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Apprentice Claiming Stakes

Newcastle · 2 May 2005
  • TypeFlat
  • ClassClass 6
  • Distance7f
  • GoingGood To Soft
  • SurfaceTurf
  • Runners10

Sandorra (GB) (25/1) won the Apprentice Claiming Stakes at Newcastle on 2 May 2005, beating Time To Relax (IRE) by 2½ lengths under Mark Lawson for trainer Mel Brittain. 10 ran on Good To Soft going over 7f; the winning time was 1m 31.62s (slow by 6.62s). The 3/1 favourite, Time To Relax (IRE), finished 2nd, beaten 2½ lengths.

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Winner Sandorra (GB)
SP: 25/1KTB Rating 96C J: Mark Lawson T: Mel Brittain
Won by 2½ lengthsFav: Time To Relax (IRE) 3/1 · 2nd
Pos Dr Horse Btn Jockey Trainer Wgt ORKTB Time Prize SP
1st 9 Sandorra (GB) 7m Mark Lawson Mel Brittain 8-12 4596C 1:31.62 2,632 25/1
2nd 5 Time To Relax (IRE) 4f 2½ Andrew Elliott(5) John Quinn 8-6 6382C 1:32.07 752 3/1 fav
3rd 6 Spring Time Girl (GB) 3f 2½ Ambroise Reilly(5) Brian Ellison 7-2 4057C 1:32.53 376 66/1
4th 10 Lord Baskerville (GB) 4g 3½ Russ Kennemore(5) Wilf Storey 8-5 4663C 1:33.17 — 40/1
5th 8 Stormville (IRE) 8g 5 Gary Bartley(5) Mel Brittain 8-5 5048C 1:34.07 — 9/1
6th 2 King Nicholas (USA) tp 6g 2 Paddy Mathers J Parkes 9-7 5460C 1:34.44 — 9/2
7th 7 Locombe Hill (IRE) 9g 1 Mrs Adele Mulrennan(7) Noel Wilson 8-7 6846C 1:34.62 — 10/3
8th 3 Shamrock Tea (GB) b 4g 5 Greg Fairley(7) Mike Sowersby 8-5 5044C 1:35.53 — 25/1
9th 1 Samuel Charles (GB) 7g 1¼ Ben Swarbrick Mark Brisbourne 9-13 7566C 1:35.76 — 7/2
10th 4 Ekaterina (GB) p 3f 5 Donna Aspell(5) Wilf Storey 7-7 4532C 1:36.67 — 66/1

Winning time 1m 31.62s (slow by 6.62s)

KTB figures KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 — what each horse ran to in this race, in pounds on the official-rating scale (10 of 10 runners have a figure). GB & Irish racing only · figures as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record of the race, not a forecast.

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Quick answers

Who won the Apprentice Claiming Stakes at Newcastle in 2005?
Sandorra (GB) won the Apprentice Claiming Stakes at Newcastle on 2 May 2005, ridden by Mark Lawson and trained by Mel Brittain.
What was the finishing order of the 2005 Apprentice Claiming Stakes at Newcastle?
1st Sandorra (GB) (25/1), 2nd Time To Relax (IRE) (3/1F), 3rd Spring Time Girl (GB) (66/1).
What price was the winner of the 2005 Apprentice Claiming Stakes at Newcastle?
Sandorra (GB) returned a starting price of 25/1.
How many horses ran in the 2005 Apprentice Claiming Stakes at Newcastle?
10 horses ran in the 2005 Apprentice Claiming Stakes at Newcastle.
What was the winning time of the 2005 Apprentice Claiming Stakes at Newcastle?
The winning time was 1m 31.62s (slow by 6.62s).

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