17:20 York

Thursday 9 July 2020

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Off time: 17:26 | Winning time: 1m 37.90s

1^st

(17)

Orbaan

59-7

25/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Harry Bentley

Held up in mid-division, made good headway to challenge and led 1f out, pushed out and kept on well final furlong op 22/1 tchd 20/1

2^nd

(6)

Muraad

49-0

6/1

T: Owen BurrowsJ: Dane O'Neill

Reared in stalls, soon led, ridden for effort 2f out, headed 1f out, ran on well op 13/2

3^rd

(14)

Tadleel

58-4

16/1

T: R A FaheyJ: P Mathers

Raced in mid-division, pushed along for effort 2f out, switched right to challenge over 1f out, soon ridden and went left final furlong, stayed on well op 18/1

4^th

1 ½

(10)

So Beloved

108-13

14/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Angus Villiers (5)

Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, keeping on when hampered inside final furlong, kept on

5^th

(2)

Brian Epstein

49-5

5/2f

T: R HannonJ: P J Dobbs

Raced prominently, ridden to challenge 2f out, no extra inside final furlong tchd 11/4

6^th

(4)

Firmament

89-2

7/2

T: D O'MearaJ: James Doyle

Chased leaders, niggled along when slightly hampered 2f out, hampered again inside final furlong, no extra op 10/3 tchd 3/1

7^th

(13)

Irreverent

48-10

25/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Barry McHugh

Held up towards rear, making headway when went left and hampered rival 2f out, soon ridden, hampered inside final furlong, weakened final 100yds op 28/1

8^th

4 ¾

(3)

Kylie Rules

58-4

14/1

T: Mrs R CarrJ: J P Sullivan

Slowly away, raced keenly and chased leaders, ridden along 2f out, weakened final furlong

9^th

(9)

Captain Jameson

58-5

33/1

T: J & S QuinnJ: Nathan Evans

Tracked leaders, pushed along when hampered 2f out, plugged on one pace final furlong

10^th

1 ¼

(5)

Universal Gleam

58-13

28/1

T: K DalgleishJ: Shane Gray

Held up in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

11^th

5 ½

(15)

Elerfaan

68-6

50/1

T: Rebecca BastimanJ: Phil Dennis

Missed break, soon chasing leaders on outer, niggled along when slightly hampered 2f out, soon no extra op 40/1

12^th

(8)

Nicholas T

89-7

16/1

T: J S GoldieJ: K Stott

Slowly away and held up in rear, niggled along over 3f out, soon beaten op 12/1

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Non-Runners

(16)

Northernpowerhouse¹⁸

Weight: 8-6| Age: 4

T: B Smart J: G Lee

(7)

Silent Attack²³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: A W Carroll J: Jason Watson

(11)

Game Player³⁴²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: R Varian J: J Mitchell

(12)

Brother McGonagall²⁷⁴

Weight: 8-3| Age: 6

T: T D Easterby J: Rachel Richardson

(1)

Fox Premier²²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: A M Balding J: Oisin Murphy

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£14.20Pl:£6.60, £2.00, £3.70EX:£122.90Trifecta:£1,097.60Tricast:£1,857.26SF:£130.55Swingers:£17.20, £33.40, £11.60

Forecasts

Brian Epstein (5/2), Firmament (7/2), Muraad (6/1), Game Player (8/1), Fox Premier (8/1), Northernpowerhouse (10/1), So Beloved (14/1), Kylie Rules (14/1), Silent Attack (14/1), Tadleel (16/1), Nicholas T (16/1), Brother McGonagall (20/1), Orbaan (25/1), Irreverent (25/1), Universal Gleam (28/1), Captain Jameson (33/1), Elerfaan (50/1)

The fiendish finale, you could make a case for half a dozen and more. Orbaan is likely better than he showed on first start for this trainer and should show it soon, while the same goes for Tadleel; despite being a beaten favourite at Ayr last time. Game Player is liable to defy his current mark before long but does lack a run, while it would be foolish to allow Muraad an easy time of things up front. One against the field however is BRIAN EPSTEIN, who went close on his comeback at Haydock (form boosted afterwards) and has since at least matched that in the Silver Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot despite the draw bias that impacted his chance.