14:05 Ripon

Tuesday 26 August 2025

All14:0514:3515:0515:3516:0516:35

Thank You Joan Easey Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 2m 2.19s

1^st

(3)

Bay Dream Believer

69-3

5/1

T: M WalfordJ: Rhys Elliott (3)

Steadied start, soon well off the pace in rear, good headway tracking leaders over 2f out, went 2nd inside final 2f, ridden and challenging over 1f out, led inside final furlong, gamely op 9/2

2^nd

(7)

Triple Force

49-7

13/8f

T: Craig LidsterJ: William Pyle

Tracked leader, led 8f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, kept on for 2nd op 9/4

3^rd

(2)

Little Ted

88-13

11/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Alex Jary

Held up in last pair inside, headway tracking leaders 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong, just missed 2nd, not pace of winner op 8/1

4^th

4 ¾

(4)

Poet's Dawn

109-7

5/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Jake Dickson (7)

Led 2f, tracked leader until 6f out, went 2nd again over 3f out until pushed along inside final 2f, ridden and weakened over 1f out tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2

5^th

(1)

Time Tested

410-0

4/1

T: M L W BellJ: Joe Bradnam (7)

Slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, went 2nd 5f out, pushed along and lost 2nd over 3f out, weakened tchd 7/2

6^th

(8)

Woodstock City

59-9

17/2

T: Ian WilliamsJ: Zak Wheatley

Chased leaders out wide, went 2nd 6f out until 5f out, chased leaders, wide home turn, pushed along over 3f out, weakened and behind over 2f out, tailed off op 7/1 tchd 13/2 and tchd 9/1

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Non-Runners

(6)

Finn Russell³¹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 5

T: Ian Williams J: Non Runner

(5)

Dandy's Angel¹⁰

Weight: 9-4| Age: 8

T: J S Wainwright J: Tom Kiely-Marshall

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£2.30, £1.50EX:£14.10Trifecta:£59.80Tricast:£77.11SF:£13.12Swingers:£1.80, £3.80, £3.60

Forecasts

Triple Force (13/8), Time Tested (4/1), Bay Dream Believer (5/1), Poet's Dawn (5/1), Woodstock City (17/2), Little Ted (11/1), Finn Russell (12/1), Dandy's Angel (20/1)

It's hard to rule out any with confidence. TRIPLE FORCE has a fine record over 1¼m this season and might prove the answer but good claims can also be made for Bay Dream Believer and Little Ted, who were 1-2 in a C&D race only 10 days ago. Last year's winner Woodstock City is well treated if staging a revival, while Time Tested did well on AW at the beginning of the year.

TRIPLE FORCE
BAY DREAM BELIEVER (IRE)
LITTLE TED

Previous Winners

2024

Woodstock City

Weight: 10-0 |Age: 4

J: Andrew Breslin | T: Ian Williams

18/1

Prize Money

1st: £4,711.002nd: £2,210.003rd: £1,104.004th: £553.005th: £275.00