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16:30 Yarmouth

Greene King Festival At Yarmouth Handicap (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 101y
  • Going: Good
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,500 added
  • Winner: £5,499
  • 2nd: £1,636
  • 3rd: £818
  • 4th: £409
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 25.97s
  • Off Time: 16:30:29
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Ex Oriente (IRE)

7/1

    2
    Silk -

    Ifan (IRE)

    3/1

      1(4)
      Silk - White, emerald green hoops, white sleeves and cap

      Sagesse

      111 D
      10/3
      • Form 4-1253
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 78

      tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, slightly outpaced over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong

      2(5)
      Silk - Royal blue, yellow stripe, royal blue sleeves, yellow spots, royal blue cap, yellow stars

      Secular Society

      24
      12/1
      • Form 23-1406
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 74

      held up, ridden and headway 2f out, weakened final furlong

      3(1)
      Silk - ROYAL BLUE and WHITE (quartered), RED sleeves and cap

      Ifan (IRE)

      24
      3/1
      • Form 222-211
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 74

      tracked clear leader, close over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on

      4(6)
      Silk - Yellow, Black chevron, Black sleeves, Yellow stars, Black cap, Yellow star

      Ex Oriente (IRE)

      6
      7/1
      • Form 980-003
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 72

      in rear, headway on outer 3f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on

      5(3)
      Silk - Royal blue, pink diamond, striped sleeves, pink cap

      Silk Train

      17 BF
      3/1
      • Form 4510-22
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 70

      in touch, ridden over 2f out, not trouble leaders

      6(2)
      Silk - Pink, Black sash, White sleeves

      Colinca's Lad (IRE)

      20 CCD
      5/1
      • Form 2866-72
      • Age 12
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 70

      soon led, clear 7f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace

      Previous results

      2013
      (1)
      Silk -

      Colinca's Lad (IRE)

      4/1
      • Age 11
      • Weight 9-3

      In depth

      Verdict

      None of these can be dismissed out of hand, though Secular Society is unproven at the distance and Sagesse hasn't raced since March when beaten off today's mark on the Polytrack. Ifan ran out a narrow-margin winner at Brighton last time while Ex Oriente finally showed some improvement for a slide down the weights when placed at Newmarket. The veteran Colinca's Lad won this contest off a 6lb higher mark last year but SILK TRAIN gets the vote to come out best this time having gone very close off today's mark in both starts so far this year.

      Formwatch

      Sagesse 3-1 (9-2) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Royal Alcor (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcap (4) pol in Mar.

      Secular Society 33-1 (9-6) Mid-division, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 9l behind Genius Boy (8-12) at Yarmouth 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gf.

      Ifan (IRE) 11-4 (8-13) Soon led, ridden 2f out, strongly pressed from over 1f out, stayed on gamely final furlong, all out, won at Brighton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf beating Cravat (9-4) by hd, 8 ran.

      Ex Oriente (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Awkward start, slowly into stride, behind, headway under pressure over 1f out, never able to challenge, 3rd of 7, 5l behind Meetings Man (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

      Silk Train 11-10fav (9-3) Led early, tracked winner until 9f out, tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, headway to chase winner over 1f out, ridden and gaining on winner near finish, just failed, 2nd of 4, shd behind Jewelled (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 4f fll hcp (4) pol.

      Colinca's Lad (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Led, hard driven when headed 1f out, no extra, 2nd of 6, 2 3/4l behind Precision Strike (8-11) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-70 (5) sft.