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16:05 Thirsk

Taskmaster Selling Stakes (Class 4) (Class 4)

  • 15 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Firm, Good to Firm in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 38.88s
  • 15 Ran
1(11)
Silk - Dark Blue, Grey hoop, armlets and cap
9/1
  • Form 150460
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-6

mid-division, effort over 2f out, no impression

2(3)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow sash, Royal Blue and White hooped sleeves, Royal Blue and Yellow hooped cap
  • Form 001260
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6

soon led, quickened over 2f out, ridden to stay on final furlong, headed close home

3(1)
Silk - Red, Black star, diamonds on sleeves, Red cap, Black star

Abuelos

12
100/1
  • Form 400506
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0

in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong

4(15)
Silk - White, Emerald Green spots, Emerald Green sleeves, White armlets

Canlis

2
20/1
  • Form 200050
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0

in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong

5(6)
Silk - Yellow, Red chevrons, Yellow sleeves, Blue cap
9/2
  • Form 000000
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0

chased leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden over 1f out, no extra final furlong

6(5)
Silk - Orange, White sleeves, Orange armlets
100/1
  • Form 0/000-00
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0

in touch, lost place over 2f out, tailed off

7(4)
Silk - YELLOW, BLACK seams, BLACK cap
  • Form 000050
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0

never better than mid-division

8(13)
Silk - White, Blue diamond, Blue cap, White diamond
  • Form 200206
  • Age 12
  • Weight 9-0

towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on final furlong to lead close home

9(12)
Silk - Yellow, Red chevrons, Yellow sleeves, Blue cap
16/1
  • Form 200006
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0

behind, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong

10(2)
Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow diabolo, diamonds on sleeves, hooped cap
8/1
  • Form 06-4246
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-9

held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong

11(14)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow sash, Royal Blue and White hooped sleeves, Royal Blue and Yellow hooped cap

Efimac

24
28/1
  • Form 004000
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-9

towards rear, headway on inner over 1f out, stayed on final furlong

12(10)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, RED star, BLACK cap
  • Form 040450
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-9

behind, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and one pace final furlong

13(9)
Silk - White, maroon sleeves, white armlets, maroon cap
100/1
  • Form 0000
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-9

prominent, pushed along over 3f out, effort over 2f out, weakened final furlong

14(8)
Silk - Mauve and Grey diabolo, Grey cap, Mauve diamond
25/1
  • Form 000500
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-9

mid-division, hard ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

15(7)
Silk - White, Purple sash and sleeves, White and Purple quartered cap
50/1
  • Form 500500
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-4

mid-division, weakened 2f out

In depth

Verdict

Espada may be too good for Dancing Tilly with Splodger Mac and Rymer's Rascal the best of the remainder. The selection is a course and distance winner who is dropped in grade after being well beaten in a handicap behind Burgundy last time. Back to this more suitable level he should go well and he is given a the vote in what is a moderate affair. Dancing Tilly was below her best in a banded stakes race at Lingfield last time on the AW and she will need to buck up her ideas if she is to regain the winning thread. However, if she could recapture her best form she would be a leading player. Splodger Mac is dropped in grade and looks to have decent place claims, but he is arguably better over a shorter trip and for that reason is narrowly passed over. Rymer's Rascal was unlucky in running over this course and distance last time behind Dara Mac, so he is another who can't be entirely ruled out, and in a tricky race for punters to call we will wide with Espada as our idea of the winner.