bet365 Cambridgeshire
Heritage Handicap, Newmarket 15:40
£120,000 added,
3yo plus,
1m 1f, Class 2    
Saturday 26th September 2020

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1 Majestic Dawn 40/1
2 Lucander 18/1
3 Bell Rock 10/1
4 You're Hired 100/1
5 Dubai Mirage 16/1
27 ran NR: Ilaraab, Wild Hero Distances: 4¾l, ¾l, nse
Time: 1m 46.94s (fast by 0.86s)

Fifth in the race 12 months ago, Majestic Dawn was back again off just a 3lb higher mark, but he had only had one run this season when last of 10 at Kempton.

Majestic Dawn was wearing first-time blinkers and Paul Hanagan took the race by the scruff of the neck at the halfway point in the nine-furlong heat.

Hanagan kicked into what would prove to be an unassailable advantage and on entering the final furlong, it was clear the leader would not be caught, as Paul and Oliver Cole’s four-year-old maintained his gallop right through the line to win by four and three-quarter lengths.

There was a blanket finish for second, with Lucander just ahead of Bell Rock and 100-1 chance You’re Hired in fourth.

Oliver Cole said: “We always thought he was a very good horse and last year he finished fifth in this race.

“All year we’ve had all sorts of little problems. We ran him at Kempton a few days ago, just to get a bit of work into him really and he came last, but it obviously put him straight!

“I still can’t believe it to be honest, it’s a real shock. I couldn’t be happier for the owners and the staff at home – it’s a great thrill. We’re very lucky.”

Hanagan, who was almost forced to quit following a back injury he suffered in February, said: “I’m lost for words.

“It was a long road back to fitness, so this is a special winner. I owe the comeback to so many people.

“I don’t think you’ll see many Cambridgeshires won like that. He was just very happy. We got the rail, he was a little bit keen, so I took him away from the others then he relaxed.

“After that, I just pointed him.”

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bet365 Cambridgeshire
£120,000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 1f, Class 2
27 ran
Going: Good

POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (25)     Majestic Dawn 4 8-8 Paul & Oliver Cole Paul Hanagan 40/1
2 (27) 4¾ Lucander 3 8-7 Ralph Beckett Harry Bentley 18/1
3 (24) ¾ Bell Rock 4 9-3 Andrew Balding Oisin Murphy 10/1
4 (16) nse You're Hired 7 8-6 Amanda Perrett Darragh Keenan 100/1
5 (29) shd Dubai Mirage 3 8-6 Saeed bin Suroor Stefano Cherchi 16/1
6 (23) hd Tempus 4 8-11 4ex Roger Charlton Jason Watson 9/2
7 (13) 1½ Anythingtoday 6 8-6 Roger Fell Ben Curtis 18/1
8 (10) 1 Good Birthday 4 8-4 Andrew Balding Martin Dwyer 20/1
9 (11) nse Derevo 4 8-9 Sir Michael Stoute Ryan Moore 13/2
10 (19) ½ Power Of Darkness 5 8-12 Marcus Tregoning Kieran Shoemark 25/1
11 (18) ½ Fifth Position 4 9-4 Roger Varian Andrea Atzeni 14/1
12 (8) 3 Certain Lad 4 9-12 Mick Channon George Bass 28/1
13 (1) ½ Walhaan 4 8-5 Ian Williams David Egan 28/1
14 (28) ¾ Tulfarris 4 8-3 Charlie Fellowes Hayley Turner 18/1
15 (4) nse Kryptos 6 8-3 John Berry Josephine Gordon 66/1
16 (26) nk Balgair 6 8-0 4ex Tom Clover Jimmy Quinn 33/1
17 (17) hd Bear Force One 4 8-11 Roger Teal Shane Foley 66/1
18 (3) nk Sir Busker 4 9-11 William Knight Callum Shepherd 16/1
19 (2) ½ Montatham 4 9-9 William Haggas Jim Crowley 11/1
20 (15) ¾ Zhui Feng 7 8-2 Amanda Perrett Franny Norton 125/1
21 (9) ½ King Carney 3 8-9 Charlie Fellowes William Buick 25/1
22 (20) 1½ Afaak 6 9-2 Charles Hills Dane O'Neill 80/1
23 (21) nk Data Protection 5 8-3 William Muir Nicola Currie 40/1
24 (6) ¾ Sinjaari 4 9-3 William Haggas Tom Marquand 7/1
25 (22) ½ Al Rufaa 3 9-0 John Gosden Frankie Dettori 20/1
26 (5) 18 Celtic Art 3 8-9 Paul & Oliver Cole David Probert 66/1
PU (7) Mutafani 5 8-4 Grant Tuer William Cox 200/1
NR 26 (12) Ilaraab 3 8-3 4ex William Haggas NON RUNNER
NR 29 (14) Wild Hero 3 8-0 Andrew Balding NON RUNNER

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