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Fired Up Tess Handicap (Div 2) · 7f 1y · Good (Good to Firm in places)
£7,731 to winner · 3yo+ · 0-70 · rated 56-68
🎯 Draw: no strong draw bias (low 43% v high 35% of wins · 142 races)
🏁 Result won by sh · time 1m 25.78sHeld up in rear, shaken up and progress 2f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, led final 110yds, soon pressed, won on the nod
📍 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

5 Kings Merchant (7)
9st-9lb · OR 61 · 5yo
D Swift · P A Kirby · p
✓4trkdstgngcls
1st/10 ran 4/1
form 564782

6 Giant (2)
9st-8lb · OR 60 · 6yo
Harry Davies · Ian Williams
✓5Dtrkdstgngcls
2nd/10 ran +sh 8/1
form 630024

1 King Of War (1)
10st-2lb · OR 68 · 7yo
J F Egan · M Wigham · p,t
✓5Dtrkdstgngcls
3rd/10 ran +1 ¼ 5/1
form 184-315

4 Pearly Squirrel (9)
9st-10lb · OR 62 · 4yo
Ashley Lewis · D Loughnane
✓5Dtrkdstgngcls
4th/10 ran +1 ¼ 9/2
form 330353

9 Yoko (3)
9st-1lb · OR 61 · 3yo
Rossa Ryan · D Loughnane
✓2trkgng
5th/10 ran 14/1
form 5042-

3 Currahee (8)
9st-12lb · OR 64 · 4yo
P Cosgrave · S C Williams · t
✓4Dtrkdstcls
6th/10 ran 12/1
form 17218-9

7 Top Lad (4)
9st-5lb · OR 65 · 3yo
Lewis Chalkley · M & D Easterby
✓3trkdstcls
7th/10 ran 12/1
form 36439-0

2 Triggerman (6)
10st-0lb · OR 66 · 5yo
J P Sullivan · P Morris · p
✓3trkdstcls
8th/10 ran 6/1
form 42239-6

8 El Pinto (5)
9st-4lb · OR 56 · 4yo
A Mullen · C N Kellett
✓4trkdstgngcls

10 Sparkling Pink (10)
9st-0lb · OR 60 · 3yo
P J McDonald · Adrian Nicholls
✓4trkdstgngcls
Race note