British 2yo Racing - 2011 Race Result :- 152 : Wed, June 1st

BRITISH 2yo RACING - 2011 Season Race Result

Race 152 : Wed, June 1st
Ripon 6:40, 6f Maiden (5)

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[Est] is the B2yoR Rating. Green indicates a 55+ level,
Cream between 30 & 54, Pink less than 30.
Wnr = previous/LATER 2yo Winner. Letter is Race Type.
Hf = Position at Halfway. Green indicates making places to the finish.

GOING	TIME	RcPc	VP
G	72.28 [Compare]	1	None

	Horse	SP	[EST]	Run	Wnr	Trainer	Dw	Hf	Run Notes
1	Travis County	8	58	2		B Ellison	11	1	PNgl, Resp Erl & Ld, XF+0.5f, Eff-2f+, PO, Chalgd-1f+, PO & Duel, RespLt to NewChalgr
2	Iffraam	8	57	1		M. Dods	6	8	1st Cols, BOk, H-1 +1f Cent, Ngl+1.5f Inx TTR, DvHf, Resp-2.5f, Po-2f+ Cent, SHgR-1.5f, PO-1f+, SHgR-1f, PO, Chal Lt
3	Right Result	1.1	55	2	M	R. Hannon	8	2	Drift 5/6, B1, LdgLn+0.5f Sttld, SFre+1f & Hld, SFFH for O.5f, TvOk-2f+, Eff-2f, PO & Duel, PoLt
4	Always Et Toujours	33	47	2	N	M. Johnston	5	3	BSRear NL, LdgLn Erl Cent, XF+1f 3rd 3Wd, Eff-2f+, Po, po-0.5f, FdLt
5	Giorgio's Dragon	16	41	2		R. A. Fahey	9	6	LdgLn Erl, H-1 +0.5f, 2R+1f Sttld, Eff-2f SOutpcd, po in Clear Vol 5th, SResp ins-1f, po to Ln
6	Regal Acclaim	40	19	2	N	T. D. Easterby	3	11	H-2 Erl Wd, H-2 +1.5f, XB, Dv+2f Inx, SPrg-2f+, 6th-2f, po JkQt, Fd-0.5f or Eased
7	Optimum Rose	25	9	1		D. O'Meara	12	5	B-2 P-1, 12th Erl Ngl, Dv+1f SInx & QEff, 2R+1.5f RL, Dv+2f, Outpcd-2.5f, SResp-1.5f, po, Fd-1f
8	One New Cat	20	14	2		E. A. L. Dunlop	7	7	B-1, Resp Erl, 2R+1f Sttld, Outpcd-2f+ SHgR, po ins-2f SHdUp, Fd ins-1f
9	Forster Street	66	13	1		T. D. Easterby	13	9	TrblLdg, BOk RL, H-2 Erl, Inx+1f Ngl LsGrnd, Dv+2f, DvOv, Unbal-2f SBlckd, Eff-1f+ NoResp, Fd-1f
10	Pontius Pilate (p)	33	11	2		B. Smart	4	10	2nd Cols, B-1 P-1 Dv, Resp Erl, Dv+1.5f LsGrnd, Whip+2f ModResp, NoResp-2f SHgR, Fd-1f, Willing?
11	Fifteentwo	25	3	1	N	D. Nicholls	1	12	B-3 Wdst P-1, XB Erl, SEff+0.5f, Inx+1.5f Ngl, Outpcd-2f+, HgR-1.5f, Fd-1f
12	Isolde's Return	100	-7	2		George M. Moore	2	13	B-1 P-1 Wd, Resp Erl, Outpcd+0.5f Drop Last, XB+1f, Unbal+2f, Adf-2.5f Dv
13	Rivington	3	-10	1		R. A. Fahey	10	4	Supp 8/1, BOk, LdgLn Erl, SFre+0.5f, SFFH for 1f, LsGrnd Hf JkQt, Dv-2f+ NoResp, Whip-1.5f NoResp, Eased-1f

SUMMARY

£10k Bonus Race

Good going and no note of any watering. 2.5mm of rain on Monday. Going Stick at 8.5 but reading on Weds at '15:15' on the morning of the meeting (in the Future? or 7 days ago?). Medium to Stiff Breeze as a mostly Crosswind from the left.

Hannon on his website = "Right Result takes on the northern boys up at Ripon. He is a lovely Acclamation colt, who we thought would win first time out at Salisbury, but we got him beat with one of our own (Sixx). Hopefully, he'll get the job done up there."

Seem a very solid race with Travis County setting a strong but usable pace and putting the field under pressure throughout. This left the weaker and greener ones struggling to keep on the front group by halfway and seemed to spread the field out properly by ability at the finish. Race starting to break into two groups by halfway with the first 6 through within 3L of the lead but travelling with different degrees of comfort. Newcomer Iffraam running green and alone at 4L+ back of the lead in centre track, a gap back from him to the stragglers at 6-10L off the lead. Final result seems to put the first three home as solidly above the Changeover Point, AET & GDragon probably below the CP but in the usable OR65-74 range somewhere. Then a pretty obvious, and larger, Garbage Gap, back to the rest and the Excuse Paperwork will need to be pretty thorough for anything above poor seller level winners to appear out of that ruck.

Trainer Ellison had never seemed that interested in 2yo racing but more runners in 2008-10 and this win meaning he has now had successes in each of the last 4 years. Prepares solidly for debuts, front-loads competitive ones and gets the wins he should. All very good. Travis County a good buy for £7k and never stopped here running down the rail and should stay further. Probably OR80s and good chance of winning again. A good moment in interview afterwards when asked about the 'Plan' for TC. Ellison looked a little baffled and said there wasn't one but they thought a bit of TC and would perhaps try a Newcastle Novice next. The correct answer from a more ebullient character would have been "We've just won a £10k Bonus race with a horse we bought for £7k in March. How much more of a Plan do you want?". If he were the Stubbs he would be running it in a Listed race to try to get it rated high enough to get sold to Hong Kong.

Four debuts in 2011 for Michael Dods and four strong places in tough races. One carried across the whole track and beaten in a photo, another running wide the whole way and surviving a tough pace then mugged by a closer, another doing best of the pace pressers n a strong race and Iffraam beaten in a photo. Green through mid-race and got 4L+ back. Only horse able to mount a real effort to progress in the second half of the race despite having been green and under pressure at halfway. Looked a very good effort and probably OR85. Dods seems to front-load and always gets the 2yos Fit Enough FTO so that they never seem to stop.

Right Result the second very short priced favourite on STO for the new 'Right Tack' partnerships to get beaten in two days. Both were talked up in a manner where you would expect them to be OR95+ types and overpowering maiden fields. The Betfair Market had RR at odds-on and everything else in double figures for periods. Ran well but no excuses and another solid OR80s. Why have this pair of Partnership horses been talked up quite so highly? Trainers helping out their Bloodstock Agent buddies? Or are both horses really very good and the horses that have beaten them perhaps under-rated?

AET juts a neat medium size compared to the front three but a comeptent effort and presumably a good indication of what he can do. GDragon expensive and for a major owner but Hanagan riding the other one and GD seems to move a little sloppily behind and lack any sprinter snap. Outpaced in the efforts here and presume he will end up going up in trip in Nurseries.

EWas the punt on Rivington based on any substance or just the Market deciding that 'something' had to be backed against Right Result given that not every horse handles RIPN. In that set-up the Fahey first string the obvious one to support. Fahey's record in £10k Bonus Races this year after this race stood at 6-20 runners (6 of 18 races with 2 x reps in a pair of events). But, the debut winners this year have seemed to be the better types doing a lot of it on ability rather than pure tuning. Rivington competent enough to attend the pace here but either broken by that effort, plus a bit of free running early, or some problem.

Big Gap back to the 6th+ so limited interest. Regal Acclaim presumably not a 6f horse and could have been clear 6th with a bit more pressing but the jockey happy tohold back a bit. Optimum Rose made a big effort into the early pace afer a slow start so that would have done for her. One New Cat competent but broken by chasing bigger horses. Probably usable when in a more appropriate grade. Pontius Pilate an ok LM sprinter type but not fit enough here after a break. Wearing cheekpieces and driven along for most of the race for little response and presumably attitude problems need fixing for him to fulfil any physical promise.