4.59 Harrogate Comedy Festival Coming This Autumn Handicap of £10,000.00 3-y-o plus(Class 6) 1m. 1f. 170yds.

Ripon Results Sat, 16th Aug, 2025

Going - Good to Firm-Good in places.

Placepot Pool - £102,528.17 Winning Units - 249.76 Dividend - £299.60. Quadpot Pool - £12,179.70 Winning Units - 210.44 Dividend - £42.80. Place Six Dividend - £194.19. Place Five Dividend - £114.57.

Harrogate Comedy Festival Coming This Autumn Handicap of £10,000.00 3-y-o plus (Class 6) 1m. 1f. 170yds.

1st - £5,234.00, 2nd - £2,456.00, 3rd - £1,227.00, 4th - £614.00, 5th - £306.00 7 Ran

Stewards Report

1st

Bay Dream Believer (IRE) 10-0 (Ursa Major Racing Ltd & Partner)
(Drawn 9)hd⁺sr Rated 59
New Bay (GB) - Arabescatta (GB)(Monsun (GER))
Breeder - Kildaragh Stud

(Morning price: 7/4 11/8 13/8 6/4 11/8)
(Ring price: 6/4 13/8 15/8 2/1 85/40 9/4) SP 9/4fav

Mr M T Walford

Jason Hart

Tote Win £3.25 Place £1.90

held up in rear, steady headway on far rail from 3f out, waiting for room over 2f out, led inside 2f out, faced sustained challenge final furlong, all out towards finish, just held on

2nd Aug, 25 Doncaster
1st Flat Hcp Rated 57 This
Race 26th Aug, 25 Ripon
1st Flat Hcp Rated 61

2nd

Little Ted (GB) 9-11 (Mr M J Macleod)
(Drawn 1)cp⁺sr Rated 56
Cityscape (GB) - Speedy Utmost Meg (GB)(Medicean (GB))
Breeder - Mill Bank Bloodstock LLP

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

Tim Easterby

D Allan

Place £2.00

midfield, closed on leaders 3f out, disputed over 1f out, pressed winner final furlong, all out towards finish, just denied final strides

18th Jul, 25 Pontefract
6th Flat Hcp Rated 56 This
Race 26th Aug, 25 Ripon
3rd Flat Hcp Rated 57

3rd

0.5L

Tiberio Force (GB) 9-1 (Mr Jc Clayton & Mr A Melville)
(Drawn 8)bl⁺sr Rated 46
Lethal Force (IRE) - Rio's Rosanna (IRE)(Captain Rio (GB))
Breeder - Mr James Marshall & Mr Chris Marshall

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

Simon Whitaker

P Mulrennan

led, headed after 2f, soon raced in share of second, closed on leader 4f out, ridden when lost position over 1f out, rallied and chased leading pair final furlong, kept on but not reach leaders final strides

5th Aug, 25 Catterick
2nd Flat Hcp Rated 45 This
Race 25th Aug, 25 Ripon
1st Flat Rated 46

4th

Young Fire (FR) 9-8 (Mr D O'meara)
(Drawn 2)vs⁺ Rated 58
Fuisse (FR) - Young Majesty (USA)(Maria's Mon (USA))
Breeder - Mr Cyril Morange

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

David O'Meara

C Horgan(5)

held up in midfield, outpaced over 2f out, ridden 2f out, outpaced over 2f out, rallied and modest headway final furlong, no chance with leading trio final 110 yards

2nd Aug, 25 Doncaster
5th Flat Hcp Rated 59 This
Race 8th Sep, 25 Newcastle
8th Flat Hcp Rated 57

5th

Infantry Officer (GB) 9-8 (The Fitzrovians 5)
(Drawn 5)hd¹sr Rated 60
Land Force (IRE) - Basque Beauty (GB)(Nayef (USA))
Breeder - Rachel Countess of Coventry

(Morning price: 15/2 8/1 7/1 15/2 8/1)
(Ring price: 15/2 7/1 13/2 7/1 13/2 6/1) SP 6/1

Michael Bell

Callum Rodriguez

held up towards rear, dropped to last 4f out, switched towards centre and rallied 2f out, some headway 1f out, weakened final 110 yards

23rd Jun, 25 Windsor
5th Flat Hcp Rated 62 This
Race 30th Aug, 25 Chelmsford City
7th Flat Hcp Rated 58

6th

Scarriff (IRE) 9-5 (Mr Gerry McGladery)
(Drawn 6)bl⁸ Rated 53
Dandy Man (IRE) - Maria Milena (GB)(Stravinsky (USA))
Breeder - Ms Valerie Madden

(Morning price: 15/2 7/1 6/1 11/2)
(Ring price: 13/2 7/1 13/2 7/1 15/2 7/1 11/2 5/1 9/2 4/1 18/5) SP 18/5

Rebecca Menzies

Harry Burns(3)

dwelt, pushed along start, soon prominent, raced wide and led after 2f, pushed along over 3f out, headed 2f out, soon weakened

8th Aug, 25 Musselburgh
2nd Flat Hcp Rated 52 This
Race 26th Aug, 25 Musselburgh
8th Flat Hcp Rated 53

7th

36L

My Honey B (GB) 9-4 (A Fraine, M Fraine, S Windle, R Porter)
(Drawn 4)vs⁷sr Rated 49
Zoffany (IRE) - Midnight Dance (IRE)(Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Breeder - Littleton Stud

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

M W Easterby

Billy Garritty

soon raced in share of second, outpaced over 3f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, soon tailed off

10th Aug, 25 Leicester
9th Flat Hcp Rated 49 This
Race

Off 4.59
Time 2m. 3.96 secs, which is 1.70 secs slower than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- £9.70
Tote Trifecta- £76.70
CSF- £14.33
Tricast- £126.98.

Non runners Light Up Our Stars ( Self Cert (Pulled Shoe Off) ), Warrior Lion (GB) ( Going (Changed Since Declaration))
2024 Bay Dream Believer 5 9-4 Rhys Elliott (7) 15/2 (Mr M T Walford) (Drawn 1)
2023 Little Ted 6 9-12 Phil Dennis 10/3 (Tim Easterby) (Drawn 1)
2022 Peripeteia 4 9-7 Jason Hart 14/1 (P A Kirby) (Drawn 2)