Racecards
14:50 Thirsk
Happy 4th Birthday Elliott Robinson Handicap (Class 5)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Good (Good to Soft in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £6,000 added
- Winner: £3,881
- 2nd: £1,155
- 3rd: £577
- 4th: £289
- Form 42-5
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 70
chased leaders, under pressure halfway, weakened well over 2f out
Strathearn (IRE)
153- Form 254582-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey Lulu Stanford
slowly into stride, behind, headway over 2f out, never on terms
- Form 666-2
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer G A Swinbank
- Jockey B A Curtis
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on same pace closing stages
- Form 448-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer M Dods
- Jockey P Mulrennan
broke well, soon outpaced towards rear, beaten halfway
- Form 13532-3
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 66
tracked leader, driven to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 92329-3
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer J D Bethell
- Jockey P J McDonald
outpaced towards rear, never a factor
- Form 34575-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 65
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 6249-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer Micky Hammond
- Jockey G Lee
mid-division, headway over 2f out, kept on well closing stages, never on terms
- Form 706-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer D C Griffiths
- Jockey D Allan
led, hung left under pressure inside final furlong, soon headed and no extra
Mango Chutney
173- Form 87663-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer J J Davies
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
slowly into stride, midfield, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, staying on when hampered inside final furlong, switched right, ran on
In depth
Verdict
FIDRA BAY was only headed close home when second to Tobaggan's Fire over this trip at Redcar and any improvement on that would make Alan Swinbank's filly hard to beat. Magical Lasso, Lady Canford and Planetaria have all had a run on the all-weather and Strathearn and Island Flame could figure if fully wound-up. Allfredandnobell may be the pick of the remainder with Graham Lee doing the steering.
Formwatch
Magical Lasso (IRE) 7-4fav (8-11) Led, headed narrowly over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 13 1/4l behind Dubai In Bloom (8-6) at Southwell 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Strathearn (IRE) 16-1 (8-8) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 7, 4 1/2l behind Show Me Again (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m (4) pol in Nov.
Fidra Bay (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Close up, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, led briefly inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Toboggan's Fire (9-4) at Redcar 1m hcp (5) hvy in Apr.
Mr Globetrotter (USA) 20-1 (9-5) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 13, 10 3/4l behind Royal Artillery (9-5) at Doncaster 7f mdn stks (5) gs in Oct.
Planetaria (IRE) 11-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, lost place over 4f out, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 3l behind Pirate's Treasure (9-6) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Lady Canford (IRE) 9-2 (8-7) Chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 7, 7l behind Sagely (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn fll stks (5) pol in Mar.
Island Flame (IRE) 6-1 (8-13) Tracked leader, led 2f out, soon headed, chased winner, ridden and no impression when lost 2nd 1f out, edged left and weakened inside final furlong, lost modest 4th close home, 5th of 9, 5l behind Zealous (9-4) at Haydock 7f (5) gs in Oct.
Allfredandnobell (IRE) 14-1 (8-2) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never a facor, 9th of 12, 11 1/2l behind Kassia (9-5) at Pontefract 6f (4) gd in Oct.
Miramonte Dancer (IRE) 28-1 (9-0) Keen towards rear, ridden 2f out, never near leaders, 6th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Copacobana (9-0) at Beverley 5f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug.
Mango Chutney 11-2 (9-3) Pushed along towards rear, ridden halfway, headway entering final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 10, 1l behind Mollie's Girl (9-7) at Southwell 7f (6) pol in Nov.