Ripon Races
Ripon
16:59
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Ripon
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025
Distance: 1m2f
Type: Flat
Going: Good To Firm
Class: Class 6
Surface: Turf
Win: £3.25
Place: £1.90 £2
Exacta: £9.70
Tricast: £126.98
Trifecta: £76.70
Non-Runners: Light Up Our Stars (self certificate, pulled shoe off), Warrior Lion (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | Bay Dream Believer (IRE) | 6 M | AVG | Mark Walford | 140 lbs | 9/4F | Won | Held up in rear - steady headway over 3f out - ridden and sustained duel with runner-up over 1f out - led narrowly inside final 110yds - gamely (arrived at start with a small amount of blood in her mouth; having been checked by vet - mare was deemed fit to race)(op 6/4) | ||
| 2nd | 3 | Little Ted (GB) | 8 G | AVG | Tim Easterby | 137 lbs | 5/1 | 0.3 | In touch with leaders - headway and led over 2f out - edged right and sustained duel with winner over 1f out - headed inside final 110yds - just held(op 11/2) | ||
| 3rd | 9 | Tiberio Force (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Simon Whitaker | 127 lbs | 14/1 | .5 | Pressed leader - carried right and bit short of room over 1f out - soon outpaced - rallied final 110yds(tchd 12/1) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Young Fire (FR) | 10 G | Poor |
Cian Horgan
(5)lbs
|
David O'Meara | 134 lbs | 9/2 | 5 | In touch with leaders - lost position over 3f out - rallied over 1f out - no impression final 110yds(op 5/1 tchd 11/2) | |
| 5th | 6 | Infantry Officer (GB) | 3 G | AVG | Michael Bell | 134 lbs | 6/1 | 1 | Held up in rear - headway on outer 3f out - hung right and weakened over 1f out (jockey said gelding hung right-handed)(op 15/2) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Scarriff (IRE) | 7 M | Poor |
Harry Burns
(3)lbs
|
Rebecca Menzies | 131 lbs | 18/5 | 2 | Slowly into stride - soon prominent on outer - led after 1f - edged right and against rail after 3f - headed over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 13/2 tchd 15/2) | |
| 7th | 8 | My Honey B (GB) | 5 M | Poor | Michael & David Easterby | 130 lbs | 12/1 | 36 | Prominent - hung right and weakened over 2f out - tailed off(op 9/1 tchd 17/2) |