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13:55 York

John Smith's Racing Handicap (Class 2)

  • 14 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 192y
  • Going: Good (Good to Firm in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £25,000 added
  • Winner: £15,562
  • 2nd: £4,660
  • 3rd: £2,330
  • 4th: £1,165
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 37.56s
  • Off Time: 13:55:52
  • 14 Ran
1(2)
Silk - Yellow, royal blue stars, light blue sleeves

Arcanada (IRE)

163 DCD
11/1
  • Form 4116-04
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 105

led early, close up, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish

2(11)
Silk - MAUVE
13/2
  • Form 13/052-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 99

held up mid-division, lost place over 2f out

3(13)
Silk - Yellow, dark blue sleeves, yellow stars, yellow cap, dark blue star
  • Form 60-5500
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 98

close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong

4(12)
Silk - Royal blue

Firnas

15 p
13/2
  • Form 5/1-94
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 95

slowly away, in rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous

5(15)
Silk - Mauve and pink check, white sleeves, pink cap
11/1
  • Form 322-221
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 94

prominent, ridden and weakened well over 1f out

6(9)
Silk - Red and black diamonds, red sleeves, black armlets and diamonds on cap
11/1
  • Form 3466-74
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 93

held up behind, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong

7(8)
Silk - Royal Blue, Maroon sash and star on cap
20/1
  • Form 0-00305
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 93

held up mid-division, pushed along over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong

8(5)
Silk - Pink, Emerald Green chevron, halved sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 0-97544
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 92

held up mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace

9(6)
Silk - Dark Blue and Pink diabolo, chevrons on sleeves, Pink cap, Dark Blue diamond
  • Form 172-499
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 100

tracked leaders, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards finish

10(10)
Silk - Emerald green, royal blue disc, emerald green sleeves, royal blue stars, royal blue cap

Just Hiss

14 p DCD
9/1
  • Form 13-7681
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 91

soon led, headed 2f out, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish

11(1)
Silk - Mauve, white seams, mauve sleeves and cap
20/1
  • Form 213633
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 91

held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong

12(3)
Silk - Black, Yellow star and armlets, Red cap
  • Form 576632
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 91

in touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish

13(14)
Silk - Black, white seams, white sleeves, black armlets, black cap
6/1
  • Form 1431-3P
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 89

held up towards rear, pushed along 4f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong

15(7)
Silk - Pink, large Black spots and spots on cap

Chiefofchiefs

17 p D
8/1
  • Form 32-0121
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 86

held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway and switched right over 1f out, kept on to lead towards finish

14(4)
NR
20/1
  • Form 86-1290
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 88

NonRunner

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Weekend Offender was caught up in the stalls when joint-favourite at Hamilton last time and immediately pulled-up. He won over track and trip last season while ABE LINCOLN was narrowly beaten in last year’s Britannia at Ascot and had his first start since when six lengths behind the winner in this year’s Royal Hunt Cup. He’ll be sharper for that and can go close. Firnas is unexposed and drops back in distance having won over 1m2f in the past while Constantino can go well for Richard Fahey having beaten Qaffaal and One Word More when scoring at Newcastle. The latter’s stablemate Just Hiss scored over course and distance a fortnight ago while the progressive Chiefofchiefs is upped in class after winning at Kempton.

Formwatch

Arcanada (IRE) 11-1 (9-4) 4th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Cymric (9-5) at Meydan 1m hcp gd in Feb.

Abe Lincoln (USA) 13-2fav (8-13) Tracked leaders stands side, ridden and effort 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression over 1f out, weakened final 50 yards, 15th of 29, 6l behind Zhui Feng (9-0) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gf in Jun.

First Selection (SPA) 50-1 (9-0) Led narrowly stands side, headed 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong, 18th of 27, 9 1/4l behind Out Do (8-13) at Ascot 6f hcp stks (1) gf in Jun.

Firnas 9-2 (9-9) Keen tracked leaders, effort over 1f out, ridden and no impression final furlong, 4th of 6, 2 1/4l behind Banditry (9-4) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (2) gs in Jun.

Constantino (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway over 2f out to chase leaders, led over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, won at Newcastle 1m hcp (2) pol in Jun beating Kentuckyconnection (8-13) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.

One Word More (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Slowly away, behind, headway over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 4th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Constantino (8-11) at Newcastle 1m hcp (2) pol in Jun.

Sir Roderic (IRE) 2-1fav (10-0) Held up towards rear, headway halfway, chased leaders over 2f out, never on terms, 5th of 6, 5 1/2l behind Examiner (9-11) at Salisbury 1m hcp (2) gs in Jun.

General Macarthur (USA) 20-1 (9-7) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway entering final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Murad Khan (9-12) at Windsor 1m hcp (2) gd in Jul.

Kings Gift (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, never on terms, 9th of 13, 9 3/4l behind Benbatl (9-0) at Ascot 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gf in Jun.

Just Hiss 8-1 (9-5) Made virtually all, clear over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, kept on well, won at York 1m hcp (3) gd in Jul beating Truth Or Dare (9-2) by 1l, 14 ran.

Qaffaal (USA) 15-2 (8-12) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 3rd place close home, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Constantino (8-11) at Newcastle 1m hcp (2) pol in Jun.

Twin Appeal (IRE) 3-1 (9-12) Keen in touch, headway 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Easy Tiger (9-3) at Leicester 7f hcp (3) gf in Jul.

Weekend Offender (FR) 4-1jfav (9-6) Came out of the stalls with blindfold still on, lost all chance and soon pulled up, at Hamilton 1m hcp (2) sft in Jul.

Chiefofchiefs 3-1fav (9-11) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, soon ridden, led entering final furlong, soon edged left, held on well, won at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Jun beating Abatement (9-4) by 1/2l, 9 ran.

Gallipoli (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Mid-division on outside, weakened over 2f out, 15th of 18, 16 1/4l behind Viscount Barfield (9-0) at York 7f hcp (2) gf in Jun.