| Course: RIPON | Race date:18/06/08 | Race time:8:25 | Runners:9 |
| Race distance:1m2f | Going:Good | Winners time:2m 4.59s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wigwam Willie | Paul Mulrennan | K A Ryan | 8 | 9-4 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 9/2 | 3.1 | 2.17 | 1.92 | 1.01 | 1 | |
| Intersky Charm | Dean McKeown | R M Whitaker | 5 | 8-13 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 4/1F | 2.6 | 2.08 | 1.95 | 1.01 | 2 | nk |
| Sculastic | Robert Winston | J Howard Johnson | 3 | 9-4 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 9/1 | 3.8 | 3.31 | 2.62 | 1.01 | 3 | ½ |
| Bed Fellow | Kelly Harrison(5) | Paul Murphy | 9 | 8-0 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 40/1 | 15 | 12.39 | 7 | 1.5 | 4 | ¾ |
| Rosbay | Duran Fentiman(3) | T D Easterby | 1 | 9-4 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 5/1 | 2.4 | 2.08 | 1.82 | 1.33 | 5 | 3¼ |
| Prince Noel | Danielle McCreery(5) | N Wilson | 2 | 7-12 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 8/1 | 8.8 | 4.2 | 2.78 | 2.4 | 6 | 1 |
| Nuit Sombre | Silvestre De Sousa | G A Harker | 6 | 8-12 | 8 | 0 | 74 | 14/1 | 7 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 7 | nk |
| Minority Report | Adrian T Nicholls | D Nicholls | 7 | 9-7 | 8 | 0 | 83 | 11/2 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.42 | 8 | nk |
| Claret And Amber | Jamie Moriarty(3) | R A Fahey | 4 | 8-9 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 11/2 | 3.2 | 2.52 | 2.26 | 2.48 | RR |
Wigwam Willie in touch, headway and ridden along 3f out, switched inside and driven approaching final furlong, stayed on to lead last 50yds
Intersky Charm held up in rear, headway on outer over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, driven and led briefly inside final furlong, headed and not quicken last 50yds
Sculastic soon led, ridden along over 2f out, driven over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, not quicken last 100yds
Bed Fellow chased leading pair, headway 3f out, ridden to challenge 2f out, soon driven and every chance until no extra just inside final furlong
Rosbay tracked leaders, effort 3f out, ridden along 2f out, driven over 1f out and one pace
Prince Noel tracked leader, effort 3f out, ridden along 2f out and gradually weakened
Nuit Sombre took keen hold, in touch, headway when not clear run over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened over 1f out
Minority Report held up and behind, headway 3f out, effort and not much room over 1f out, weakened and eased inside final furlong
Claret And Amber blind removed late and refused to race, took no part
WIGWAM WILLIE had run his best races previously with more give in the ground but the step back up to 1m2f may have helped him in that regard and he stayed on well on the inside to lead well inside the final 1f. He certainly stays this trip and looks back in form, though he will be heading back up the handicap as a result.
Intersky Charm ran a good race, coming from behind on a track where that is never easy, making ground from over 2f out to have every chance inside the final 1f and just losing out - he is clearly on a winning mark at present.
Sculastic was given the ideal ride for a horse dropping back in trip, leading until well inside the final 1f, and ran a decent race in third but will probably benefit from reverting to further. Bed Fellow had run well when sixth here on his penultimate start, when the runner-up this time was third, and did even better 12 days on, always prominent and finishing a close fourth from out of the handicap.
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