15:00 Sandown

Saturday 2 September 2023

All13:5014:2515:0015:3816:1016:4517:20

Virgin Bet Handicap

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 2m 9.47s

1^st

(10)

Dual Identity

58-12

9/2

T: W J KnightJ: Marco Ghiani

Raced wide off the pace in mid-division, good headway out wide over 2f out, led 2f out, 4 lengths ahead over 1f out, stayed on strongly op 4/1 tchd 5/1

2^nd

4 ½

(6)

Certain Lad

79-12

22/1

T: J ChannonJ: George Bass (3)

Sweating and edgy, prominent early, soon steadied off the pace in mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden in 4th inside final 2f, stayed on into 2nd close home, no chance with winner op 18/1

3^rd

(7)

Stay Well

59-4

14/1

T: H MorrisonJ: Oisin Murphy

Held up off the pace towards rear, headway out wide 2f out, went 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner and lost 2nd close home op 12/1

4^th

(14)

Eagle's Way

49-10

8/1

T: Sir Mark PrescottJ: S W Kelly

Pushed along to go prominent out wide, led after 1f until 8f out, chased leader, led again over 2f out until entering final 2f, soon no chance with winner, weakened and lost two places towards finish op 9/1

5^th

4 ¼

(5)

Dashing Roger

68-10

40/1

T: W StoneJ: Benoit D L Sayette

Off the pace towards rear, switched right and plugged on in remote 5th over 1f out op 25/1

6^th

2 ¼

(8)

Gaassee

59-10

11/2

T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand

Slowly into stride, off the pace towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never involved op 5/1 tchd 9/2

7^th

1 ½

(3)

Great Max

49-3

40/1

T: M L W BellJ: K Stott

Slowly into stride, held up off the pace in rear, some late headway out wide, never involved tchd 33/1

8^th

2 ¼

(1)

Andaleep

79-4

14/1

T: D & C KublerJ: R Kingscote

Off the pace in mid-division on inside, weakened inside final 2f tchd 16/1

9^th

nse

(12)

Educator

49-2

9/1

T: W J HaggasJ: R L Moore

Prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened inside final 2f op 8/1

10^th

(9)

Skysail

38-7

22/1

T: M P TregoningJ: T E Whelan

Held up off the pace towards rear, ridden out wide 2f out, never involved op 25/1 tchd 28/1

11^th

(11)

Lord Protector

59-9

10/3f

T: R M BeckettJ: Rossa Ryan

Raced keenly, off the pace in 4th, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f op 4/1

12^th

(2)

Groundbreaker

49-8

14/1

T: A M BaldingJ: Jason Watson

Slowly into stride, off the pace in last pair, never a factor op 18/1

13^th

5 ½

(13)

Baltic Voyage

38-5

12/1

T: R M BeckettJ: J F Egan

Pushed along leaving stalls to soon go prominent out wide, led f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened rapidly, soon behind and eased inside final 2f op 14/1

14^th

(4)

Kitsune Power

49-1

25/1

T: R VarianJ: James Doyle

Never closer than mid-division on inside, pushed along turning in, soon lost place and in rear tailed off and eased inside final 2f tchd 22/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.50Pl:£2.00, £6.60, £4.50EX:£123.80Trifecta:£2,298.20Tricast:£1,301.85SF:£109.71Swingers:£26.60, £15.20, £39.80

Forecasts

Lord Protector (10/3), Dual Identity (9/2), Gaassee (11/2), Eagle's Way (8/1), Educator (9/1), Baltic Voyage (12/1), Stay Well (14/1), Andaleep (14/1), Groundbreaker (14/1), Certain Lad (22/1), Skysail (22/1), Kitsune Power (25/1), Dashing Roger (40/1), Great Max (40/1)

A chance is taken on DUAL IDENTITY who was runner-up in this race off a similar mark last year and is probably in better form than his finishing positions at Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood might suggest. Lord Protector has 2 wins and a close second to show for his 3 previous outings over C&D so he's an obvious threat for in-form Ralph Beckett. Gaassee and Eagle's Way, assuming stall 14 isn't too much of an inconvenience, are others to consider.

DUAL IDENTITY (IRE)
LORD PROTECTOR (GER)
GAASSEE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Protagonist

Weight: 9-1 |Age: 5

J: Cieren Fallon | T: W J Haggas

17/2

Prize Money

1st: £25,575.002nd: £11,995.003rd: £6,000.004th: £2,995.005th: £1,500.006th: £745.007th: £375.00

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