Result 16:25 · Haydock Park

Truly Independent 15th Year Gallop Handicap (Jockey Club Grassroots Stayers Qualifier) (GBBPlus)

Class 4Handicap1m 6fGood4yo+ · 8 ran

Result

Official · time 3m 08.91s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Beauld As Brass (GB)	Pat Cosgrave	George Baker	—	19.0	24.0
2	Curran (IRE)	S De Sousa	C Johnston	nk	5.00	5.40
3	Pique (GB)	Jack Doughty	J R Fanshawe	1½L	5.00	5.60
4	Paggane	Jack Callan	Faye Bramley	3¾L	4.50	5.30
5	In The Breeze (IRE)	Alistair Rawlinson	M Appleby	6¼L	21.0	34.0
6	Knights Affair (GB)	Callum Rodriguez	Jamie Snowden	10¾L	6.00	6.31
7	Russian Crescendo (GB)	O J Orr	W J Haggas	11½L	5.00	5.40
8	Melakaz (IRE)	K Shoemark	Robert Stephens	13L	21.0	27.0

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1 (2)

Russian Crescendo (GB)

4yo · 9-9 · OR 84

4117 J O J Orr T W J Haggas —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Apr 25	Southwell	1m 4f	Standard To Slow	C3	7/8	20¼L	4.00
04 Oct 24	Ascot	1m 4f	Soft	C3	1/6	—	4.00
04 Sep 24	Kempton Park	1m 4f	Standard To Slow	C5	1/8	—	3.50

2 wins from 4 · placed 2

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2 (3)

Beauld As Brass (GB)

5yo · 9-8 · OR 83

111130 J Pat Cosgrave T George Baker —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
07 Jun 25	Epsom Downs	1m 4f	Good	C2	12/14	60¾L	51.0
16 May 25	Newbury	1m 2f	Good	C3	3/14	5¼L	9.00
10 May 25	Leicester	1m 4f	Good To Firm	C5	1/5	—	3.75

6 wins from 26 · placed 13

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Pique (GB) h

4yo · 9-8 · OR 83

222140 J Jack Doughty T J R Fanshawe —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
23 May 25	Goodwood	1m 4f	Good	C3	10/10	7¼L	21.0
27 Apr 25	Southwell	1m 4f	Standard To Slow	C3	4/8	6½L	6.00
09 Oct 24	Nottingham	1m 6f	Heavy	C4	1/6	—	2.88

2 wins from 12 · placed 6

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In The Breeze (IRE)

7yo · 9-7 · OR 82

313119 J Alistair Rawlinson T M Appleby —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Jan 25	Southwell	1m 3f	Standard	C3	9/9	13¼L	67.0
14 Sep 23	Doncaster	1m 4f	Soft	C3	1/9	—	8.50
06 Aug 23	Haydock Park	1m 2f	Heavy	C4	1/11	—	13.0

4 wins from 22 · placed 10

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5 (1)

Melakaz (IRE)

7yo · 9-4 · OR 79

514104 J K Shoemark T Robert Stephens —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
09 Feb 24	Wolverhampton	1m 6f	Standard	C4	4/5	7½L	11.0
06 Dec 23	Kempton Park	2m	Standard To Slow	C2	13/14	11L	9.00
12 Jul 23	Kempton Park	2m	Standard To Slow	C3	1/8	—	4.00

5 wins from 17 · placed 8

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Knights Affair (GB)

5yo · 9-3 · OR 78

155122 J Callum Rodriguez T Jamie Snowden —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Jul 25	Worcester	2m	Good	C4	2/4	3½L	3.25
04 Jun 25	Newton Abbot	2m 5f 110y	Good	C4	2/7	1L	3.25
08 May 25	Huntingdon	2m 4f 110y	Good	C4	1/5	—	3.00

3 wins from 16 · placed 9

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Paggane

6yo · 8-7 · OR 75

231223 J Jack Callan T Faye Bramley —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Jun 25	Ffos Las	1m 4f	Soft	C5	3/9	5½L	15.0
11 May 25	Killarney	3m 2f	Yielding	—	2/14	nse	3.75
23 Apr 25	Perth	3m	Good To Soft	C1	2/5	4L	5.00

3 wins from 18 · placed 13

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Curran (IRE)

4yo · 8-12 · OR 73

391136 J S De Sousa T C Johnston —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Jul 25	York	2m 110y	Good To Firm	C4	6/10	13½L	6.50
28 Jun 25	Chester	2m	Good	C5	3/8	5¾L	3.75
21 Jun 25	Newmarket	1m 6f	Good To Firm	C4	1/7	—	5.50

4 wins from 17 · placed 7

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