William Hill Lincoln |
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| Heritage Handicap, Doncaster £100,000 added, 4yo plus, 1m, Class 2 |
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| Saturday 29th March 2014 | |
1 Ocean Tempest 20/1
2 Tullius 7/1JF
3 Robert The Painter 25/1
4
Sweet Lightning 11/1
NR: Bronze Angel (IRE), Burano (IRE), Captain Cat (IRE), Norse Blues, One Word More (IRE)
17 ran Distances: 1¾l, ½l, nse
TIME 1m 40.17s (slow by 3.37s)
Ocean Tempest, fresh from a spell in Dubai, ran out a shock 20-1 winner of the turf Flat season's first big race, the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster.
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The five-year-old grey, trained by John Ryan in Newmarket, won on his last three starts in the UK at the back-end of last season but has had six runs at Meydan this year without making much impact.
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Ryan said: "We ran him in the consolation race last year, but he wasn't ready. This was always his aim. He paid his way in Dubai but we thought he was a bit high in the weights for this, but we knew this ground was his thing. I couldn't believe how good it was when I walked it.
"My father (former trainer Mick) landed plenty of touches in big races, but he said we'd done it the wrong way round by laying one out for a race by getting it to the top of the handicap.
"It's been a dream to win a big race like this. We're a small stable, we have 20 horses in training, we always average more than that in winners. We backed him. I was confident because I thought he was relatively fresh, which might sound stupid.
"His lead horse (Tenor) won at 20-1 at Lingfield on Friday, which gave us even more confidence."
Kirby added: "He's a perfect little horse for the job and he loved the ground. When I asked him, he dug deep. I'm chuffed to bits with him. He's a decent horse on his day."
William Hill Lincoln (Heritage Handicap)
£100,000 added, 4yo plus, 1m, Class 2
17 ran
Going: Soft
| Horse Trainer |
Jockey Weight |
SP Distance |
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| 1 |
Ocean Tempest J Ryan |
A Kirby 9st 3lbs |
20 - 1 Winner |
| 2 |
Tullius A M Balding |
Oisin Murphy 9st 10lbs |
7 - 1 1 3/4 length |
| 3 |
Robert The Painter D O'Meara |
Julie Burke 8st 10lbs |
25 - 1 1/2 length |
| 4 |
Sweet Lightning D O'Meara |
D Tudhope 8st 13lbs |
11 - 1 Nose |
| 5 |
Off Art T D Easterby |
D Allan 8st 8lbs |
7 - 1 1/2 length |
| 6 |
Gabrial's Kaka R A Fahey |
T Hamilton 8st 10lbs |
8 - 1 2 1/4 lengths |
| 7 |
Jack's Revenge George Baker |
D Sweeney 8st 10lbs |
16 - 1 Head |
| 8 |
Tres Coronas T D Barron |
G Gibbons 8st 11lbs |
16 - 1 Neck |
| 9 |
Spa's Dancer J M P Eustace |
Ryan Tate 8st 12lbs |
25 - 1 3/4 length |
| 10 |
Hi There R A Fahey |
George Chaloner 8st 13lbs |
16 - 1 1 length |
| 11 |
Whispering Warrior D M Simcock |
R Winston 8st 11lbs |
11 - 1 5 lengths |
| 12 |
Balty Boys B Ellison |
D Swift 8st 10lbs |
25 - 1 2 1/4 lengths |
| 13 |
Consign J Noseda |
G Lee 8st 10lbs |
10 - 1 2 1/2 lengths |
| 14 |
Unsinkable Jonjo O'Neill |
Jason Hart 8st 10lbs |
25 - 1 1 3/4 length |
| 15 |
Levitate J J Quinn |
Joe Doyle 9st 7lbs |
9 - 1 1 1/4 length |
| 16 |
Mezzotint S C Williams |
P Mulrennan 9st 0lbs |
33 - 1 8 lengths |
| 17 |
Chookie Royale K Dalgleish |
T Eaves 9st 13lbs |
22 - 1 19 lengths |
| NR |
One Word More C Hills |
T P Queally 8st 12lbs |
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| NR |
Burano B J Meehan |
J Fortune 9st 1lbs |
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| NR |
Captain Cat R Charlton |
Non Runner 9st 0lbs |
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Bronze Angel M P Tregoning |
Non Runner 8st 11lbs |
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| NR |
Norse Blues T D Barron |
Non Runner 8st 10lbs |
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