Racecards
15:05 Thirsk
Jayne And Joe Parker's Birthday Celebration Handicap (Class 4)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
- Surface: Turf
- £7,500 added
- Winner: £4,852
- 2nd: £1,444
- 3rd: £722
- 4th: £361
- Form 6-02553
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer D Carroll
- Jockey Neil Farley
prominent, ridden and weakened over 6f out
- Form 25860-9
- Age 6
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer P A Kirby
- Jockey Joey Haynes
mid-division, headway over 4f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
- Form 600945
- Age 7
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey Barry McHugh
started very slowly, detatched in rear, never a factor
- Form 0-07335
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer M Todhunter
- Jockey P Makin
held up in rear, under pressure over 4f out, soon no impression
- Form 809925
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey T Hamilton
in touch, lost place over 6f out
- Form 8-3362
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer C Fellowes
- Jockey P Mulrennan
in touch, headway over 6f out, soon chasing leaders, led over 2f out, driven clear over 1f out, easily
- Form 20-071
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer M Walford
- Jockey Jason Hart
tracked leaders, hard driven over 4f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 866-211
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey F Norton
pulled hard, led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 7-064
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer Mrs R Carr
- Jockey J P Sullivan
held up in rear, headway over 4f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on under pressure, never a threat
In depth
Verdict
It's hard to ignore Leaderene, who completed a double in impressive fashion at Yarmouth after her Polytrack victory. She's stepping up another class here and has a 7lb rise to contend with but is obviously progressing fast and will take some beating. However, CRAGGAKNOCK looked a rapidly improving type when storming to an all-the-way victory at Pontefract and, though 8lb higher, he looks ready to step up in class and is still on a fair mark so gets the verdict. Epsom Hill appeared to do better when dropped back to 1m2f at Pontefract and could have done without a 4lb rise for finishing second but Northside Prince wasn't suited by the slow pace at Hamilton after a very good run of form and he can definitely do better.
Formwatch
Save The Bees 25-1 (9-0) Led and set steady pace, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 7, 1l behind Quest For More (9-10) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Jul.
Next Edition (IRE) 14-1 (11-2) Raced wide towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 9th of 11, 11l behind San Cassiano (10-13) at York 1m 2f am hcp 0-80 (4) gs in May.
Warlu Way 5-1 (9-13) Slowly away keen towards rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, stayed on one pace, 5th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Rainbow Rock (8-13) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jul.
Cloud Monkey (IRE) 14-1 (8-13) Towards rear, headway on inner 3f out, switched right over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 10, 7l behind Precision Strike (8-7) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Jul.
Bayan Kasirga (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, last of 5, 10l behind Hoop Of Colour (9-2) at Pontefract 1m 4f flls hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jul.
Epsom Hill (SWE) 8-1 (8-13) Towars rear, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 14, nk behind Woodacre (8-12) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jul.
Craggaknock 8-1 (9-1) Made all, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Pontefract 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jun beating Inevitable (9-6) by 2l, 13 ran.
Leaderene 4-6fav (8-8) Made all, shaken up over 1f out, idled inside final furlong, unchallenged, won at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jul beating Corn Maiden (9-6) by 2 3/4l, 4 ran.
Rochambeau (IRE) 7-2 (9-5) Steadied in touch on inside, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, effort on inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 1 3/4l behind Daydreamer (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Jun.
Northside Prince (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Prominent, ridden over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, well held after, went 3rd close home, 3rd of 7, 13l behind Never Forever (9-10) at Hamilton 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jul.