20:00 Ripon

Wednesday 5 June 2019

All18:3019:0019:3020:0020:3021:00

Directors Cup Handicap

Off time: 20:01 | Winning time: 1m 11.44s

1^st

(1)

Hyperfocus

59-2

7/2j

T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan

Led far side, ridden over 1f out, ran on and overall leader close home op 7/1 tchd 15/2

2^nd

(8)

Ice Age

69-9

11/1

T: Eve Johnson HoughtonJ: Georgia Dobie (7)

Tracked leader stands side, ridden over 2f out, led group over 1f out, ran on, just held op 9/1

3^rd

(11)

Gulliver

59-7

16/1

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Tracked leaders stands side, strong challenge final furlong, ran on, just held

4^th

(4)

Growl

79-4

6/1

T: R A FaheyJ: P Hanagan

Held up far side, switched left and effort 2f out, close up inside final furlong, held towards finish tchd 13/2

5^th

(14)

Desert Doctor

49-4

20/1

T: E WalkerJ: Liam Keniry

Tracked leaders stands side, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong op 18/1 tchd 22/1

6^th

(13)

Quick Look

68-9

8/1

T: M & D EasterbyJ: Nathan Evans

Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders stands side, driven over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong op 15/2 tchd 6/1 and tchd 17/2

7^th

(3)

Golden Apollo

59-5

7/2j

T: T D EasterbyJ: Jason Hart

Chased leader far side until 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong op 4/1

8^th

(12)

Bossipop

68-9

14/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Cam Hardie

Led stands side group until over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 12/1

9^th

(9)

Royal Brave

88-13

28/1

T: Rebecca BastimanJ: R Ffrench

Towards rear stands side, driven over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong tchd 25/1

10^th

(5)

Roundhay Park

49-0

6/1

T: N TinklerJ: Faye McManoman (5)

Towards rear stands side, headway over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 5/1

11^th

1 ¾

(7)

Pipers Note

99-4

16/1

T: Mrs R CarrJ: J Garritty

Towards rear stands side, headway over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 14/1

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Non-Runners

(2)

Muscika¹¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: D O'Meara J: C J McGovern

(10)

Polybius¹¹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 8

T: D M Simcock J: Dylan Hogan

(6)

Sir Maximilian³²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 10

T: Ian Williams J: B A Curtis

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.60Pl:£1.30, £3.50, £4.80EX:£55.30Trifecta:£590.30Tricast:£561.40SF:£44.84Swingers:£9.30, £13.50, £43.10

Forecasts

Hyperfocus (7/2), Golden Apollo (7/2), Sir Maximilian (5/1), Growl (6/1), Roundhay Park (6/1), Quick Look (8/1), Ice Age (11/1), Polybius (12/1), Bossipop (14/1), Gulliver (16/1), Pipers Note (16/1), Desert Doctor (20/1), Muscika (20/1), Royal Brave (28/1)

The feature race of the evening presents itself as a tricky puzzle to solve. Hyperfocus and Muscika are both interesting off the back of their Thirsk run 18 days ago. However, preference is for POLYBIUS . The selection is only 2lb above his last winning mark and the combination of the drop in trip/grade can see him return to winning ways for his trainer David Simcock who is operating at a 19% strike-rate over the last two weeks.

Polybius
Sir Maximilian
Hyperfocus

Previous Winners

2018

Sandra's Secret

Weight: 8-13 |Age: 5

J: S De Sousa | T: J L Eyre

2/1

Prize Money

1st: £9,338.002nd: £2,796.003rd: £1,398.004th: £699.005th: £350.006th: £176.00