Sam Alexander Memorial Handicap.
Ripon · Friday, 8 May · 21:15
· 6f
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
18:15
Off time
9
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 11 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.88
15/8
02 · 🥈 2nd
5.50
9/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
6.50
11/2
04 · —
8
7/1
05 · —
9.50
17/2
06 · —
10
9/1
07 · —
10
9/1
08 · —
11
10/1
09 · —
23
22/1
10 · —
26
25/1
11 · —
26
25/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | 1 | 1 |
Musical Touch (G)
Enhanced his good record fresh when justifying support to take a 10-runner handicap at Southwell (6f, 5/2) 36 days ago. No reason why this consistent sort shouldn't go well again from 4 lb higher mark.
|
Ethan Tindall | R A Fahey | 5 | 61.2 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 1st | 2 | 5 |
U Sure Do (G)
[T1]
Scored at Catterick in October on his penultimate start in 2025 prior to going very close to following up at Musselburgh. Good effort when fourth of 13 in handicap at Thirsk (7f, good) on comeback 20 days ago and he's respected in a first-…
|
Cam Hardie | T D Easterby | 4 | 60.8 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| 9th | 3 | 3 |
Novamay (F)
Completed a hat-trick in 10-runner handicap at Windsor (6f) in July. Found out in a Class 2 at the York Ebor meeting but back on track on the all-weather when fourth of 11 at Newcastle when last seen in September, faring best of those ridd…
|
Rhys Elliott | M Dods | 4 | 60.8 kg |
23
22/1
|
| 8th | 4 | 10 |
Wreck It Ryley (G)
[B]
Landed a gamble (headgear change) in 9-runner handicap at Leicester (6f) in April. Caught on the wrong part of the track when fourth of 7 at that same C&D 13 days ago and he's not ruled out.
|
Rowan Scott | A D Brown | 6 | 60.3 kg |
10
9/1
|
| 3rd | 5 | 7 |
Grant Wood (G)
Enhanced fine record at Newcastle with back-to-back 6f wins there on first 2 starts this season prior to shaping as if still in form (not ideally placed) when fourth on his hat-trick bid at Wolverhampton. Bit below his best when eighth bac…
|
D Nolan | P T Midgley | 7 | 60.3 kg |
9.50
17/2
|
| 4th | 6 | 6 |
First Folio (G)
[P]
Winless in 2025 but proved himself still capable of useful form when third in Great St Wilfrid at C&D in August. Soundly beaten in a better race at Kempton when last seen 6 months ago and he's probably opposable on return.
|
Tom Kiely-Marshall | Miss J A Camacho | 8 | 60.3 kg |
10
9/1
|
| 6th | 7 | 11 |
It Just Takes Time (G)
C&D winner. Had tumbled in the weights prior to landing a handicap at Beverley (7f, good to soft) towards the end of last season. Below his best both starts in 2026 and others are preferred for now.
|
J Garritty | M Walford | 8 | 59.4 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 5th | 8 | 4 |
Modern Times (G)
FAV
[T]
Landed the odds in a C&D maiden in June on just his second start for new stable. Shaped well after 10 months off when fifth of 16 in a C&D handicap on return and probably raced closer to the pace than ideal when third of 6 at Pontefract (6…
|
D Allan | T D Easterby | 5 | 57.2 kg |
2.88
15/8
|
| 2nd | 9 | 2 |
Fortamour (G)
Signed off 2025 by winning twice on the all-weather over 6f at Newcastle in November. Below form all 3 starts this year, including on return to this venue last time (6 course wins at Ripon), so probably best passed over.
|
Barry McHugh | B Haslam | 10 | 56.7 kg |
26
25/1
|
| — | 10 | 8 |
Charlie Mason (G)
Gives his running more often than not and he only narrowly failed to land a gamble at Wolverhampton (5.1f) in March. Rare below-par effort when seventh of 17 in handicap at Doncaster (5f, good to soft) 40 days ago and now has 7 lb claimer …
|
Myla Coppins | A W Carroll | 5 | 56.2 kg |
8
7/1
|
| — | 11 | 9 |
Beyond Borders (G)
[P1]
Struggled after winning at Yarmouth last June but has come back down the handicap as a result and now finds himself below his last winning mark. Has tended to come on for his return (seventh of 9 at Leicester on comeback), but still requir…
|
William Pyle | K Frost | 5 | 54.9 kg |
26
25/1
|
Betting forecast: Modern Times (15/8), Musical Touch (9/2), U Sure Do (11/2), Charlie Mason (7/1), Grant Wood (17/2), First Folio (9/1), Wreck It Ryley (9/1), It Just Takes Time (10/1), Novamay (22/1), Fortamour (25/1), Beyond Borders (25/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 6185.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2900.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1451.0 GBP |
| P4 | 725.0 GBP |
| P5 | 362.0 GBP |
| P6 | 181.0 GBP |