13:55 York

Saturday 14 July 2018

All13:5514:3515:1015:4016:1516:5017:20

John Smith's City Walls Stakes (Listed)

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 1  |   5f  |   Good to Firm  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:57  |   Winning time: 57.54s
1st
Horse silk
5
(3)
5/1
T: R A FaheyJ: J Garritty
Held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, held on
2nd
Horse silk
hd
2
(1)
5/1
T: B SmartJ: G Lee
Led, headed 3f out, led again over 1f out, soon headed, ran on, just held tchd 11/2
3rd
Horse silk
1 ÂĽ
1
(8)
4/1
T: W J HaggasJ: Dane O'Neill
Carried right and slowly into stride, in rear, not much room 2f out, soon switched right and closed, ran on inside final furlong, went 3rd, not reach front pair
4th
Horse silk
2 ÂĽ
4
(5)
12/1
T: J & S QuinnJ: Jason Hart
Pressed leader, led 3f out, headed over 1f out, one pace and lost 3rd inside final furlong op 11/1 tchd 10/1
5th
Horse silk
3 ½
6
(6)
9/2
T: D C GriffithsJ: D Allan
Prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
6th
Horse silk
1 ÂĽ
7
(4)
25/1
T: D CarrollJ: S Donohoe
Chased leaders, soon pushed along, lost place over 2f out, weakened
7th
Horse silk
sh
8
(2)
7/2f
T: A M BaldingJ: David Probert
Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon hung left, no impression over 1f out op 4/1 tchd 9/2
8th
Horse silk
2 Âľ
3
(7)
12/1
T: C HillsJ: Andrea Atzeni
Went right start, held up, ridden over 2f out, well held from over 1f out op 10/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:ÂŁ5.90Pl:ÂŁ1.70, ÂŁ1.80, ÂŁ1.50EX:ÂŁ33.60Trifecta:ÂŁ187.60SF:ÂŁ29.33Swingers:ÂŁ5.60, ÂŁ3.50, ÂŁ4.30

Forecasts

Stone Of Destiny (7/2), Muthmir (4/1), Take Cover (9/2), Mr Lupton (5/1), Alpha Delphini (5/1), El Astronaute (12/1), A Momentofmadness (12/1), Abel Handy (25/1)

Verdict

A real cracker in prospect to kick off the card and MUTHMIR is taken to hold all comers and win, in spite of the concession of weight all around. William Haggas's eight-year-old is 3lb worse off with Alpha Delphini on their Haydock running, but he was game when challenged and may still have the edge over Bryan Smart's runner. Stone Of Destiny outperformed his 50-1 SP in the Commonwealth Cup last time, but he was slowly away there and doing his best work at the business end of Ascot's stiff 6f. He won't be able to think for as long when the gates go back here and the drop back to 5f means he will need to be right on the money. Dual winner Take Cover could also be brought to a peak for this.
  1. Muthmir
  2. Stone Of Destiny
  3. Alpha Delphini

Previous Winners

2017
Take Cover
Weight: 9-1  |Age: 10
9/2

Prize Money

1st: ÂŁ28,355.002nd: ÂŁ10,750.003rd: ÂŁ5,380.004th: ÂŁ2,680.005th: ÂŁ1,345.006th: ÂŁ675.00

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