Ripon Races
Ripon
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Race Reads Expert Betting Service Handicap
Ripon
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024
Distance: 5f
Type: Flat
Going: Soft
Class: Class 4
Surface: Turf
Win: £5.50
Place: £1.80 £2.60 £1.60
Exacta: £44.80
Tricast: £155.80
Trifecta: £293.40
Non-Runners: Due For Luck (unsuitable ground), Herakles (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Our Absent Friends (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Tristan Davidson | 134 lbs | 9/2 | Won | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - going easily halfway - pushed along over 1f out - ridden and challenging inside final furlong - kept on well final 110yds - led final strides(tchd 5/1) | ||
| 2nd | 6 | High Opinion (GB) | 6 G | AVG |
Andrew Breslin
(3)lbs
|
Bryan Smart | 130 lbs | 10/1 | 0.2 | Took keen hold - prominent - went second after 1f - led and going best over 1f out - faced challenge inside final furlong - kept on final 110yds - headed final strides(op 17/2) | |
| 3rd | 7 | Another Baar (GB) | 5 G | AVG | Adrian Paul Keatley | 130 lbs | 3/1F | .75 | Stumbled start - midfield against near rail - switched right halfway - waiting for room over 1f out - switched left inside final furlong - kept on well final 110yds - went third towards finish - did well in the circumstances(op 10/3 tchd 11/4 and tchd 7/2) | ||
| 4th | 9 | Albegone (GB) | 7 G | AVG |
Amie Waugh
(3)lbs
|
Tim Easterby | 124 lbs | 15/2 | .5 | Started quickly - disputed lead early - steadied and in touch with leaders after 1f - soon bit short of room - waiting for room over 1f out - squeezed through inside final furlong - no extra final 110yds - lost third towards finish (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run approaching final furlong)(op 9/1) | |
| 5th | 10 | Mattice (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Tim Easterby | 126 lbs | 9/2 | .5 | Midfield on far side of group - headway and in touch with leaders over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong - weakened gradually final 110yds(op 6/1) | ||
| 6th | 3 | Faro De San Juan (IRE) | 5 G | Poor | Dylan Cunha | 135 lbs | 20/1 | .75 | Walked to post - ducked right start - took keen hold - midfield in centre of group - in touch with leaders halfway - edged right but pressed leader over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong - weakened final 110yds(op 14/1) | ||
| 7th | 8 | Mondammej (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Antony Brittain | 129 lbs | 25/1 | 0.3 | Taken down early - dwelt start - in rear - going okay but still plenty to do halfway - some headway from over 1f out - no telling impression(op 22/1 tchd 20/1) | ||
| 8th | 2 | Abate (GB) | 8 G | AVG |
Mia Nicholls
(5)lbs
|
Adrian Nicholls | 131 lbs | 8/1 | 0.05 | Started quickly - disputed lead early - switched left and led after 1f - headed and lost position over 1f out - weakened quickly inside final furlong(op 11/2) | |
| 9th | 5 | Count d'Orsay (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Tim Easterby | 134 lbs | 7/1 | 1.75 | Always behind(op 6/1) |