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John Smith's Handicap · 5f 15y · Good to Soft (Soft in places)
£12,885 to winner · 3yo+ · 0-95 · rated 79-93
🎯 Draw: low numbers favoured (low 43% v high 27% of wins · 49 races)
🏁 Result won by nk · time 1m 2.43sMidfield, in touch with leaders 2f out, ridden and headway to press leader approaching final furlong, soon led, always doing enough towards finish
📍 Course guide
Tight left-handed circuit; low draw a big advantage; suits handy, prominent runners.
Flat · top trainers
H Palmer 17% (196) · A M Balding 24% (133) · A P O'Brien 52% (23) · T D Easterby 10% (112)
Flat · top jockeys
Jason Watson 18% (85) · F Norton 13% (102) · R L Moore 54% (24) · Oisin Murphy 22% (45)
3-year course record · attheraces guides

10 Tricky Tel (3)
9st-0lb · OR 84 · 3yo
David Probert · H Palmer
✓5CDtrkdstclsdraw
1st/10 ran 9/2
form 1574-31

1 Atomic Force (2)
10st-2lb · OR 93 · 7yo
P J McDonald · E Bethell
🧪 DATA £12.59 win
✓5Dtrkdstclsdraw
2nd/10 ran +nk 11/2
form 3-71103

2 Vintage Clarets (5)
9st-9lb · OR 86 · 7yo
Warren Fentiman · R A Fahey
✓5CDtrkdstgngcls
3rd/10 ran +¾ 7/2
form 8-00702

9 Blinky (7)
9st-2lb · OR 79 · 4yo
Harry Russell · A Brittain · p
✓4Dtrkdstcls
4th/10 ran +nk 33/1
form 252-800

4 Rosenpur (8)
9st-7lb · OR 84 · 6yo
George Wood · J Candlish · h
🧪 ALL £5 win
✓4CDtrkdstcls
5th/10 ran 11/2
form 320-261

5 Al Hussar (9)
9st-6lb · OR 83 · 4yo
Pierre-Louis Jamin · Grant Tuer · b
✓4CDtrkdstgng
6th/10 ran 6/1
form 343251

6 Changeofmind (1)
9st-4lb · OR 81 · 6yo
Zak Wheatley · D Carroll
✓5CDtrkdstgngdraw
7th/10 ran 12/1
form 395-018

3 Ruby's Profit (4)
9st-8lb · OR 85 · 4yo
Jack Doughty · Dr R Newland & J Insole · p,t
✓1D
8th/10 ran 6/1
form 54-0464

8 Copper Knight (10)
9st-3lb · OR 80 · 12yo
D Fentiman · T D Easterby · t
✓5CDtrkdstgngcls
9th/10 ran 14/1
form 10-2106

7 Marty Hopkirk (6)
9st-3lb · OR 80 · 4yo
Rowan Scott · D Loughnane · p
✓4Dtrkdstcls
10th/10 ran 20/1
form 200-540
Race note