Race cards · Mon 5 Aug
Monday 5 August · Ripon, England
16:00 Wilmot-Smith Memorial Handicap
- Distance
- 0m 6f 0y
- Going
- Good (Good to Firm in places)
- Class
- 3
- Prize
- GBP 18000
- Runners
- 6
Race preview
Fortamour is a five-time C&D winner who produced a solid effort to hit the frame in a class 4 event at Thirsk on his latest outing and he should go well off an unchanged mark. However, the vote goes to BAY BREEZE, who sported first-time cheekpieces when he finished fourth at York last month and he was kindly dropped 1lb for that display. The five-year-old accounted for Fortamour (second) and Twelfth Knight (third) when landing this contest last year and he looks the one to beat. International Girl completes the shortlist.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortamour | 651433 | P Mulrennan | B Haslam | 9 10 | 11-2 | |
| 2 | Kings Merchant | 215131 | Callum Rodriguez | E Bethell | 9 6 | 5-2 | |
| 3 | Twelfth Knight | 0-85568 | D Nolan | P T Midgley | 9 10 | 11-1 | |
| 4 | International Girl | 82-4107 | O J Orr | R A Fahey | 10 0 | 2-1 | |
| 5 | Mattice | 140407 | D Fentiman | T D Easterby | 9 4 | 15-2 | |
| 6 | Bay Breeze | 446584 | D Allan | T D Easterby | 9 3 | 11-2 |