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14:50 Pontefract

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies' Nursery (Class 4)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6y
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £11,200 added
  • Winner: £6,469
  • 2nd: £1,925
  • 3rd: £962
  • 4th: £481
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 48.71s
  • Off Time: 14:50:23
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Walkonby

2/1

    2
    Silk -

    Expensive Dirham

    10/3

      1(5)
      Silk - Royal blue, light blue epaulets, striped sleeves and cap

      Nirodha (IRE)

      14 p
      20/1
      • Form 2110
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 77

      with leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon faded

      2(2)
      Silk - Dark blue, dark blue and white check sleeves and cap

      High Flying Bird (FR)

      16
      3/1
      • Form 452
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 75

      led, ridden over 1f out, soon headed, no extra and lost 2nd place well inside final furlong

      3(4)
      Silk - Silver, tassel on cap

      Expensive Dirham

      19
      10/3
      • Form 7332
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 75

      chased leaders, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong, held near finish

      4(3)
      Silk - Orange, Purple sash, White sleeves, White cap, Purple spots

      Irish Eileen

      102
      16/1
      • Form 6034
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 74

      in touch, quickly weakened over 2f out

      5(6)
      Silk - Red, large Black spots, Black cap

      Topkapi Star

      19
      9/2
      • Form 3534
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 74

      with leaders, ridden 2f out, faded over 1f out

      6(1)
      Silk - YELLOW, BLACK seams, BLACK cap

      Walkonby

      19 BFD
      2/1
      • Form 68113
      • Age 2
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 68

      outpaced behind, headway 3f out on outer to track leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, held on near finish

      Previous results

      2018
      (4)
      Silk -

      Illusions

      8/1
      • Age 2
      • Weight 8-9

      2017
      (8)
      Silk -

      Shazzab (IRE)

      16/1
      • Age 2
      • Weight 8-7

      2016
      (2)
      Silk -

      Tomorrowcomes (IRE)

      6/1
      • Age 2
      • Weight 8-13

      In depth

      Verdict

      Nirodha completed a double in novices' events at Yarmouth and Redcar before finding a mark of 79 too much for her in a strong Doncaster nursery. High Flying Bird represents the in-form Tom Dascombe and ran above expectations in what looked a competitive novices' race at Leicester. Expensive Dirham hasn't been beaten far in three runs over the trip so is an obvious threat while Topkapi Star was running on under a big weight in a mile Thirsk nursery last time. Irish Eileen has been staying on over shorter but WALKONBY won a Newmarket seller then a Salisbury nursery before finishing third at Thirsk. She should be suited by easier conditions and gets weight from all of her rivals.

      Formwatch

      Nirodha (IRE) 20-1 (8-8) Prominent, driven 2f out, soon ridden, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 11th of 13, 6 3/4l behind Graceful Magic (8-11) at Doncaster 7f fll (2) gf in Sep.

      High Flying Bird (FR) 25-1 (9-0) Tracked winner, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Amber Island (9-0) at Leicester 7f fll stks (4) gf in Sep.

      Expensive Dirham 8-1 (9-0) Led, quickened over 2f out, joined inside final 2f, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on but not pace of winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 3 1/4l behind Pocket Square (9-0) at Ascot 1m fll stks (4) gf in Sep.

      Irish Eileen 10-1 (9-0) Last to break, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 4th of 5, 5 1/4l behind Sacred Dance (9-0) at Doncaster 7f fll stks (5) sft in Jun.

      Topkapi Star 13-2 (9-7) Held up in touch, headway 3f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 2 1/2l behind International Lion (8-7) at Thirsk 1m (5) gd in Sep.

      Walkonby 4-1fav (9-0) In touch, in 3rd over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 12, 2l behind International Lion (8-7) at Thirsk 1m (5) gd in Sep.