Ripon
19:00
In Memory Of Jerome Connelly Maiden Stakes (GBB Race)
Ripon Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 Distance: 6f Type: Flat Going: Good Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £1.62 Place: £1.10 £5.40 £1.50 Exacta: £26.10 Trifecta: £167.20
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 1 Modern Times (GB) 3 C Poor Tim Easterby 140 lbs 8/13F Won In touch with leaders - shaken up and headway 2f out - soon went second - led 1f out - ridden out final 110yds - comfortably(op 10/11 tchd 4/7)
2nd 5 Magic Boy (GER) 3 G AVG Nigel Tinkler 128 lbs 40/1 1.75 Led - faced challenge 2f out - edged left and badly hampered rival over 1f out - soon headed - kept on inside final furlong - no match for winner(op 25/1)
3rd 4 El Madar (GB) 3 G Poor Charles Hills 133 lbs 11/2 2.25 Slightly awkward start - prominent - lost position when bumped over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong - weakened gradually final 110yds(op 10/3 tchd 16/5)
4th 2 Storm Passage (IRE) 4 G Poor David O'Meara 140 lbs 18/1 4.75 Taken down early - in rear - outpaced and struggling before halfway - rallied and some headway from over 1f out - went modest fourth inside final furlong (jockey said gelding hung left-handed throughout)(op 20/1 tchd 14/1 and tchd 22/1)
5th 6 Pal Joey (GB) 3 G AVG Ben Haslam 133 lbs 100/30 .5 Prominent against near rail - pressed leader 2f out - badly hampered and lost ground over 1f out - eased inside final furlong - not recover(op 4/1 tchd 11/4)
6th 8 Little Beck Annie (GB) 2 F Poor Peter Niven 128 lbs 200/1 0.2 Ran without hind shoe - ducked right start - towards rear throughout - no chance from over 1f out(op 150/1)
7th 3 Ballitore (IRE) 3 G Poor Phillip Makin 130 lbs 80/1 2.5 Dwelt start and ducked sharply right start - ran green throughout - always behind(op 66/1 tchd 50/1)
8th 7 Travel Agent (IRE) 3 G AVG Roger Varian 133 lbs 9/1 11 Ducked left start - towards rear - dropped to last 2f out - eased from over 1f out(op 15/2 tchd 10/1)