Napoleons Casino And Restaurant Leeds Handicap.
Ripon · Friday, 8 May · 21:45
· 1m 1f 170y
· Class 5
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
18:45
Off time
12
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🥉 Third
NO KNEE NEVER (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 12 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
4.33
10/3
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.50
7/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
5.50
9/2
04 · —
6
5/1
05 · —
6.50
11/2
06 · —
12
11/1
07 · —
12
11/1
08 · —
19
18/1
09 · —
34
33/1
10 · —
51
50/1
11 · —
81
80/1
12 · —
81
80/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 1 | 4 |
Triple Force (G)
[V]
A 4-time winner in 2025, 2 of those coming in the autumn before finding things tougher from a career-high mark on the tapeta at Newcastle (9f) when last seen in November. Best watched on reappearance.
|
Shane Gray | Craig Lidster | 5 | 61.2 kg |
12
11/1
|
| 3rd | 2 | 7 |
Garden Oasis (G)
[P]
Stepped up markedly on reappearance when second of 9 in handicap at Pontefract (66/1, 1m, good) 9 days ago. Is having a rare start beyond that trip nowadays and this 7-time course winner is on a dangerous mark at present.
|
D Allan | T D Easterby | 11 | 61.2 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| 8th | 3 | 5 |
Velvet Whisper (F)
Improved when winning in the mud at Nottingham (1¼m) and Musselburgh (12.5f) on final 2 starts last year. Failed to dominate when eighth of 14 in handicap at Musselburgh (12.5f, good, 11/2) 26 days ago. Steps back down in trip and has to b…
|
Callum Rodriguez | E Bethell | 4 | 61.2 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 2nd | 4 | 3 |
Glistening Nights (G)
FAV
Returned to winning ways at Chester (10.3f) last summer and ran well next 2 starts before form tailed off. Got back on track when third of 10 in handicap (14/1) over C&D (good) on return 22 days ago.
|
Barry McHugh | R A Fahey | 5 | 60.8 kg |
4.33
10/3
|
| 5th | 5 | 2 |
Dawn Of Liberation (G)
Won 3 times at the start of last summer but has yet to fully fire in 2 starts this season and is falling in the weights as a result.
|
J P Sullivan | Mrs R Carr | 7 | 59.4 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 4th | 6 | 10 |
No Knee Never (G)
[TP]
Is being kept very busy this year, already winning 3 times from 13 starts, running up to best when taking 11-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (8.5f) 11 days ago. Carries a penalty for that success back on the turf and has to be taken serio…
|
Billy Garritty | James Owen | 5 | 59.4 kg |
12
11/1
|
| 1st | 7 | 6 |
Star Cast (F)
Has proved a different proposition this season, winning 3 times over 1¼m at Newcastle, latest just 7 days ago. Can't be ignored in current form back on turf under a penalty.
|
Rowan Scott | G Tutty | 4 | 57.6 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| 12th | 8 | 1 |
Nanny Park (F)
Placed on final 3 starts in 2025 before leaving James Fanshawe. Well held in handicap at Doncaster (1¼m, good to firm) on first start for new yard 14 days ago. Hard to make a case for.
|
A Mullen | Sara Ender | 4 | 57.2 kg |
81
80/1
|
| 11th | 9 | 8 |
Bass Player (G)
Winless during 2025 but was placed on 3 occasions. Failed to beat a rival in handicap at Wolverhampton (9/2) after being hampered in January when last seen. He's well treated at present but may need the outing returned to the turf.
|
William Pyle | K Frost | 7 | 55.8 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 9th | 10 | 11 |
Poet's Dawn (G)
[P]
Veteran who added 2 more wins last year and has made a satisfactory return to action by making the frame on both starts this season at Ripon and Pontefract over 1m. A C&D winner who's dipped below last winning mark and steps back up in tri…
|
O McSweeney | T D Easterby | 11 | 55.8 kg |
19
18/1
|
| 7th | 11 | 12 |
Jewel Maker (G)
Scored twice in a patchy 2025 campaign, the latter of which came over 1¼m at Redcar in October. Has finished well held in 2 outings this year and this 11-y-o needs to show more before becoming of any interest for betting purposes.
|
Amie Waugh | T D Easterby | 11 | 55.3 kg |
51
50/1
|
| 6th | 12 | 9 |
Tiberio Force (G)
Winner of a classified event over C&D last summer. Ended the year in a bit of a lull and is hard to make a case for from 6 Ib out of the weights on return.
|
Rhys Elliott | S Whitaker | 7 | 52.6 kg |
81
80/1
|
Betting forecast: Glistening Nights (10/3), Star Cast (7/2), Dawn Of Liberation (9/2), Velvet Whisper (5/1), Garden Oasis (11/2), No Knee Never (11/1), Triple Force (11/1), Poet's Dawn (18/1), Bass Player (33/1), Jewel Maker (50/1), Tiberio Force (80/1), Nanny Park (80/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 4711.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2210.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1104.0 GBP |
| P4 | 553.0 GBP |
| P5 | 275.0 GBP |