Racecards
19:10 Ripon
Washroom Company Handicap (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f 10y
- Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
- Surface: Turf
- £7,500 added
- Winner: £4,852
- 2nd: £1,444
- 3rd: £722
- 4th: £361

- Form 26-5514
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey P Makin
chased leaders, took closer order over 3f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, never reached winner

Bushel (USA)
19- Form 323
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey F Norton
made all, set steady pace until quickened over 3f out, hard ridden over 1f out, kept on well under pressure

Nonotnow
12- Form 154
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Allan
tracked leader, outpaced over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never able to challenge

- Form 228-7
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer A C Whillans
- Jockey Martin Lane
steadied in rear, ran in snatches, weakened over 2f out, eased

- Form 114737
- Age 3
- Weight 8-2
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Philip Prince
tracked leader, effort over 2f out, hard ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Bushel has to be of interest now stepped up in trip and tried in handicaps. He's being looking one-paced over shorter. Nonotnow is equally unexposed but less certain to appreciate a first try over 1m4f so we'll stick with proven stayer ESTEAMING. His defeat of Rundell at York in May has worked out well and he can probably be forgiven a subsequent fourth at Musselburgh where he got boxed in and ran out of time when seeing daylight. Vicky Valentine and Precision Strike might struggle in this grade.
Formwatch
Esteaming 7-2 (8-13) Held up in last pair, headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Dashing Star (9-4) at Musselburgh 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-105 (2) gf in Jun.
Bushel (USA) 7-2 (9-3) Led after 2f, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 5, 4 1/2l behind Pernica (8-12) at Leicester 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo mdn (4) gf in Jul.
Nonotnow 20-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, never able to challenge, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Ikhtisas (9-5) at Doncaster 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jul.
Vicky Valentine 13-2 (8-3) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 34l behind Regal Hawk (9-0) at Carlisle 1m 1f flls hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jun.
Precision Strike 10-1 (8-5) Held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 11l behind Nullarbor Sky (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jul.