Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Criterion Stakes (Group 3).
York · Saturday, 27 Jun · 16:58
· 7f
· Class 1
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
13:58
Off time
6
Runners
Good (Good to Firm in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 6 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.50
6/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
2.63
13/8
03 · 🥉 3rd
9
8/1
04 · —
11
10/1
05 · —
13
12/1
06 · —
29
28/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 1 | 4 |
Balmacara (G)
Useful gelding who resumed after 7 months off with a good third in listed company at Haydock (7f) in May but in face of another stiff task, he made little impact when seventh in an Epsom Group 3 earlier this month. Ground possibly livelier…
|
200-376 | C Lee | Eve Johnson Houghton | 5 | 60.8 kg |
29
28/1
|
| 4th | 2 | 6 |
Chicago Critic (G)
[P]
Irish raider who was just touched off in a Meydan Group 2 in February and with blinkers quickly replaced by usual cheekpieces, he dispelled a lesser effort when fourth behind subsequent Queen Anne winner Ten Bob Tony at Epsom (7f) 3 weeks …
|
626484 | O J Orr | J P Murtagh | 5 | 60.8 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 2nd | 3 | 5 |
Never So Brave (G)
FAV
Quickly made up into a very smart performer last year, bringing up a hat-trick in the inaugural running as a Group 1 of the City of York over C&D in August. Not scaled same heights in 2 starts this season but had worsening ground as an exc…
|
1117-55 | Oisin Murphy | A M Balding | 5 | 60.8 kg |
2.50
6/4
|
| 1st | 4 | 2 |
Qirat (G)
[T1]
Smart performer who caused a huge upset in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood last summer having slipped the field. However, struggled in trio of starts thereafter and he failed to come on for his reappearance run in the spring when seventh in …
|
1570-47 | S De Sousa | R M Beckett | 5 | 60.8 kg |
9
8/1
|
| 5th | 5 | 1 |
Royal Velvet (M)
Useful mare boasting a good strike rate and she followed up her reappearance Newmarket victory in a fillies Group 3 at Lingfield (7f) in May. Failed to give her running from much-inflated mark in last week's Buckingham Palace at Ascot (7f)…
|
815-110 | Marco Ghiani | W J Knight | 5 | 60.8 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 3rd | 6 | 3 |
Saber Strike (C)
Night of Thunder colt who marked himself down as potentially high class when making it 2-2 in King Charles II (7f, listed) on reappearance at Newmarket in May. Had excuses on account of track position when sixth in the Jersey at Royal Asco…
|
1-1 | Tom Marquand | W J Haggas | 3 | 56.7 kg |
2.63
13/8
|
Betting forecast: Never So Brave (6/4), Saber Strike (13/8), Qirat (8/1), Chicago Critic (10/1), Royal Velvet (12/1), Balmacara (28/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 56710.0 GBP |
| P2 | 21500.0 GBP |
| P3 | 10760.0 GBP |
| P4 | 5360.0 GBP |
| P5 | 2690.0 GBP |
| P6 | 1350.0 GBP |