15:00 Newmarket

Thursday 17 April 2025

All13:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:20

Japan Racing Association Handicap

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 1m 36.98s

1^st

(2)

Bullet Point

48-12

6/1

T: W J HaggasJ: Tom Marquand

Raced alone against far rail, prominent early, soon lost place, closer 3f out, pushed along chasing leaders over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear inside final furlong, ran on strongly op 13/2 tchd 11/2 and tchd 7/1

2^nd

3 ¼

(1)

Tribal Chief

48-13

17/2

T: D MenuisierJ: R L Moore

Started very slowly, well in rear, headway near side of centre inside final furlong, ridden and finished well, went 2nd final stride, no chance with winner, did well in the circumstances op 11/2

3^rd

(5)

Mythical Guest

58-7

17/2

T: G G MargarsonJ: Callum Shepherd

Mid-division in centre, headway far side of group halfway, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, lost 2nd post op 9/1 tchd 8/1

4^th

1 ¾

(8)

Urban Sprawl

58-5

28/1

T: C JohnstonJ: S De Sousa

Raced centre, led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no chance with winner, lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened into 4th final 100 yards op 20/1

5^th

1 ¾

(9)

Harper's Ferry

49-9

7/4f

T: E WalkerJ: Oisin Murphy

Raced keenly tracking leaders towards far side of centre, went 2nd over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, lost 2nd inside final 2f, ridden hung right and weakened over 1f out tchd 15/8

6^th

1 ½

(10)

Bopedro

99-5

12/1

T: D O'MearaJ: D Tudhope

Raced centre, off the pace towards rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, moderate headway inside final furlong op 16/1

7^th

(13)

Noisy Jazz

48-8

9/1

T: James OwenJ: Harry Davies

Raced keenly tracking leader in centre, lost 2nd over 3f out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out tchd 11/1

8^th

3 ½

(4)

Brioni

49-3

11/1

T: A KingJ: Rossa Ryan

Raced centre, held up and always towards rear, never on terms op 9/1 tchd 8/1

9^th

(7)

Zain Blue

48-8

11/1

T: J ButlerJ: D Egan

Tracked leaders centre, lost place halfway, towards rear and never on terms after op 16/1 and tchd 18/1

10^th

(6)

Waiting All Night

58-5

11/1

T: R SpencerJ: Hollie Doyle

Raced centre, off the pace and always behind op 10/1

11^th

1 ¼

(12)

Hiromichi

78-8

66/1

T: J ChannonJ: David Probert

Raced keenly, mid-division in centre, pushed along over 2f out, weakened soon after op 40/1

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Non-Runners

(11)

Desperate Dan¹⁷³

Weight: 8-5| Age: 4

T: P W Chapple-Hyam J: Ray Dawson

(3)

Skukuza³⁰¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: E A L Dunlop J: W Buick

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£7.10Pl:£2.40, £2.10, £2.50EX:£33.70Trifecta:£392.30Tricast:£339.92SF:£57.17Swingers:£5.60, £11.00, £15.50

Forecasts

Harper's Ferry (7/4), Skukuza (9/2), Bullet Point (6/1), Tribal Chief (17/2), Mythical Guest (17/2), Noisy Jazz (9/1), Brioni (11/1), Zain Blue (11/1), Waiting All Night (11/1), Bopedro (12/1), Desperate Dan (20/1), Urban Sprawl (28/1), Hiromichi (66/1)

HARPER'S FERRY ended his 3-y-o campaign on a high at Doncaster and, with the promise of more to come from the son of Lope de Vega this season, he may well prove equal to this task, despite now finding himself on a 7 lb higher mark and in a stronger race. Skukuza's wellbeing has to be taken on trust following the best part of a year off but he did nothing wrong in 2024 and remains of interest, while Tribal Chief, who is taken to reverse November's C&D placings with Bullet Point, also has claims.

HARPER'S FERRY
SKUKUZA
TRIBAL CHIEF (FR)

Previous Winners

2024

Hafeet Alain

Weight: 9-4 |Age: 8

J: Saffie Osborne | T: E Walker

20/1

Prize Money

1st: £18,039.002nd: £8,460.003rd: £4,232.004th: £2,114.005th: £1,057.006th: £528.00

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