Ripon 22/08/2009 Good to Firm 3.25 Wensleydale Handicap (Class 4) £10000 added, 3yo only, 1m 1f 170yds, penalty £6308, 5 ran. 1st Drawn 3   Royal Defence (IRE)   F Norton 5-1 9 7 D Nicholls Soon tracking leaders, raced keenly, outpaced over 3f out, headway over 2f out, soon ridden to challenge, led inside final furlong, stayed on strongly Opened 9/2, touched 5/1 2nd Drawn 5 ¾l Russian George (IRE)   Frederik Tylicki(3) 7-2 9 5 S Gollings Slowly into stride, held up in touch, outpaced over 3f out, headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, not reached winner Opened 5/1 £2700-£600 3rd Drawn 4 1½  l Andhaar   T P O'Shea 7-2 9 4 E A L Dunlop Always prominent, led over 6f out, pushed along 4f out, strongly challenged from well over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra Opened 5/1 4th Drawn 2 hd Veroon (IRE)   P Cosgrave 7-4 8 12 J G Given Led until over 6f out, every chance from well over 2f out, soon hard ridden, stayed on same pace final furlong Opened 7/4, touched 15/8 £1000-£500, £1500-£800(x4), £937-£500, £750-£400(x6), including office money 5th Drawn 1 12l Red China Blues (USA)   D Fentiman 13-2 8 5 R E Barr Held up in touch, effort over 3f out, soon under pressure, weakened over 1f out Opened 9/2, touched 13/2 Non Runner Amazing Blue Sky Winning time: 02:03.190 Ripon results 2.20   2.50   3.25   4.00   4.35   5.05   5.40