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17:30 York

Malton Nursery Handicap (Class C) (Class C)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 6f 217y
  • Going: Soft
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 27.30s
  • 12 Ran
1(5)
Silk - Orange, Purple stars, Orange cap, Purple star
  • Form 132
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-7

slowly into stride, headway 4f out to chase leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

2(3)
Silk - MAROON, white sleeves, maroon cap, white star
11/2
  • Form 01423
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-4

held up behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on but no impression approaching final furlong

3(2)
Silk - Khaki
  • Form 5321
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-1

held up, headway over 2f out and not much room, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon clear

4(1)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow chevrons, White sleeves, Yellow armlets, Royal Blue and Yellow hooped cap
25/1
  • Form 6225
  • Age 2
  • Weight 8-13

behind from halfway

5(4)
Silk - Claret, Silver sash, hooped cap
13/2
  • Form 061
  • Age 2
  • Weight 8-12

mid-division, ridden 4f out, headway on inner over 2f out, kept on final furlong

6(10)
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, BEIGE star
11/1
  • Form 314
  • Age 2
  • Weight 8-11

always towards rear

7(7)
Silk - Red, Yellow sleeves, Red stars, Red cap, Yellow star
16/1
  • Form 5213
  • Age 2
  • Weight 8-9

led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened

8(11)
Silk - Aquamarine and Cerise (quartered), Aquamarine sleeves
  • Form 2462
  • Age 2
  • Weight 8-8

mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon every chance, ridden well over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong

9(8)
Silk - Dark Blue, Red spots, Red cap
11/1
  • Form 0423
  • Age 2
  • Weight 8-2

chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong

10(6)
Silk - Red, Light Green hoops, White sleeves
  • Form 5344
  • Age 2
  • Weight 8-1

chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

11(12)
Silk - Emerald Green, Red spots, White sleeves, Emerald Green armlets, Emerald Green cap, White spots
14/1
  • Form 5103
  • Age 2
  • Weight 7-13

chased leaders on outer until lost place over 2f out

12(9)
Silk - Red and White (halved), Royal Blue sleeves, White cap
  • Form 6531
  • Age 2
  • Weight 7-12

tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, not quicken approaching final furlong

In depth

Verdict

Sir Anthony can defy topweight in the nursery, with Sea Hunter, Ariodante and Rockburst worthy opponents. The Bryan Smart stable has not had the best of summers, but had a couple of winners this week and in Sir Anthony, has the likely winner of the finale. He has only raced on good to soft ground so far and so definitely handles the prevailing conditions, and is no stranger to topweight either, having finished second under the burden at Newcastle last time. Lightly raced, he can continue to improve and gets the nod. Sea Hunter was short of room close home at Newmarket last time and has been consistent, while Ariodante ran a bit too keenly in a conditions event at Ascot last time, otherwise he would have finished closer than fourth. Rockburst is another to consider, as she appears to be progressing the right way, and along with the Hannon pair, Spaced and Hallucinate, make this a fairly tough getting out stakes for punters, but we shall row in with Sir Anthony.