17:10 York

Saturday 29 July 2023

All14:0514:4015:1516:0016:3517:1017:45

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Off time: 17:12 | Winning time: 2m 34.36s

1^st

(1)

Dark Moon Rising

49-13

17/2

T: K A RyanJ: T Eaves

Rear mid-division, pushed along and headway well over 2f out, ridden in 3rd over 1f out, stayed on well to lead final 110 yards, kept on op 7/1

2^nd

1 ¼

(10)

Lizzie Jean

410-3

7/1

T: I FurtadoJ: D Nolan

Rear mid-division, effort and headway 3f out, ridden and led 1f out, headed 110 yards out, no extra op 15/2 tchd 17/2

3^rd

1 ½

(4)

Gibside

49-6

11/4f

T: T D EasterbyJ: D Allan

Handy, pushed along and led over 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, faded final 110 yards op 5/1

4^th

(7)

Cormier

710-0

8/1

T: B EllisonJ: Cam Hardie

Chased leaders, pushed along well over 2f out, ran on same pace op 15/2 tchd 9/1

5^th

1 ¼

(6)

Two Brothers

510-1

4/1

T: M & D EasterbyJ: Billy Garritty

Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, gradually weakened op 9/2

6^th

(3)

Whatacracker

38-5

4/1

T: M WalfordJ: L Morris

Prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out op 10/3

7^th

1 ¾

(5)

Grand Scheme

510-0

50/1

T: S EnglandJ: J Garritty

Mid-division, pushed along 3f out, beaten well over 1f out tchd 33/1

8^th

1 ¼

(2)

Feel The Need

39-3

8/1

T: D O'MearaJ: Jason Watson

Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out and not much room, soon no impression and weakened 1f out op 11/2

9^th

2 ¾

(11)

Gastronomy

49-3

20/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Andrew Breslin (3)

In rear, ridden over 2f out, never involved op 16/1

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Non-Runners

(8)

Enthrallment¹⁵

Weight: 10-3| Age: 4

T: K P De Foy J: Daniel Muscutt

(9)

Dubai Crystal²⁹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: K R Burke J: C Lee

(12)

Bulldog Spirit²¹

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: C Johnston J: J Mitchell

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.60Pl:£2.70, £2.30, £1.60EX:£84.40Trifecta:£352.80Tricast:£209.15SF:£68.33Swingers:£7.80, £5.80, £4.60

Forecasts

Gibside (11/4), Two Brothers (4/1), Whatacracker (4/1), Enthrallment (6/1), Lizzie Jean (7/1), Bulldog Spirit (15/2), Cormier (8/1), Feel The Need (8/1), Dark Moon Rising (17/2), Dubai Crystal (12/1), Gastronomy (20/1), Grand Scheme (50/1)

This looks competitive but improving 3-y-o WHATACRACKER could be the answer given the manner of his success at Carlisle last time. Enthrallment and Gibside also arrive on the back of career-best runs so they head the dangers.

WHATACRACKER
ENTHRALLMENT (IRE)
GIBSIDE

Previous Winners

2022

Molinari

Weight: 9-13 |Age: 5

J: D Nolan | T: M Todhunter

11/2

Prize Money

1st: £10,468.002nd: £4,912.003rd: £2,454.004th: £1,228.005th: £612.00