2.42 Knights Solicitors Handicap (GBBPlus Race) of £60,000.00 4-y-o plus(Class 2) 1m. 2f. 56yds.

York Results Fri, 16th May, 2025

Going - Good to Firm (Good in places).

Jackpot Not Won.Pool £5,222.05 carried forward to Newbury on Sat, 17th May. Placepot Pool - £335,644.81 Winning Units - 4856.82 Dividend - £50.40. Quadpot Pool - £37,780.49 Winning Units - 2003.97 Dividend - £13.90. Place Six Dividend - £31.29. Place Five Dividend - £21.28.

Knights Solicitors Handicap (GBBPlus Race) of £60,000.00 4-y-o plus (Class 2) 1m. 2f. 56yds.

1st - £30,924.00, 2nd - £14,502.00, 3rd - £7,254.00, 4th - £3,624.00, 5th - £1,812.00, 6th - £906.00 13 Ran

Stewards Report

1st

Thunder Run (IRE) 9-12 (The Jc Organization & Partner)
(Drawn 4)sr Rated 100
Night Of Thunder (IRE) - Astonished (IRE)(Sea The Stars (IRE))
Breeder - Forenaghts Stud Farm

(Morning price: 13/2 11/2 5/1 11/2 5/1 11/2 5/1 11/2 5/1 11/2 6/1 11/2 6/1 11/2 5/1 9/2 5/1 9/2 5/1)
(Ring price: 5/1 11/2 5/1) SP 5/1

K R Burke

Clifford Lee

Tote Win £6.00 Place £2.40

chased leaders, took keen hold early stages, going well when losing a little bit of ground over 2f out, headway over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, stayed on well, led close home

29th Mar, 25 Doncaster
15th Flat Hcp Rated 100 This
Race 12th Jul, 25 York
6th Flat Hcp Rated 104

2nd

Tony Montana (GB) 9-8 (AMO Racing Limited)
(Drawn 6)sr Rated 96
Kingman (GB) - Mischief Making (USA)(Lemon Drop Kid (USA))
Breeder - Highclere Stud

(Morning price: 5/1 11/2 5/1 11/2 6/1 13/2 7/1 13/2 7/1 13/2 7/1 6/1 9/2)
(Ring price: 7/1 13/2 6/1 11/2 5/1 9/2) SP 9/2fav

Michael Bell

David Egan

Place £2.10

steadied start, held up in mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, headed close home

3rd May, 25 Goodwood
2nd Flat Hcp Rated 94 This
Race 18th Jun, 25 Ascot
14th Flat Hcp Rated 99

3rd

Have Secret (IRE) 9-2 (Peter Timmins, John Rhodes & Partner)
(Drawn 13)vs⁴ Rated 90
Havana Gold (IRE) - Secret Existence (IRE)(Sakhee's Secret (GB))
Breeder - Kildaragh Stud

(Morning price: 8/1 9/1 10/1 14/1 12/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 10/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 11/1 12/1 11/1 12/1 11/1 10/1)
(Ring price: 12/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 10/1 9/1 10/1) SP 10/1

Richard Fahey

Billy Garritty

Place £2.80

wide early, tracked leader, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, 3rd and held towards finish

17th Apr, 25 Ripon
1st Flat Hcp Rated 82 This
Race 29th May, 25 Ripon
2nd Flat Hcp Rated 91

4th

Salamanca (GB) 9-10 (Mr P W Harris)
(Drawn 5)sr Rated 98
Sea The Stars (IRE) - Awesometank (GB)(Intense Focus (USA))

(Morning price: 11/2 6/1 11/2 6/1 11/2 5/1 11/2 5/1 11/2 7/1)
(Ring price: 5/1 11/2 6/1 11/2 6/1 13/2 7/1) SP 7/1

J Chapple-hyam

W Buick

led, ridden over 2f out, edged left and headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong

18th Apr, 25 Newcastle
1st Flat Hcp Rated 94 This
Race

5th

0.5L

Zain Blue (IRE) 8-11 (Mr Asaad Al Banwan)
(Drawn 8)cp² Rated 85
Blue Point (IRE) - Affability (IRE)(Dalakhani (IRE))
Breeder - A. Stroud and J. Hanly

(Morning price: 14/1 16/1 14/1 11/1 12/1 11/1 9/1 8/1 9/1 10/1 9/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 9/1 10/1 9/1 10/1 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 16/1)
(Ring price: 11/1 12/1 14/1 12/1 14/1 16/1) SP 16/1

J Butler

Connor Beasley

mid-division, headway over 3f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, lacked pace of leaders

17th Apr, 25 Newmarket
9th Flat Hcp Rated 85 This
Race 13th Jun, 25 York
4th Flat Hcp Rated 84

6th

0.5L

Westerton (IRE) 9-2 (Mr J Law)
(Drawn 12) Rated 90
Belardo (IRE) - Aubusson (IRE)(Montjeu (IRE))
Breeder - Mrs H. A. Jellett

(Morning price: 16/1 18/1 16/1 18/1 16/1 18/1 16/1 20/1 22/1 25/1)
(Ring price: 22/1 25/1 28/1 25/1) SP 25/1

Alan King

Tom Marquand

steadied start and soon switched left, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, never on terms, kept on

3rd May, 25 Goodwood
6th Flat Hcp Rated 93 This
Race 6th Jun, 25 Epsom
3rd Flat Hcp Rated 88

7th

Austrian Theory (IRE) 8-11 (The Wolf Pack 2 And Partner)
(Drawn 3) Rated 85
Awtaad (IRE) - Cedar Sea (IRE)(Persian Bold)
Breeder - Epona Bloodstock Ltd and P.A Byrne

(Morning price: 9/1 10/1 9/1 10/1 15/2 9/1 8/1 15/2 7/1 13/2 6/1 11/2 5/1 9/2 5/1)
(Ring price: 5/1 9/2 5/1) SP 5/1

Tim Easterby

D Allan

held up in mid-division, some headway over 2f out, no impression on leaders

8th May, 25 Chester
2nd Flat Hcp Rated 85 This
Race 13th Jun, 25 York
7th Flat Hcp Rated 86

8th

2.75L

Brioni (FR) 9-5 (Mrs M C Sweeney & Alan King)
(Drawn 1)sr Rated 93
Cloth Of Stars (IRE) - High Story (FR)(Zanzibari (USA))
Breeder - Mr Jean-Philippe Dubois

(Morning price: 15/2 8/1 9/1 8/1 15/2 8/1 15/2 8/1 9/1 10/1)
(Ring price: 9/1 10/1 11/1 10/1) SP 10/1

Alan King

Rossa Ryan

tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

17th Apr, 25 Newmarket
8th Flat Hcp Rated 94 This
Race 13th Jun, 25 Sandown
1st Flat Hcp Rated 91

9th

2.5L

Flying Frontier (GB) 9-7 (Mr Saeed Manana)
(Drawn 7)sr Rated 95
Farhh (GB) - Alaia (IRE)(Sinndar (IRE))

(Morning price: 9/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 11/1 12/1 16/1 18/1 16/1 18/1 16/1 14/1 12/1 11/1 12/1 10/1 8/1)
(Ring price: 12/1 11/1 10/1 9/1 17/2 8/1) SP 8/1

J Tate

D Tudhope

held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, unable to quicken over 1f out, faltered and no extra inside final furlong

31st Aug, 24 Sandown
1st Flat Hcp Rated 93 This
Race 5th Jul, 25 Sandown
1st Flat Hcp Rated 95

10th

2.5L

Debora's Dream (IRE) 8-12 (Miss C Dolan)
(Drawn 9) Rated 86
Sioux Nation (USA) - Duljanah (IRE)(Dream Ahead (USA))
Breeder - D. A. Thorpe

(Morning price: 18/1 20/1 18/1 20/1 22/1 20/1 22/1 20/1 22/1 20/1 22/1 20/1 22/1 20/1 22/1 20/1 22/1 18/1 16/1 20/1 22/1 28/1)
(Ring price: 20/1 22/1 25/1 28/1) SP 28/1

Jennie Candlish

O J Orr

held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, no progress

8th May, 25 Chester
6th Flat Hcp Rated 86 This
Race 14th Jun, 25 Chester
p.u. Flat Hcp Rated 83

11th

0.5L

Bint Al Daar (GB) 8-12 (Mr G R Smith)
(Drawn 11) Rated 86
Muhaarar (GB) - Sharqeyih (GB)(Shamardal (USA))
Breeder - Shadwell Estate Company Limited

(Morning price: 12/1 14/1 11/1 10/1 11/1 12/1 11/1 12/1 14/1 12/1 14/1 12/1 14/1)
(Ring price: 12/1 14/1) SP 14/1

Kevin Philippart De Foy

Kieran Shoemark

held up towards rear, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out

29th Apr, 25 Nottingham
2nd Flat Hcp Rated 86 This
Race 18th Jun, 25 Ascot
9th Flat Hcp Rated 84

12th

1.5L

Man Of Desert (GB) 8-8 (Strawberry Fields Stud)
(Drawn 2) Rated 82
Study Of Man (IRE) - Desert Berry (GB)(Green Desert (USA))
Breeder - Strawberry Fields Stud

(Morning price: 16/1 18/1 16/1 18/1 16/1 14/1 16/1 14/1 16/1 18/1 16/1 18/1 20/1 22/1 25/1)
(Ring price: 18/1 20/1 22/1 25/1) SP 25/1

C A Dwyer

S De Sousa

slowly into stride, soon mid-division racing keenly, effort and pushed along over 3f out, lost place over 2f out

1st May, 25 Yarmouth
3rd Flat Mdn This
Race 11th Jun, 25 Yarmouth
4th Flat Hcp Rated 80

13th

Financer (GB) 8-8 (S Bulmer, P Hebdon & R Taylor)
(Drawn 10) Rated 82
Cracksman (GB) - Isa (GB)(Approve (IRE))
Breeder - Mrs P. A. Johnson

(Morning price: 16/1 14/1 16/1 18/1 14/1 16/1 18/1)
(Ring price: 20/1 18/1) SP 18/1

Tim Easterby

D Fentiman

behind, headway and hung left over 2f out, soon weakened

17th Apr, 25 Ripon
2nd Flat Hcp Rated 82 This
Race 29th May, 25 Ripon
3rd Flat Hcp Rated 81

Off 2.42
Time 2m. 11.66 secs, which is 1.68 secs slower than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £29.70
Tote Trifecta- £228.80
CSF- £27.80
Tricast- £223.96.

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