Thirsk races

Family fun day at Thirsk races had plenty going on with a variety of activities for all ages including face painting, bouncy castle and pony rides but it was also a day for the favourites. With a double for trainer Keith Dalgleish. 

There was drama in the second race as the results were reversed after an stewards inquiry. Strip Search swiftly lead closely behind him was Farol, Frosted Lass and Fuente. Get The Rhythm was tracking the leaders and this was much the same for the first four furlongs until the lead was taken by Fuente. The race began to develop over the last couple of furlongs, at two furlongs out Frosted Lass, Musical Sky were pushed along as Farol lost its place. With one furlong to go Get The Rhythm took up to challenge for the lead with Fuente. Frosted Lass and George's Law were ridden along. In the last furlong all the attention was on Fuente and Get The Rhythm as Fuente drifted into Get The Rhythm, they bumped multiple times and they managed to get the best out of each other. Originally Fuente won by a nose until the stewards enquiry in which they announced that the positions would be reversed as Fuente disrupted the running of Get The Rhythm. Third was Frosted Lass 6 lengths behind who just struggled to keep up with the front pace. 

In the 4:35 Box and Cox was leading the race narrowly to Shawaamekh, followed by Juthoor and Star Shield. Out paced from early on was Fire To The Reign and Red Allure who missed the break slightly. Over two furlongs out Shawaamekh went to the front, with Seek The Moon and Red Allure already being pushed along. This was unchanged for the best part. With two furlongs to go when Juthooor began to give chase but Star Shield and Thunderbolt Rocks were both struggling for room to make progress. But at one furlong to go Juthoor was driven to lead and Shawaamekh was headed, when Star Shield was switched he had a better run but was only singled paced. Thunderbolt Rocks due to his difficult position only managed to get a run at the end, unfortunately there was no chance of him reaching the leaders. Juthoor kept on to beat Shawaamekh by 1 1/2 lengths and he had given his all. Third was Star Shield by 5 lengths.