Betway Lincoln |
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| Heritage Handicap Doncaster £100,000 added, 4yo plus, 1m, Class 2  |
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| Saturday 2nd April 2016 | |
1 Secret Brief 12/1
2 Bravo Zolo 12/1
3 Battle Of Marathon 50/1
4 Birdman 14/1
5 Man Of Harlech 10/1
22 ran Distances: nk, ½l, ¾l
TIME 1m 46.25s (slow by 10.25s)
Charlie Appleby's Secret Brief fit from Dubai, sticks his neck out to win on heavy ground for Godolphin
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Secret Brief came with a rattling run inside the final furlong to claim the Betway Lincoln at Doncaster.
Wearing the Godolphin colours, the four-year-old responded to William Buick's urgings to win the first big handicap of the new turf season for trainer Charlie Appleby.
Secret Brief (12-1), who had a spell in Dubai during the winter, got the better of a terrific duel with Ryan Moore on Bravo Zolo to prevail by a neck.
Battle Of Marathon came out of the pack to claim third place, another half a length away, with Birdman staying on strongly for fourth.
Buick said: "It's a great race to win. I've got to give credit to the whole team at home - they've done a fantastic job with him so thanks to them.
"His last run in Dubai was good and we are just getting to know him.
"I think he'll improve for a better surface."
John Ferguson, Godolphin's chief executive and racing manager, said: "It's a lovely start for everybody in the team.
"This is a horse that has been trained in Dubai in the winter, so a perfect preparation from the sunshine of Dubai to heavy ground in Doncaster.
"He's handled it really well and I was just impressed the way he travelled in the race.
"We thought he'd go with a bit of cut in the ground. This was a different proposition but he's genuine and really tries.
"He stuck his neck out."
Ferguson continued: "He's tough and genuine, which is what you want in this ground. Charlie has done a great job with him.
"What we want is our horses to reach their potential, which they haven't been doing, and this is a great start.
"We'll have to see what the handicapper does on Tuesday before we make a plan."
Betway Lincoln (Heritage Handicap)
£100,000 added, 4yo plus, 1m, Class 2
22 ran
Going: Soft, Heavy in places
| Pos | Dr | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | (22) | Secret Brief (IRE) 12/1 | W Buick 9-4 |
C Appleby | 4 | |
| 2nd | (2) | nk | Bravo Zolo (IRE) (ex5) 12/1 | R L Moore 9-5 |
J Noseda | 4 |
| 3rd | (18) | ½ | Battle Of Marathon (USA) 50/1 | A Kirby 9-6 |
J Ryan | 4 |
| 4th | (21) | ¾ | Birdman (IRE) 14/1 | Josh Doyle (5) 9-8 |
D O'Meara | 6 |
| 5th | (3) | 3¾ | Man Of Harlech 10/1 | Oisin Murphy 9-4 |
A M Balding | 5 |
| 6th | (20) | hd | Emell 66/1 | K T O'Neill 9-9 |
R Hannon | 6 |
| 7th | (7) | 2 | Express Himself (IRE) 12/1 | Jim Crowley 9-5 |
E S McMahon | 5 |
| 8th | (8) | 2 | Farlow (IRE) 18/1 | Sammy Jo Bell (3) 9-6 |
R A Fahey | 8 |
| 9th | (13) | s.h | Storm Rock 10/1 | David Probert 9-4 |
H J L Dunlop | 4 |
| 10th | (19) | s.h | You're Fired (IRE) 16/1 | D C Costello 9-6 |
K R Burke | 5 |
| 11th | (15) | 2¾ | Mutarakez (IRE) 7/1 | P Hanagan 9-5 |
B J Meehan | 4 |
| 12th | (9) | 4 | Beach Bar (IRE) 25/1 | P J Dobbs 9-3 |
B G Powell | 5 |
| 13th | (16) | 1½ | Fire Ship 25/1 | G Lee 9-2 |
W J Knight | 7 |
| 14th | (11) | 1¾ | Ocean Tempest 16/1 | L Dettori 9-3 |
J Ryan | 7 |
| 15th | (17) | 4 | Rene Mathis (GER) 25/1 | D Nolan 9-8 |
R A Fahey | 6 |
| 16th | (4) | 9 | Heaven's Guest (IRE) 25/1 | Adam J McNamara (7) 9-10 |
R A Fahey | 6 |
| 17th | (1) | 15 | Stipulate 50/1 | B A Curtis 9-6 |
B Ellison | 7 |
| 18th | (10) | 4½ | Udododontu (IRE) 11/2f | James Doyle 9-6 |
S bin Suroor | 4 |
| 19th | (6) | 8 | Lord Of The Land (IRE) 6/1 | D Tudhope 9-6 |
D O'Meara | 5 |
| 20th | (14) | 1½ | Ingleby Angel (IRE) 66/1 | P Makin 9-2 |
C J Teague | 7 |
| 21st | (5) | 9 | Lat Hawill (IRE) 66/1 | Daniel Muscutt (3) 9-5 |
M Botti | 5 |
| 22nd | (12) | 1 | Sirius Prospect (USA) 33/1 | R Winston 9-5 |
D K Ivory | 8 |
