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14:00 York

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  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £20,000 added
  • Winner: £12,952
  • 2nd: £3,854
  • 3rd: £1,926
  • 4th: £962
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 23.88s
  • Off Time: 14:01:09
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Common Touch (IRE)

11/2

    2
    Silk -

    Chiswick Bey (IRE)

    5/1

      1(3)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Silver striped sleeves, Red and Royal Blue hooped cap

      Shropshire (IRE)

      25
      15/8
      • Form 10-3
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 97

      dwelt, in rear, headway 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out

      2(1)
      Silk - Light Blue, White hollow box, check cap

      Invincible Ridge (IRE)

      17
      13/2
      • Form 21185-8
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 95

      tracked leaders in 3rd, led over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, soon edged left, weakened towards finish

      4(7)
      Silk - Emerald Green, White cross belts, Orange sleeves, Royal Blue cap

      Chiswick Bey (IRE)

      36
      5/1
      • Form 01300-6
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 90

      tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, chased winner last 100 yards, always held

      5(2)
      Silk - Red, white inverted triangle, halved sleeves

      Sonoran Sands (IRE)

      17 b D
      7/1
      • Form 684445
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 87

      led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened

      6(4)
      Silk - Emerald Green, Red hoops, quartered cap

      Common Touch (IRE)

      27 BFC
      11/2
      • Form 14-2
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 83

      held up in touch, ridden and headway to lead approaching final furlong, held on well, driven out

      7(6)
      Silk - White, Red cross belts, Red and White striped sleeves, hooped cap

      Iceblast

      11
      9/2
      • Form 36-721
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 80

      held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to take 3rd place close home

      3(5)
      NR

      Baptist (USA)

      214 D
      • Form 15-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 90

      Nonrunner

      Previous results

      2010
      (10)
      Silk -

      Kaptain Kirkup (IRE)

      6/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-3

      2009
      (9)
      Silk -

      Brief Encounter (IRE)

      5/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9

      2008
      (8)
      Silk -

      Fathsta (IRE)

      12/1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-10

      In depth

      Verdict

      Andrew Balding won this with Brief Encounter in 2009 and the twice-raced Baptist is one to keep an eye on as he makes his return. Shropshire won easily on his racecourse debut and faced very stiff tasks subsequently in the Gimcrack here and the Greenham on his reappearance. He makes his handicap debut and will find these less taxing opposition. Richard Fahey complicates matters by saddling Chiswick Bey, whose two victories have come on soft going, and Common Touch, who was just caught over Beverley's stiff 7f last time. ICEBLAST has been making very good progress and overcame trouble in-running to score comfortably over 6f at Thirsk. James Sullivan is excellent value for his claim and the combination can complete a double from a fair mark.

      Formwatch

      Shropshire (IRE) 18-1 (9-0) Raced keenly tracking leaders, effort over 1f out, soon weakened, 3rd of 6, 10l behind Frankel (9-0) at Newbury 7f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gf in Apr.

      Invincible Ridge (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) In rear, came center over 3f out, never near leaders, 8th of 9, 20l behind Tazahum (9-3) at Sandown 1m 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Apr.

      Chiswick Bey (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) In touch, outpaced halfway, ridden and kept on towards finish, 6th of 11, 7l behind Strictly Pink (8-4) at Pontefract 6f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Apr.

      Sonoran Sands (IRE) 22-1 (9-1) Led, stayed far side over 3f out, ridden and soon headed, kept on one pace and joined center group over 1f out, 5th of 9, 9l behind Tazahum (9-3) at Sandown 1m 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Apr.

      Common Touch (IRE) 5-4fav (8-9) Tracked leader and keen, ridden over 1f out, soon led, headed last 100 yards, kept on, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Belle Royale (9-0) at Beverley 7f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Apr.

      Iceblast 7-2 (8-11) Reared start, chased leaders, headway on outside over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Thirsk 6f 3yo stk 0-75 (5) gd in Apr beating Jade (9-0) by 3l, 7 ran.

      Baptist (USA) 10-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, effort over 1f out, kept on, one pace, 5th of 8, 7l behind Abjer (9-0) at Ascot 1m 2yo Grp 3 (1) gs in Oct.