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| Heritage Handicap, Newmarket 15:40 £160,000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 1f, Class 2  |
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| Saturday 28th September 2019 | |
1 Lord North 9/2F
2 Beringer 16/1
3
Good Birthday 9/1
4
Mordin 12/1
5
Majestic Dawn 8/1
30 ran NR: Bedouin's Story, Isomer, Mordred, Torcello, Zzoro
Distances: ¾l, 4l, ¾l
"Beringers lead is dwindling by the stride!"
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) September 28, 2019
Lord North runs down Beringer to give Dettori victory at Newmarket 🏆#ITVracing pic.twitter.com/7Qw4Rm04Lq
The John Gosden-trained Lord North came from way off the pace to beat his 29 rivals in convincing fashion in the nine-furlong cavalry charge, after just four previous races.
It was the same trainer/jockey combination that were successful with Wissahickon last year.
Sent off the 9-2 favourite after being available at 10-1 in the morning, Lord North was towards the rear of the near-side group in the early stages, where Majestic Dawn was to the fore.
Beringer, who helped make the running on the far side, kicked for home some way out, but he was steadily reeled in by the always-confident Dettori on Lord North, who ultimately won cosily, by three-quarters of a length.
The pair pulled four lengths clear of Good Birthday in third, with Mordin – runner-up in this race months ago – three-quarters of a length away in fourth.
Dettori said: “He was a little bit on and off the bridle, but once I got daylight he came alive and just took off. I was just laughing at the end, but at my age you have to enjoy yourself.
“I had to be patient and wait for my gaps – but wow, he had plenty left.
“He has got very little mileage, he was a bit of a boy in his younger days but he is learning and maturing into a proper racehorse. He only had 8st 10lb, so we will see if he can be a Group horse.”
Gosden said: “I think it will be the same as the horse (Wissahickon) last year and we might look towards the all-weather races. There are nice Listed races and then of course there is the Winter Derby route for him.
“We are looking towards that very good programme we have into December and into the beginning of the year. I thought this was a potential Group horse earlier in the year and then he decided on how he was going to conduct himself.
“He is a much happier horse now than he was (having been gelded). He was loaded into late into the stalls as he is not the kind of horse to have in the stalls for a long time, as he has no patience.
“He won smoothly, but Beringer ran a great race in second.”
Alan King said of the runner-up: “I’m thrilled with him, obviously. It’s the handiest he has been in a race, but he travelled well. When he went two or three clear at the furlong pole, I got very excited.
“He has run a massive race. I was worried I had jarred him up at York, but he seemed fine today. I do want to go jumping now, but he might have one more run on the Flat.
“He has already schooled over hurdles.”
bet365 Cambridgeshire
£160,000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 1f, Class 2
30 ran
Going:
Good
1 (29) Lord North 3 8-10 John Gosden Frankie Dettori 9/2F
2 (15) ¾ Beringer 4 9-0 Alan King Thore Hammer Hansen 16/1
3 (32) 4 Good Birthday 3 8-10 Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy 9/1
4 (28) ¾ Mordin 5 9-7 Simon Crisford Marco Ghiani 12/1
5 (20) shd Majestic Dawn 3 8-1 Paul Cole David Egan 8/1
6 (9) ¾ Dark Vision 3 8-13 Mark Johnston William Buick 20/1
7 (7) 1¼ Jazeel 4 9-0 Jedd O'Keeffe Jamie Spencer 14/1
8 (2) shd Fifth Position 3 8-12 Roger Varian Andrea Atzeni 10/1
9 (6) hd Alternative Fact 4 8-5 Ed Dunlop Josephine Gordon 50/1
10 (16) 1¾ Badenscoth 5 8-9 Dean Ivory Joey Haynes 100/1
11 (31) ¾ You're Hired 6 8-4 Amanda Perrett Martin Dwyer 33/1
12 (34) nk Nicholas T 7 8-13 Jim Goldie Ben Robinson 25/1
13 (1) ¾ Al Jellaby 2 5 4 8-4 Clive Cox William Cox 40/1
14 (30) ½ Baltic Baron 4 9-1 David O'Meara Daniel Tudhope 28/1
15 (26) 1¼ Dubai Horizon 5 9-10 Saeed bin Suroor Cieren Fallon 25/1
16 (14) ½ History Writer 4 8-12 David Menuisier P J McDonald 50/1
17 (3) ¾ Le Don De Vie 3 8-13 Hughie Morrison Ryan Moore 15/2
18 (2) nk Afaak 5 9-10 Charles Hills Jim Crowley 20/1
19 (23) ½ Petrus 4 9-2 Brian Meehan Tom Marquand 40/1
20 (22) ¾ Korcho 3 8-3 Hughie Morrison Nicola Currie 16/1
21 (3) ½ Cockalorum 4 8-4 Roger Fell Ben Curtis 50/1
22 (21) 1 Smile A Mile 3 8-6 Mark Johnston Andrew Breslin 100/1
23 (4) 1 Zhui Feng 6 9-1 Amanda Perrett Pat Dobbs 50/1
24 (5) 1¾ Queen Of Time 5 9-0 Henry Candy Harry Bentley 50/1
25 (27) nk Mulligatawny 6 8-4 Roger Fell Gabriele Malune 100/1
26 (8) hd Another Touch 6 8-11 Richard Fahey Tony Hamilton 20/1
27 (17) 2 Music Seeker 5 8-0 Declan Carroll Noel Garbutt 100/1
28 (19) ¾ Little Jo 5 8-0 Brian Ellison Kieran Schofield 25/1
29 (25) 1¼ Fajjaj 4 9-8 Hugo Palmer James Doyle 50/1
30 (11) 1½ Chance 3 8-1 Simon Crisford Ryan Powell 33/1
NR 5 (12) Bedouin's Story 4 9-4 Saeed bin Suroor NON RUNNER
NR 33 (18) Zzoro 6 8-0 4ex Amanda Perrett NON RUNNER
NR 34 (13) Isomer 5 8-0 Andrew Balding NON RUNNER
NR (10) Torcello 42 C 5 8-0 Shaun Lycett NON-RUNNER
NR (35) Mordred 7 3 8-0 Richard Hannon 49 NON-RUNNER
