Racecards
14:45 Ripon
Andy Street Maiden Guaranteed Sweepstakes (Class D)
- 19 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Good to Firm
A Bit of Fun
14- Form 00
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey D Mernagh
alway behind and ran green far side
- Form 6600
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey T Eaves
chased leaders stands side ridden over 2f out weakened over 1f out
Bold Blade
136- Form 6
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer B Smart
- Jockey Paul Scallan
slowly into stride, alway behind and outpaced farside
- Form 00
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer M D Hammond
- Jockey N Mackay
chased leaders far side, ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on
- Form 432
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey M Dwyer
led stand side, ridden and headed well inside final firlong, no extra
Motu (IRE)
29- Form 4
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer J L Dunlop
- Jockey S Sanders
chased leader stands side, ridden ad flashed tail entering final furlong, stayed on under pressure to lead well inside final furlong
- Form 00
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
slowly into stride, soon chased leaders far side, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 45
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer J Nicol
- Jockey Tony Culhane
chased leaders stands side, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong
- Form 06
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer J Jefferson
- Jockey J Bramhill
chased leader stands side, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Ms Deborah J Evans
- Jockey P M Quinn
chased leaders stands side, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey R Ffrench
soon behind stands side, outpaced halfway, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong, nearest finish
- Form 6
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer R Whitaker
- Jockey Dean McKeown
chased leader far side, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey P Fessey
chased leaders far side, ridden over 2 out, kept on under pressure final furlong
- Form 6
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Ms Deborah J Evans
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
led far side, driven approaching final furlong, not quicken
- Form 4
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
chased leader far side, ridden and lost place over 1f out, soon weakened
Plausabelle
14- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey J Mackay
chased leaders stands side until ridden and weakened 2f out
In depth
Verdict
Probably one that is best watched as far as punters are concerned, with some clues for the autumn perhaps the most profit to be made. However, if we are to have a flutter then Tim Easterby's Distant Times looks the one to be on, with Motu and Musical Lyrics others who take the eye. Distant Times has plenty of experience by comparison to most of these, having had three runs and shown steady improvement each time, culminating in a decent second from a poor draw over six furlongs at Newcastle last time. The yard does well with its two-year-olds here, so with that in mind and a decent draw to boot he looks the one to be on. Motu is sent up by John Dunlop, who also has a good record at the course. The Desert Style colt made an encouraging debut at Newmarket at the beginning of the month, running green early on, but getting the hang of things as the race progressed to finish a five and a half length fourth. With that experience under his belt plus a few weeks extra work at home he should be much better this time and could pose a very live threat to the selection. The same can be said of Musical Lyrics, who ran pretty green at Newcastle on debut and who is bound to have improved plenty for that outing. With Mark Johnston's yard holding their form well throughout the season it would be no surprise to see this filly get much closer this time and any market moves should be noted. However, experience is a good thing to have on your side in this sort of race and we will stick with Distant Times.