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19:45 Beverley

Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Pudding Handicap (Class D)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 100y
  • Going: Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 49.30s
  • 11 Ran
1(11)
Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue cross belts, quartered cap
11/4
  • Form 401023
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10

tracked leader, led 3f out, was ridden and kept on final furlong

2(7)
Silk - Purple and White diamonds, Purple sleeves, check cap
  • Form 13650-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-9

held up, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace

3(9)
Silk - Dark Blue, Maroon epaulets, striped sleeves
7/4
  • Form 1/41-32
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-9

mid division, headway over 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong

4(8)
Silk - DARK BLUE, YELLOW stars, diabolo on sleeves and star on cap
16/1
  • Form 4115-00
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6

always behind

5(6)
Silk - Black, White diamond
  • Form 04-0200
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5

dwelt, towards rear, hampered over 4f out, not recover

6(2)
Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, Royal Blue stars
12/1
  • Form 1-12000
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1

never better than mid division

7(3)
Silk - White, Light Blue hoops, chevrons on sleeves, Light Blue cap
  • Form 000-034
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-9

held up, headway over 2f, ridden and stayed on final furlong

8(4)
Silk - Pink, Maroon chevron and star on cap
50/1
  • Form 0-00005
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-8

soon led, headed 3f out, weakened final 2f

9(10)
Silk - White, black chevron, diabolo on sleeves
12/1
  • Form 0450-05
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-7

prominent, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong

10(1)
Silk - LIGHT GREEN and PURPLE (quartered), LIGHT GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap
12/1
  • Form 352432
  • Age 10
  • Weight 8-5

prominent, effort over 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace final furlong

11(5)
Silk - WHITE, LIGHT BLUE and YELLOW striped sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 006-000
  • Age 4
  • Weight 7-12

towards rear and never dangerous

In depth

Verdict

Beluga Bay is bound to be popular with backers and has obvious claims but, at the forecast odds, we just prefer to side with Paul Cole's Yakimov with Torrid Kentavr rated a live danger. The last mentioned would arguably prefer a faster surface but did win over fences on soft ground and did not have the clearest of runs in the Carlisle Bell, a race that is working out well, last time. James Fanshawe's Beluga Bay is only 1lb higher than when second to Hilltop Warning at Newmarket last month and has to be respected on ground that should pose no problems. Creskeld and First Maite have claims if able to reproduce their all-weather form but Yakimov is expected to be too strong for them all. The more juice in the ground, the better for Paul Cole's gelding as he showed when second in a heavy-ground handicap at Haydock in May. A subsequent third on a faster surface at Windsor showed that he remains in fine form and, with conditions more suitable today, he is taken to return to winning ways.