Result 13:14 · Ayr

Virgin Bet Apprentice Handicap

Class 4Handicap1mGood To Soft3yo+ · 7 ran

Result

Official · time 1m 44.70s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Shaladar (FR)	Oisin McSweeney	K A Ryan	—	5.50	5.61
2	Tommy G (GB)	Shannon Watts	J S Goldie	½L	6.00	8.00
3	Poet's Dawn	Brandon Wilkie	T D Easterby	2¾L	9.00	11.3
4	Harswell Duke (IRE)	Jonny Peate	Roger Fell	3½L	3.50	3.63
5	Merricourt (IRE)	Poppy Wilson	I Jardine	4¾L	21.0	23.1
6	Engles Rock (IRE)	Ryan Sexton	Lucinda Russell	5¼L	4.50	5.20
7	Hartswood (GB)	Connor Murtagh	Richard Fahey	6½L	9.00	11.0

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1 (8)

Hartswood (GB)

5yo · 10-2 · OR 80

059054 J Connor Murtagh T Richard Fahey —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Jul 22	York	1m	Good To Firm	C3	4/4	8½L	7.00
23 Jun 22	Newcastle	1m	Standard To Slow	C2	5/6	3½L	23.0
03 Jun 22	Epsom Downs	1m 110y	Good	C2	12/15	10¼L	26.0

3 wins from 21 · placed 7

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2 (7)

Harswell Duke (IRE)

4yo · 9-11 · OR 78

543695 J Jonny Peate T Roger Fell —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Aug 22	Hamilton Park	1m 1f	Soft	C3	5/9	4¾L	9.50
11 Jun 22	York	1m 1f	Good	C4	9/13	10½L	5.00
22 May 22	York	1m	Good	C3	6/20	3½L	9.50

1 win from 11 · placed 4

1 run here without a win

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3 (2)

Shaladar (FR) p

3yo · 9-8 · OR 79

221320 J Oisin McSweeney T K A Ryan —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
04 Sep 22	York	1m 2f 110y	Good	C4	11/15	12¼L	15.0
18 Aug 22	Leicester	1m	Good	C4	2/9	shd	4.50
03 Aug 22	Great Yarmouth	6f	Good	C5	3/14	2¼L	13.0

2 wins from 15 · placed 9

Won 2 of 5 at around this trip

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4 (1)

Poet's Dawn

7yo · 9-1 · OR 72

322351 J Brandon Wilkie T T D Easterby —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
28 Aug 22	Beverley	1m 110y	Good	C5	1/12	—	6.00
01 Aug 22	Carlisle	1m 1f	Good	C5	5/10	7½L	5.50
24 Jul 22	Pontefract	1m	Good To Firm	C5	3/10	¾L	2.88

7 wins from 66 · placed 23

Won 5 of 40 at around this trip

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Tommy G (GB)

9yo · 8-13 · OR 70

498015 J Shannon Watts T J S Goldie —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
21 Sep 22	Goodwood	1m 1f	Good To Soft	C4	5/11	5¾L	9.00
15 Sep 22	Ayr	1m	Good	C5	1/8	—	9.50
08 Sep 22	Southwell	1m 3f	Standard	C3	10/10	18¼L	67.0

12 wins from 101 · placed 34

Course winner: 8 wins from 31 here

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6 (6)

Merricourt (IRE) p

6yo · 8-12 · OR 69

128234 J Poppy Wilson T I Jardine —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
06 Aug 22	Ayr	7f	Good	C5	4/8	11L	3.75
05 Aug 22	Musselburgh	7f	Good	C4	3/6	hd	12.0
18 Jul 22	Ayr	7f	Good	C4	2/7	¾L	17.0

5 wins from 35 · placed 14

Course winner: 3 wins from 10 here

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Engles Rock (IRE) p

6yo · 9-0 · OR 67

046141 J Ryan Sexton T Lucinda Russell —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Sep 22	Ayr	1m	Good	C5	1/14	—	11.0
03 Aug 22	Newcastle	7f	Standard To Slow	C6	4/10	3¼L	9.50
17 Jun 22	Ayr	1m	Good To Soft	C6	1/8	—	9.00

5 wins from 42 · placed 15

Course winner: 2 wins from 8 here

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