,885.002nd: £6,042.003rd: £3,022.004th: £1,510.005th: £755.006th: £378.00

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