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15:15 Ripon

City Of Ripon Stakes (Handicap) (Class C) (Class C)

  • 14 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Good to Soft, Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 6.30s
  • 14 Ran
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1
Silk -

Stretton (IRE)

9/1

    2
    Silk -

    La Sylphide

    12/1

      3
      Silk -

      Galvanise (USA)

      13/2

        1(8)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White spots, White sleeves, Royal Blue armlets and spots on White cap

        Akash (IRE)

        24
        14/1
        • Form 20-1200
        • Age 4
        • Weight 10-0

        in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten

        2(4)
        Silk - Dark Blue, large Yellow spots, Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue armlets, Yellow cap

        Telemachus

        10 b
        7/1
        • Form 000001
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-11

        towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong.

        3(10)
        Silk - PURPLE, GREY star

        Jabaar (USA)

        14 b
        7/1
        • Form 356250
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-9

        mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, never near to challenge

        4(3)
        Silk - DARK BLUE, YELLOW stars, diabolo on sleeves and star on cap

        Kentucky Blue (IRE)

        112
        25/1
        • Form 0550-30
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-8

        always behind

        5(14)
        Silk - Royal Blue and Red stripes, Red and White striped sleeves, Royal Blue and White striped cap

        Cat's Whiskers

        3
        11/1
        • Form 0-03402
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-5

        in touch, ridden over 2f out, no extra final furlong

        6(12)
        Silk - YELLOW, ROYAL BLUE hoops, YELLOW sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets and cap

        Jimmy Byrne (IRE)

        45
        14/1
        • Form 056113
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-4

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

        7(2)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Pink diabolo, chevrons on sleeves, Pink cap, Dark Blue diamond

        La Sylphide

        76
        12/1
        • Form 10-2560
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-4

        led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, headed post

        8(6)
        Silk - Pink, Maroon chevrons, Pink sleeves, Pink cap, Maroon star

        Tedstale (USA)

        13 b
        33/1
        • Form 364530
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-4

        jumped left at start and behind, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong

        9(13)
        Silk - White, Black stripe, hooped sleeves, Red cap

        Rasid (USA)

        59
        12/1
        • Form 100531
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-4

        towards rear, hit rails 6f out, not recovered

        10(7)
        Silk - Green, pink sash and cap, white sleeves

        Galvanise (USA)

        55
        13/2
        • Form 0-610
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-3

        jumped left at start, soon tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace

        11(9)
        Silk - Pink, Maroon chevrons, Pink sleeves, Pink cap, Maroon star

        Stretton (IRE)

        31
        9/1
        • Form 003440
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-1

        settled in mid-division, headway over 2f out, ran on final furlong to lead post

        12(5)
        Silk - Black and Yellow diamonds, Yellow sleeves, Black armlets, Yellow cap

        Rotuma (IRE)

        23 b
        20/1
        • Form 161251
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-1

        hampered at start, towards rear, hampered 6f out, never dangerous

        13(11)
        Silk - Black, Yellow sleeves, Black armlets, Black cap, Yellow stars

        Compton Dragon (USA)

        11 v
        20/1
        • Form 520604
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-0

        never better than mid-division

        14(1)
        Silk - Red, White sash, Royal Blue cap

        Strider

        19 v
        9/2
        • Form 00-2441
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-10

        held up behind leaders, pushed along over 3f out, effort over 2f out, soon behind.

        In depth

        Verdict

        Strider gets weight off all the rest and can take the day's feature race for Sir Michael Stoute, with Rotuma, Rasid and Jimmy Byrne seen as the main dangers. Strider's trainer is a past-master at getting his second division inmates ready to mop up these sort of prizes, and the three-year-old will line up fit and fancied after opening his account at Sandown in August under a strong ride from Kieren Fallon who is in charge again today. The son of Pivotal showed that he handles cut at the Esher track and a mark of 78 looks fair. Rotuma displayed battling qualities when beating Burgundy at Leicester and has the assistance of a good young apprentice in Daniel Tudhope, so will be a threat. So should Rasid, a confirmed soft-ground specialist who actually beat Rotuma at Nottingham in July and is weighted to do so again. Of the rest, Jimmy Byrne makes some appeal as he has won two of his last three starts and could well have landed the hat-trick at Haydock had he not hung left in the closing stages. Telemachus popped in at a big price at Sandown the other week but the form has since been let down by runner-up Silvaline. In a close looking handicap on paper, we return to Strider as the answer.