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21:00 Thirsk

Thirsk Castle Handicap (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Good, Good to Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,600 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 59m 52.00s
  • Off Time: 21:01:30
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Le Toreador

5/1

    2
    Silk -

    Medici Time

    8/1

      1(5)
      Silk - Gold and Black check, Pink sleeves and cap

      Le Toreador

      10 t D
      5/1
      • Form 2-53201
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 81

      track leader, led halfway, driven over 1f out and kept on gamely final furlong

      3(6)
      Silk - Black, White hoops, Royal Blue cap, White star

      Cape Vale (IRE)

      24 C
      9/2
      • Form 599-848
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-11
      • Official Rating 80

      held up, driven and headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong

      4(7)
      Silk - Black, Yellow seams, Black sleeves, Yellow stars and stars on cap

      Sudden Impact (IRE)

      89 e CD
      28/1
      • Form 5690-39
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 79

      led, headed halfway and remained in touch, stayed on same pace final furlong

      5(1)
      Silk - Purple, mauve epaulets, mauve and purple hooped sleeves, striped cap

      Artsu

      10
      10/3
      • Form 33-8422
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 74

      held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong

      6(2)
      Silk - DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond

      Crimea (IRE)

      14 CD
      11/4
      • Form 1
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 80

      in touch, driven and edged left, under pressure over 2f out, soon beaten

      7(4)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow inverted triangle, striped sleeves and cap

      Kyzer Chief

      14 D
      12/1
      • Form 63-5186
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 65

      chased leaders to halfway

      8(8)
      Silk - Black, large White spots, armlets and cap

      Medici Time

      14 v
      8/1
      • Form 9-26903
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 61

      held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, not reached winner

      2(3)
      NR

      Stolt (IRE)

      10 DCD
      10/1
      • Form 25-0705
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 81

      Withdrawn

      Previous results

      2008
      (16)
      Silk -

      Baybshambles (IRE)

      11/4
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-7

      In depth

      Verdict

      The drop back in trip may see CAPE VALE back in the winner's enclosure as we take him to see off Le Toreador, Artsu and Crimea. A key piece of form here could be Le Toreador's win at Ayr, where he had Artsu a neck back in second with Stolt further back in fifth. The latter has plenty of work to do but Noel Wilson has his sprinters running well, but Artsu's pull in the weights means that he could reverse the placings. Sudden Impact needs to improve for the drop back in trip on quick ground, whilst there wasn't much between Medici Time and Kyzer Chief last time behind Twosheetstothewind but the former was the more eye-catching. The interesting runner is Crimea who was a winner on his debut here earlier this month. He is quickly sent up against some older and experienced handicappers but this 120,000 guineas son of Kheylef is obviously open to lots of improvement. The selection however is Cape Vale, a half-brother to the classy Moss Vale. He wasn't disgraced at Epsom last time and a repeat of that run may be enough to seal victory here, with the drop in trip in his favour. A tough puzzle for punters to solve in the finale but we will side with the Dandy Nicholls runner Cape Vale.

      Formwatch

      Le Toreador 13-2 (9-11) Close up, led 1f out, soon ridden, kept on, won at Ayr 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gf beating Artsu (9-5) by nk, 9 ran.

      Cape Vale (IRE) 10-1 (8-8) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened over1f out, 8th of 16, 8l behind Baldemar (8-8) at Epsom Downs 6f hcp 0-100 (2) gd.

      Sudden Impact (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Keen, chased leader 2f, weakened over 3f out, last of 9, 23l behind Orpen Wide (8-13) at Leicester 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.

      Artsu 4-1 (9-5) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, 2nd of 9, nk behind Le Toreador (9-11) at Ayr 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.

      Crimea (IRE) 11-10fav (9-3) In touch, led halfway, quicken clear over 1f out, edged left and kept on final furlong, won at Thirsk 5f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gf beating Cheyenne Red (9-3) by 2 1/2l, 10 ran.

      Kyzer Chief 10-1 (9-11) Led far side group, driven over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 6th of 17, 3 1/2l behind Twosheetstothewind (9-8) at Thirsk 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.

      Medici Time 17-2 (9-10) Dwelt and towards rear stand's side, headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, 3rd of 17, 1l behind Twosheetstothewind (9-8) at Thirsk 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.

      Stolt (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Very slowly away, in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on, never troubled leaders, 5th of 9, 5l behind Le Toreador (9-11) at Ayr 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.