Racecards
14:45 Ripon
Alistair And Joanne's Wedding Day Selling Handicap (Class 6)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- £4,000 added
- Form 924144
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 64
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
- Form 318-864
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer Rae Guest
- Jockey Saleem Golam
towards rear, ridden, headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
- Form 9-4378
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 61
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, hard ridden, headway over 1f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong, led post
- Form 254684
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 60
with leader, kept on final furlong
- Form 44-8304
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer M Dods
- Jockey T Hamilton
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 6040-87
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer N Bycroft
- Jockey Jamie Kyne
chased leaders for 1f
- Form 036067
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer E J Creighton
- Jockey E Creighton
in touch, weakened over 2f out
- Form 0-16599
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer I W McInnes
- Jockey Amy Ryan
chased leaders, led inside final furlong, caught post
Gee Gina
30- Form 500-8
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer P T Midgley
- Jockey P Pickard
chased leaders, stayed on inside final furlong
- Form 905-604
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 48
- Trainer J Pearce
- Jockey Greg Fairley
towards rear, kept on from over 1f out
- Form 533013
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 47
- Trainer Mrs A Duffield
- Jockey S De Sousa
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong
- Form 298570
- Age 3
- Weight 8-2
- Official Rating 42
- Trainer E J Creighton
- Jockey D Fox
in rear, outpaced
Verdict
A poor contest where WHAT A FELLA is taken to beat Africa's Star and Simple Rhythm. The selection had the beating of Africa's Star when the pair met at Hamilton last month and acts well on a sound or fast surface. Now 8lbs better off with that rival, he should be able to confirm placings even though cheek pieces may elicit some improvement from the Michael Dods inmate. Simple Rhythm has won on both good to soft and good to firm, plus the Fibresand, so she won't mind this ground and would welcome further rain. James Given has his string in good nick and the filly will be competitive from this mark in this grade. Zelos Girl has already picked up a good ground Catterick maiden but so far this year has looked out of sorts and it may be that the drop into this grade will help see her finish closer. Money for her would be interesting. Theta Wave is another of interest now pitched in at this lowly level, while Yellow River is nicely drawn and won't mind any further rain, but What A Fella is the suggestion.
Formwatch
Simple Rhythm 5-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Spring Green (9-7) at Kempton 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jul.
Zelos Girl (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, no impression on leaders over 1f out, 4th of 8, 5l behind Piste (9-4) at Windsor 5f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun.
Theta Wave (USA) 12-1 (9-5) With leader stands' side group, ridden over 2f out, no extra entering final furlong, 8th of 14, 6l behind Bold Ring (8-7) at Nottingham 6f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jul.
Compton Ford 16-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, kept on over 1f out, 4th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Spic 'n Span (9-10) at Wolverhampton 5f sell stks (6) pol in Jul.
Africa's Star (IRE) 11-8fav (8-9) Hampered start, behind, headway final furlong, never nearer, 4th of 10, 1 1/2l behind What A Fella (8-9) at Hamilton 5f mdn sll stks (6) gf in Jul.
Adozen Dreams 40-1 (8-3) Led 1f, remained prominent, weakening when hung right over 1f out, 7th of 8, 11l behind Scrapper Smith (8-10) at Carlisle 5f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.
Pressed For Time (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Chased leader to 2f out, weakened rapidly, soon heavily eased, tailed off, last of 7, 44l behind Itsher (9-9) at Brighton 5f 3yo hcp (6) fm in Jul.
Red Cell (IRE) 20-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, driven and weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 9l behind Dancing Wave (8-6) at Redcar 5f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Jun.
Gee Gina 33-1 (8-12) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, no impression, 8th of 14, 10l behind Hitches Dubai (9-8) at Beverley 5f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Equinity 18-1 (8-9) Behind, switched right to outer 3f out, effort and hung left 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 7, 6l behind Itsher (9-9) at Brighton 5f 3yo hcp (6) fm in Jul.
What A Fella 11-2 (8-8) Tracked leaders going well, ridden over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Arriva La Diva (8-0) at Ayr 5f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Jul.
Yellow River (USA) 50-1 (8-2) Chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, last of 14, 28l behind Jenny's Pride (8-4) at Leicester 7f 3yo sll (5) sft in Jul.
Wrens Hope 5-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, soon recovered to chase leading pair, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 4th of 9, 6l behind Neo's Mate (8-12) at Catterick 6f mdn auc stks (6) gf in Jul.
York Key Bar 20-1 (10-9) Slowly into stride, raced alone far side, never dangerous, 12th of 15, 9l behind Highland Warrior (11-7) at Doncaster 5f am hcp 0-65 (6) gs in Jul.