15:10 Ripon

Sunday 21 May 2017

All14:0014:3515:1015:4016:1016:4017:10

VW Van Centre (West Yorkshire) Handicap

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 2m 5.10s

1^st

(4)

Rita's Man

38-6

11/4f

T: R HannonJ: S De Sousa

Held up towards rear, pushed along and headway on outside chasing leaders 3f out, ridden and went 2nd inside final 2f, soon hung right, led over 1f out, ridden clear when hung right inside final furlong op 3/1 tchd 5/2

2^nd

(7)

Lucy's Law

38-10

9/1

T: T P TateJ: J P Sullivan

Behind, headway on outside chasing leaders and switched right to rails over 1f out, running on when not clear run and switched left inside final furlong, kept on into 2nd close home, no chance with winner op 8/1 tchd 10/1

3^rd

(1)

Racemaker

38-10

28/1

T: A CrookJ: Neil Farley

Led, clear over 4f out until pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no chance with winner, lost 2nd close home op 25/1

4^th

(8)

Golconda Prince

38-5

6/1

T: R A FaheyJ: P Hanagan

Held up in 5th, headway chasing leaders over 3f out, 2nd inside final 3f, every chance 2f out, soon ridden and lost 2nd, chased leaders, no extra close home op 13/2

5^th

2 ½

(6)

Powerful Love

39-1

10/1

T: C & M JohnstonJ: J Fanning

Held up towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders over 3f out, disputing close 2nd over 2f out, soon ridden, chased leaders, weakened inside final furlong op 12/1 tchd 8/1

6^th

(9)

Alshibaa

38-12

3/1

T: W J HaggasJ: Dane O'Neill

Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders on outside, pushed along over 3f out, soon outpaced, weakened over 2f out op 10/3

7^th

(2)

Warm Love

39-0

9/2

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Chased leader until pushed along inside final 3f, chased leaders, ridden and weakened inside final 2f tchd 5/1

8^th

(3)

Good Time Ahead

38-9

18/1

T: P A KirbyJ: P Aspell

Raced keenly, chased leaders, weakened over 3f out op 16/1

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Non-Runners

(5)

Staff College⁵²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: H Spiller J: George Wood

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.10Pl:£1.60, £2.00, £6.10EX:£19.90Trifecta:£433.90Tricast:£555.01SF:£26.68Swingers:£4.60, £14.30, £12.80

Forecasts

Rita's Man (11/4), Alshibaa (3/1), Warm Love (9/2), Golconda Prince (6/1), Staff College (8/1), Lucy's Law (9/1), Powerful Love (10/1), Good Time Ahead (18/1), Racemaker (28/1)

A few of these may improve for this longer trip, notably Lucy's Law and Golconda Prince. The latter was well supported for his handicap debut and he appeals as the type to win before too long. On this occasion he runs into WARM LOVE from an in form yard. Her three runs in maidens give her an excellent chance off this mark with the form of her last two starts working out particularly well. Alshibaa represents a yard that do well here. The form of his Nottingham fifth has worked out well but he has since gone through the sales ring unsold and produced a lacklustre display at Wolverhampton.