Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Thirsk - Sat 12th May 2012
18:15 18:45 19:15 19:45 20:15 20:45

18:45 Thirsk Races Irish Day Saturday 19th May Selling Stakes6f
Weighed In - (Class 6), £4,000 added, 3yo+, 10 runners
Winner £2,588 2nd £770 3rd £385 4th £192
Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places Surface: Turf

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 1m 16.03s
Off time: 18:46:11

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Go Go Green (IRE)	6/5
2nd	Green Park (IRE)	3/1
3rd	Needy Mccredie	8/1

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (1)	405-615	Bertie Southstreet 23	9	9-11 b	M Fenton	P T Midgley	61	28/1
2 (10)	6102-10	Go Go Green (IRE) 15	6	9-11	D Tudhope	J S Goldie	75	6/5
3 (2)	553139	Last Sovereign 11	8	9-11 b	M O'connell	Ollie Pears	80	11/2
4 (6)	1840-00	Green Park (IRE) 7	9	9-6 b	Neil Farley (5)	D Carroll	75	3/1
5 (8)	12420-0	Ryedane (IRE) 7	10	9-6 b	Miss R Richardson (7)	T D Easterby	65	16/1
6 (9)	3000-59	Sophie's Beau (USA) 17	5	9-6 bt	R Fitzpatrick	M C Chapman	46	100/1
7 (3)	79-6777	Vogarth 18	8	9-6 b	Shirley Teasdale (7)	M C Chapman	39	200/1
8 (5)	58	Hurricane Rita (IRE) 6	4	9-1	R Winston	G A Swinbank		28/1
9 (4)	1350-04	Needy Mccredie 6	6	9-1	P Aspell	J R Turner	59	8/1
10 (7)	1-93873	Lady Nickandy (IRE) 44	3	8-5 v	Miss G Tutty (7)	Mrs K Tutty	50	40/1

Verdict

The testing ground could play a big part in the outcome of this as recent winners Last Sovereign and Go Go Green would ideally prefer a faster surface despite having every chance at the weights. GREEN PARK also has strong claims on today's terms and previous wins in heavy going should stand him in good stead here as he takes a drop in class. A literal interpretation off the weights also gives Needy McCredie and Lady Nickandy a shout but whether either is good enough to take advantage is another matter.

Formwatch

Bertie Southstreet 15-2 (9-4) Pulled hard, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 5l behind Lesley's Choice (9-4) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-62 (6) pol in Apr.

Go Go Green (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) Held up mid-division, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 14, 6l behind Pearl Blue (9-4) at Doncaster 5f hcp 0-85 (4) hvy in Apr.

Last Sovereign 16-1 (8-13) Raced very wide, mid-division, headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 9l behind Sulis Minerva (8-11) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

Green Park (IRE) 20-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened, 10th of 17, 5l behind Noodles Blue Boy (9-4) at Thirsk 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gs.

Ryedane (IRE) 50-1 (8-1) Slowly away, behind, never a factor, 11th of 17, 7l behind Noodles Blue Boy (9-4) at Thirsk 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gs.

Sophie's Beau (USA) 28-1 (8-2) Chased leader, came stand side over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 9, 11l behind Prince James (8-8) at Catterick 6f app hcp (6) sft in Apr.

Vogarth 50-1 (9-0) Dwelt, took keen hold, led after 1f, headed over 4f out, chased winner until over 3f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 20l behind Bold Marc (9-2) at Southwell 1m all clm stks (6) fbs in Apr.

Hurricane Rita (IRE) 40-1 (9-9) Always towards rear, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 10, 17l behind Sheikhzayedroad (9-1) at Hamilton 1m mdn stks (5) gs.

Needy Mccredie 14-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on to take 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 7l behind Alive And Kicking (9-4) at Hamilton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gs.

Lady Nickandy (IRE) 20-1 (8-6) Soon led, ridden and headed 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 6l behind Gin Twist (8-13) at Wolverhampton 5f 3yo sell stks (6) pol in Mar.