15:17 Ripon

Sunday 17 May 2026

All14:1714:4715:1715:5016:2016:5017:2017:50

Napoleons Casino And Restaurant Leeds Handicap

Off time: 15:17 | Winning time: 2m 4.50s

1^st

(1)

Poet's Dawn

118-13

15/2

T: T D EasterbyJ: Sean Kirrane

Prominent, moved into clear lead over 4f out, pushed along over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on strongly, won going away op 8/1 tchd 7/1

2^nd

2 ½

(13)

Spirit Catcher

79-3

9/2

T: P A KirbyJ: C Lee

Raced wide in rear of mid-division, progress to challenge leaders over 4f out, headway and ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong to dispute second, took clear second close home op 5/1

3^rd

1 ¾

(3)

Off Spin

48-10

20/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: D Fentiman

Midfield, shaken up over 2f out, ridden over 1f out and stayed on gamely inside final furlong to take third op 16/1

4^th

(5)

Bearwith

89-7

4/1

T: H BethellJ: Aiden Brookes

Wore hood and went to post early, midfield, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to dispute second over 1f out, kept on one pace and lost two places inside final furlong

5^th

(12)

Bay Dream Believer

78-12

14/1

T: M WalfordJ: A Mullen

Slowly into stride, keen and raced wide in last, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and minor headway over 1f out, kept on op 11/1

6^th

1 ¾

(9)

Tiberio Force

78-4

22/1

T: S WhitakerJ: Cam Hardie

In rear, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened op 16/1 tchd 20/1

7^th

(2)

Finlaggan

49-9

11/8f

T: D O'MearaJ: Cieren Fallon

Midfield, hampered and not much room over 3f out, ridden and minor headway over 2f out, soon stayed on same pace op 6/4

8^th

(4)

Distinction

89-0

14/1

T: J MackieJ: P J McDonald

Rear of mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon no extra tchd 12/1

9^th

1 ¾

(7)

Speechman

68-9

25/1

T: P A KirbyJ: Rowan Scott

Always towards rear op 22/1 tchd 20/1

10^th

(11)

Twilight Safari

49-7

66/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Jack Nicholls (5)

Prominent, raced in third, ridden and carried right over 3f out, soon faded op 40/1

11^th

(6)

Popeye Doyle

49-9

40/1

T: J BediJ: Shay Farmer (7)

Soon led, pushed along and headed over 4f out, soon tailed off tchd 50/1

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Non-Runners

(14)

Everyoneknowsadave¹⁰

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: Jessica Macey J: Lewis Edmunds

(10)

The Cookstown Cafu³⁴

Weight: 9-3| Age: 7

T: Fionn McSharry J: O McSweeney

(8)

Skinny Malinka⁵¹⁶

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: N Wilson J: Ryan Sexton

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£8.70Pl:£2.70, £1.70, £6.40EX:£48.20Trifecta:£849.20Tricast:£668.02SF:£40.51Swingers:£2.90, £19.00, £18.90

Forecasts

Finlaggan (11/8), Bearwith (4/1), Spirit Catcher (9/2), The Cookstown Cafu (5/1), Poet's Dawn (15/2), Everyoneknowsadave (10/1), Bay Dream Believer (14/1), Distinction (14/1), Off Spin (20/1), Tiberio Force (22/1), Speechman (25/1), Skinny Malinka (25/1), Popeye Doyle (40/1), Twilight Safari (66/1)

FINLAGGAN could just be a cut above this 0-70 grade and is taken to build on his promising handicap debut second at Pontefract. Last-time-out winners The Cookstown Cafu and Spirit Catcher retain plenty of handicapping scope on peak form and might be the pair to give David O'Meara's charge most to do.

FINLAGGAN
THE COOKSTOWN CAFU
SPIRIT CATCHER (IRE)

Previous Winners

2025

Spioradalta

Weight: 9-4 |Age: 5

J: Jason Hart | T: M Walford

10/3

Prize Money

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