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15:00 Thirsk

Tobey Stewart 1st Birthday Handicap (Class 5)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Good to Firm (Good in Places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £5,000 added
  • Winner: £3,234
  • 2nd: £962
  • 3rd: £481
  • 4th: £240
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 41.22s
  • Off Time: 15:01:05
  • 11 Ran
1
Silk -
2
Silk -
5/1

    3
    Silk -
    6/1

      1(2)
      Silk - Emerald green, beige stars, emerald green sleeves and cap
      8/1
      • Form 44-2676
      • Age 6
      • Weight 10-0
      • Official Rating 70

      behind, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never a threat

      2(1)
      Silk - Light blue and black (quartered), black and light blue halved sleeves
      3/1
      • Form 18854-2
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 66

      mid-division, driven to chase leaders over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, never on terms

      3(6)
      Silk - Red, black collar and cuffs, old gold cap
      20/1
      • Form 446369
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 70

      tracked leaders, driven and lost place over 2f out, soon behind, tailed off

      4(10)
      Silk - Orange, Royal Blue stripe
      33/1
      • Form 128070
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 62

      led, headed 3f out, lost place 2f out, soon ridden and weakened

      5(9)
      Silk - White, royal blue stars, red and white diabolo on sleeves, white cap, red star
      • Form 461-290
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 69

      tracked leaders, effort 2f out, soon one pace and no impression, weakened final 100 yards

      6(3)
      Silk - Yellow, purple and yellow halved sleeves, yellow and purple quartered cap

      Mercury

      14 b
      9/1
      • Form 975103
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 60

      held up towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, never dangerous

      7(11)
      Silk - White, maroon epaulets, hooped sleeves, quartered cap
      9/1
      • Form 02-6331
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 60

      pressed leader, led 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong

      8(4)
      Silk - Purple, Yellow stripe and armlets, Yellow cap, Purple star
      12/1
      • Form 8-34326
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 57

      held up in rear, driven 2f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, nearest finish

      9(5)
      Silk - Royal blue, light blue and royal blue hooped sleeves

      Whitkirk

      35 BFD
      5/1
      • Form 0-50317
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 63

      mid-division on outside, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, stayed on to press winner closing stages, just held near finish

      11(12)
      Silk - Yellow, red star, emerald green sleeves, red cap

      Midlight

      36 t
      6/1
      • Form 040-952
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 56

      tracked leaders on outside, headway to challenge over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, no extra

      12(7)
      Silk - Yellow, purple epaulets, yellow sleeves, purple stars, purple cap, yellow star
      16/1
      • Form 665-350
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 62

      mid-division, headway 3f out, effort over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, just held on near finish

      10(8)
      NR
      14/1
      • Form 654-288
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 63

      NonRunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      A winner at Hamilton, Whitkirk was anchored by a penalty at Pontefract last time and has been raised a further 2lb. It remains to be seen how Ronya fares raised 4lb for winning at Redcar and several of these went close on their latest starts. Mercury ran well at Beverley and Dark Wonder was runner-up over 7f here on his reappearance but MIDLIGHT (NAP) was beaten only a short-head at Ripon last month when ahead of a subsequent winner so gets the vote to go one better in this.

      Formwatch

      Rocket Ronnie (IRE) 8-1 (9-11) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 6th of 7, 5 1/4l behind Shamaheart (10-0) at Nottingham 1m hcp (5) gf in Jul.

      Dark Wonder (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd place towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1 3/4l behind Robero (9-8) at Thirsk 7f hcp (5) gd in Jun.

      Young Christian 9-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, driven 2f out, lost place 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 9, 7 1/2l behind Tan Arabiq (8-8) at Thirsk 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul.

      Afkar (IRE) 25-1 (9-9) Keen held up, stumbled and nearly unseated rider over 5f out, weakened 3f out, last of 10, dist behind Arcane Dancer (8-12) at Beverley 7f hcp (5) gf in Jul.

      She's Electric (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Raced wide in touch, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, last of 12, 24 3/4l behind Ordinal (9-3) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (5) gf in Jun.

      Mercury 9-1 (9-4) Close up, pushed along 3f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish, lost 2nd post, 3rd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Arcane Dancer (8-12) at Beverley 7f hcp (5) gf in Jul.

      Ronya (IRE) 3-1fav (9-8) Made all, 4 lengths clear over 4f out, hard ridden when challenged from over 1f out, just held on, won at Redcar 1m 1f hcp (6) gf in Jul beating Grandest (9-8) by shd, 13 ran.

      Ferdy (IRE) 9-2 (8-9) Slowly away, in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 14 1/2l behind Save The Bees (9-5) at Carlisle 1m 1f hcp (5) gs in Jul.

      Whitkirk 5-1jfav (8-12) Chased leaders on outside, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 6 3/4l behind Theos Lolly (9-7) at Pontefract 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul.

      Midlight 12-1 (8-13) With leader, led 4f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on and headed post, 2nd of 13, shd behind Furiant (9-5) at Ripon 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul.

      Hijran (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Led until over 6f out, weakened 2f out, eased, 11th of 12, dist behind Sixties Groove (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Jun.

      Beverley Bullet 9-1 (9-1) Tracked leader, ridden and weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 9l behind Popsies Joy (9-0) at Beverley 7f hcp (5) gf in May.