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15:10 Catterick

Richmond Conditions Stakes (Class 3)

  • 3 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 214y
  • Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £10,500 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 48.64s
  • Off Time: 15:10:41
  • 3 Ran
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1
Silk -

Mischief Making (USA)

9/4

    1(2)
    Silk - DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond

    Planetarium

    172
    8/13
    • Form 212-
    • Age 3
    • Weight 9-4
    • Official Rating 88

    led, shaken up over 2f out, headed over 1f out, hung left when weakening inside final furlong

    2(4)
    Silk - Yellow, Red Cross of Lorraine, Red sleeves, Yellow armlets, Emerald Green cap

    Silk Affair (IRE)

    151
    5/1
    • Form 615-
    • Age 3
    • Weight 8-13
    • Official Rating 89

    tracked leader, ridden along over 2f out, driven and kept on same pace final furlong

    4(1)
    Silk - Yellow, Black spots, Yellow sleeves and cap

    Mischief Making (USA)

    37
    9/4
    • Form 9-5211
    • Age 3
    • Weight 8-7
    • Official Rating 81

    held up, pushed along over 4f out, ridden along over 2f out, headway on inner to lead over 1f out, ran on final furlong

    3(3)
    NR

    Ellmau

    39
    • Form 1350-6
    • Age 3
    • Weight 8-12
    • Official Rating 95

    Nonrunner

    In depth

    Verdict

    Ellmau is significantly the best off at the weights here but is not certain to stay, and the same applies to Planetarium, so we will take a chance on Silk Affair in this four runner contest. The Mick Quinlan-trained selection has not yet raced beyond a mile, but she has handled cut pretty well in all three starts to date and her pedigree suggests that she will come on for this trip, so she is the pick. Planetarium is very much respected coming from a top local yard and he has managed 10 furlongs in all of his three starts, and while he may get home, his pedigree suggests that 10f will probably remain his optimum trip. Ellmau is well in on official ratings when considering the conditions for this race and has the benefit of a previous run this season. He is probably worth a try over this trip but is likely to be best at shorter. Mischief Making has been on terrific form on artificial surfaces and comes here for her turf debut. She may well handle the ground but is another for whom this will ask questions of her stamina and therefore Silk Affair, who looks best of the quartet on that score, gets the vote.

    Formwatch

    Planetarium 11-4 (9-0) Led, ridden and hung right over 1f out, soon headed, stayed on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Twice Over (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 2f 2yo stk (2) gd in Nov.

    Silk Affair (IRE) (8-8) Led to halfway, stayed on one pace, 5th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Vadsalina (8-8) at Saint-Cloud 1m in Nov.

    Mischief Making (USA) 11-4 (9-4) Held up in rear, in touch, headway to chase leader 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, led post, won at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Brave Hawk (8-12) by a shd, 6 ran.

    Ellmau 7-2 (9-3) Took keen hold, tracked leader 2f, prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 11l behind Campanologist (9-3) at Kempton 1m 1f 3yo stk (2) pol in Mar.