Result 15:30 · Epsom Downs

Great Metropolitan Handicap

Class 3Handicap1m 4fGood4yo+ · 9 ran

Result

Official · time 2m 42.67s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Going Gone (IRE)	Pat Cosgrave	Jim Boyle	—	4.33	4.38
2	Mascat (GB)	Rob Hornby	Colin Tizzard	hd	29.0	42.0
3	Solent Gateway (IRE)	James Doyle	H Palmer	½L	8.00	9.22
4	Parachute (GB)	W Buick	E Walker	1¼L	6.00	6.64
5	Year Of The Dragon (IRE)	Marco Ghiani	W J Knight	8¼L	6.00	6.60
6	Pirate King (GB)	K Shoemark	Charlie Fellowes	11L	12.0	15.0
7	Optimistic Belief (IRE)	Franny Norton	Pat Phelan	19L	51.0	96.1
8	Alfred Boucher (GB)	David Probert	Henry Candy	20L	7.00	8.36
9	Kings Prince (GB)	Hollie Doyle	Charlie & Mark Johnston	47L	5.50	6.20

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1 (1)

Alfred Boucher (GB)

6yo · 9-7 · OR 95

215593 J David Probert T Henry Candy —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Dec 21	Wolverhampton	1m 4f	Standard	C2	3/6	4L	4.50
01 Nov 21	Kempton Park	1m 4f	Standard To Slow	C1	9/10	5½L	51.0
11 Sep 21	Chester	1m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	5/9	6¼L	13.0

4 wins from 22 · placed 12

Won 1 of 6 at around this trip

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2 (7)

Pirate King (GB)

7yo · 9-7 · OR 95

064452 J K Shoemark T Charlie Fellowes —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Apr 22	Lingfield Park	1m 4f	Standard	C3	2/7	½L	3.50
07 Mar 22	Wolverhampton	1m 4f	Standard	C2	5/8	4½L	9.50
19 Feb 22	Lingfield Park	1m 4f	Standard	C2	4/7	1¾L	3.75

5 wins from 26 · placed 11

Won 5 of 18 at around this trip

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3 (3)

Going Gone (IRE)

4yo · 9-4 · OR 92

225161 J Pat Cosgrave T Jim Boyle —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
29 Oct 21	Newmarket	1m 4f	Good	C3	1/9	—	7.00
05 Oct 21	Kempton Park	1m 4f	Standard To Slow	C4	6/8	9¼L	2.38
26 Sep 21	Epsom Downs	1m 4f	Good	C4	1/7	—	6.50

2 wins from 7 · placed 5

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4 (10)

Solent Gateway (IRE) p

4yo · 9-2 · OR 90

128210 J James Doyle T H Palmer —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Oct 21	Newbury	1m 5f 110y	Heavy	C3	10/10	17¼L	26.0
21 Aug 21	Chester	2m	Good	C4	1/7	—	4.00
01 Aug 21	Chester	1m 4f 110y	Good To Soft	C4	2/7	½L	7.00

2 wins from 14 · placed 7

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5 (4)

Kings Prince (GB)

4yo · 9-2 · OR 90

114042 J Hollie Doyle T Charlie & Mark Johnston —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
01 Apr 22	Leicester	1m 4f	Good To Soft	C4	2/11	shd	7.50
15 Aug 21	Pontefract	1m 4f	Good To Firm	C3	4/4	24¼L	7.50
28 Jul 21	Goodwood	1m 4f	Soft	C2	11/13	28½L	23.0

2 wins from 6 · placed 3

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6 (6)

Parachute (GB)

4yo · 8-13 · OR 87

136040 J W Buick T E Walker —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Mar 22	Doncaster	1m 2f	Good	C3	11/12	8½L	8.50
18 Sep 21	Newbury	1m 4f	Good	C3	4/10	2½L	7.00
21 Aug 21	York	1m 6f	Good	C2	11/22	21L	19.0

2 wins from 10 · placed 5

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7 (2)

Mascat (GB)

5yo · 8-11 · OR 85

853138 J Rob Hornby T Colin Tizzard —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
19 Jan 22	Newbury	2m 110y	Good To Soft	C4	8/11	25¼L	9.50
14 Dec 21	Wincanton	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C4	3/16	13L	29.0
14 Oct 21	Wincanton	1m 7f	Good To Firm	C4	1/5	—	2.62

2 wins from 17 · placed 10

2 runs at around this trip without a win

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8 (8)

Year Of The Dragon (IRE) v

4yo · 8-10 · OR 84

257333 J Marco Ghiani T W J Knight —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
27 Mar 22	Doncaster	1m 2f	Good	C3	3/12	2½L	9.00
24 Feb 22	Newcastle	1m	Standard	C4	3/6	1¼L	6.00
06 Feb 22	Kempton Park	1m	Standard To Slow	C4	3/10	2¼L	5.50

1 win from 9 · placed 7

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11 (11)

Optimistic Belief (IRE)

4yo · 8-3 · OR 77

105P60 J Franny Norton T Pat Phelan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
02 Apr 22	Lingfield Park	1m 2f	Standard	C3	10/13	9¾L	101.0
05 Feb 22	Sandown Park	2m	Good To Soft	C3	6/7	41¼L	151.0
27 Dec 21	Kempton Park	2m	Soft	C2	PU	—	19.0

1 win from 10 · placed 2

1 run at around this trip without a win

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