13:45 York

Saturday 9 July 2022

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:15

John Smith's Racing Handicap

  • 3YO plus  |   Class 2  |   7f 192y  |   Good to Firm  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:45  |   Winning time: 1m 36.54s
1st
Horse silk
7
(8)
4/1
T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee
Held up in behind leaders, smooth headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on strongly final furlong op 7/2
2nd
Horse silk
½
5
(10)
11/1
T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope
Chased leaders, headway travelling well over 2f out, ridden to challenge and edged left over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, always held by winner op 9/1 tchd 8/1
3rd
Horse silk
1 ¼
10
(6)
8/1
T: R A FaheyJ: O J Orr
Prominent, ridden to challenge over 1f out, ran on to go third final 50yds op 15/2 tchd 17/2
4th
Horse silk
½
2
(1)
2/1f
T: N TinklerJ: Rowan Scott
Raced freely, led, pushed along and headed over 1f out, no extra and lost third final 50yds op 11/4
5th
Horse silk
2
1
(7)
16/1
T: D O'MearaJ: Jason Hart
Midfield, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, plugged on one pace final furlong op 12/1
6th
Horse silk
½
3
(2)
12/1
T: G A HarkerJ: K Stott
Mid-division, headway and ridden over 1f out, faded final 100yds op 14/1 tchd 16/1
7th
Horse silk
2 ¾
8
(3)
5/1
T: M DodsJ: Harry Davies (5)
Awkward leaving stalls, held up in rear, nudged along 3f out, plugged on final furlong, never dangerous op 11/2
8th
Horse silk
½
4
(4)
25/1
T: C FellowesJ: S Donohoe
Midfield, ridden over 2f out, made no impression op 16/1
9th
Horse silk
2 ½
6
(5)
20/1
T: D O'MearaJ: A Kirby
Towards rear, pushed along 2f out, never in contention op 18/1 tchd 22/1
10th
Horse silk
5
9
(9)
18/1
T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan
Close up, pushed along 3f out, lost place over 2f out, weakened 1f out tchd 16/1 and tchd 20/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.00Pl:£2.10, £2.00, £2.40EX:£32.20Trifecta:£316.30Tricast:£338.66SF:£47.63Swingers:£8.30, £6.80, £11.50

Forecasts

Isla Kai (2/1), Eilean Dubh (4/1), Challet (5/1), Blenheim Boy (8/1), Blue For You (11/1), Scottish Summit (12/1), Young Fire (16/1), Garden Oasis (18/1), Tammani (20/1), Via Serendipity (25/1)

Verdict

A tightly-knit handicap in which marginal preference is for ISLA KAI who can race off a mark 2 lb lower than when a gallant sixth in the Royal Hunt Cup and is taken to open his account for the season. Both Young Fire and Eilean Dubh were not seen to best effect at Haydock and Pontefract respectively on their most recent runs and can chase home Nigel Tinkler's 4-y-o in that order.

  1. ISLA KAI (IRE)
  2. YOUNG FIRE (FR)
  3. EILEAN DUBH (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021
La Trinidad
Weight: 9-3  |Age: 4
13/2

Prize Money

1st: £12,885.002nd: £6,042.003rd: £3,022.004th: £1,510.005th: £755.006th: £378.00

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