16:40 Ripon

Saturday 22 July 2017

All14:2014:5515:3016:0516:4017:1517:50

VW Van Centre (West Yorkshire) Handicap

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 1m 41.69s

1^st

(6)

Shouranour

79-11

10/1

T: A D BrownJ: Josh Doyle (3)

Prominent early, tracked leaders, 2nd 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well op 8/1

2^nd

(4)

Areen Heart

39-7

6/4f

T: R A FaheyJ: P Makin

Prominent, led over 6f out, headed 5f out, led 4f out, driven over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, held towards finish op 15/8 tchd 2/1

3^rd

2 ½

(5)

Rousayan

69-11

15/2

T: D O'MearaJ: Shelley Birkett (3)

Mid-division, not much room over 2f out, 3rd over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong op 9/1

4^th

(3)

Town Charter

39-3

13/2

T: C & M JohnstonJ: F Norton

Slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer op 6/1

5^th

(2)

Torrid

69-12

11/4

T: M & D EasterbyJ: Nathan Evans (3)

Slowly into stride, took keen hold and soon mid-division on inside, closed 6f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out op 3/1 tchd 5/2

6^th

(8)

Hitman

49-2

11/1

T: Rebecca BastimanJ: D Fentiman

Held up in rear, pushed along over 4f out, edged right over 1f out, never figured op 9/1

7^th

(7)

Planetaria

49-8

14/1

T: J R WeymesJ: Lewis Edmunds (5)

Led, headed over 6f out, led 5f out, headed 4f out, weakened over 1f out op 12/1

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Non-Runners

(1)

Dark Profit⁸

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: K Dalgleish J: P Mulrennan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£11.80Pl:£4.70, £1.80EX:£22.80Trifecta:£143.90Tricast:£124.09SF:£26.27Swingers:£3.70, £9.10, £3.70

Forecasts

Areen Heart (6/4), Dark Profit (9/4), Torrid (11/4), Town Charter (13/2), Rousayan (15/2), Shouranour (10/1), Hitman (11/1), Planetaria (14/1)

Torrid looked a smart recruit early in his career and was a game winner over this trip at Redcar in April. Beaten behind a smart recruit of Luca Cumani's last time, he will not be far away at the finish here. AREEN HEART has run several good races in defeat and was a game winner over 7f at Beverley back in September. He went down in many notebooks when beaten just over a length last time and can return to the winners' circle in this contest. Town Charter will make a race of it but a bigger threat comes in the shape of Dark Profit. Twice a winner recently, he is in great heart at the moment and could well secure another victory.