Racecards
17:10 Wetherby
Young Ty Beginners' Chase (Class E)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f 110y
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form PU423P
- Age 9
- Weight 11-0
led to 1st, remained prominent, dropped rear 5th, lost touch halfway
- Form F33/3-PP
- Age 9
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer T Fitzgerald
- Jockey P Robson
held up in rear, headway halfway, ridden and effort approaching 4 out, 3rd and held when blundered 2 out
- Form 21-1156
- Age 8
- Weight 11-0
held up in touch, headway halfway, chased winner from 9th, pushed along 3 out, one paced after next
- Form F0B322
- Age 7
- Weight 11-0
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey R Garritty
led 1st, made rest, ridden 2 out, stayed on well
Red Jupiter
130- Form 0-6P066
- Age 6
- Weight 11-0
tracked leaders, dropped rear 7th, reminders and weakened after next, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
Binny Bay
61- Form 156234
- Age 7
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey G Lee
held up in touch, headway halfway to chase winner, not fluent and pushed along 5 out, ridden and weakened next
In depth
Verdict
A confident selection here is King's Bounty, who is 11lbs clear of his rivals on official BHB ratings and can put some decent placed efforts behind him and land his first chase. Though unproven on the ground, he has run well enough on good going before, he jumps well and should not be opposed from a yard that does so well here. Binny Bay has been a consistent, if a little one paced, performer this season. There are more races to be won with him, but perhaps not here, while the ground has come right for Contract Scotland, and it would be no surprise to see Len Lungo's gelding show up well on his chasing debut.