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5:45 Ripon: Thank You To Our Groundstaff Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race)

  • Distance 2m
  • Class Class 4
  • Age 3yo+
  • Going Good
  • Prize £7,731
  • Runners 5
  • Surface Turf

Ripon stages the Class 4 Thank You To Our Groundstaff Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) on Saturday 26 September 2026 at 5:45. Run over 2m, on turf, with the going good. 5 runners are declared for a prize fund of £7,731. Talismans Time heads the market at 15/8, from Zimmerman at 3/1 and Sax Appeal at 4.2/1. New customers at bet365 can deposit £10 and get £30 in Free Bets with code 365GMBLR.

Best odds for the Thank You To Our Groundstaff Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race)

Runner Best Bet365 Betfred Ladbrokes Take it with
Sax Appeal Rowan Scott 4.2/1 4/1 4/1 7/2 SBK
Talismans Time Connor Beasley 15/8 13/8 11/8 10/11 William Hill
Tarbat Ness Paul Mulrennan 7.4/1 7/1 13/2 11/2 SBK
Zimmerman David Allan 3/1 11/4 11/4 11/4 LiveScoreBet
Gibside Jake Dickson(5) 7.8/1 7/1 13/2 6/1 SBK

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Runner by runner

Sax Appeal Rowan Scott · Charlie Johnston

Consistent without finding the winner's enclosure, Sax Appeal has posted three thirds in his last four completed starts and, fit from a run 14 days ago, he brings solid experience over today's trip and going; yet to win in recent starts, but our rating of 85 marks him as the one to beat here.

Talismans Time Connor Beasley · Edward Bethell

Talismans Time shaped with promise when third three starts back and steps up from a fourth last time out, bringing distance-and-going experience and a career-high rating of 84 into this assignment; the chief concern is a winless run in his last five starts.

Tarbat Ness Paul Mulrennan · John Berry

Tarbat Ness is hard to fancy on these figures, ranked bottom of five on our rating and below his official mark, though he does arrive with consecutive placed efforts, has run over today's trip and going, and 23 days between runs suggests he is fit enough.

Zimmerman David Allan · Tim Easterby

Zimmerman has won three of his last six starts, including back-to-back victories two and three runs back, and returns on a sharp seven-day turnaround with experience of today's distance and going; the fourth last time out is the one result that gives pause.

Gibside Jake Dickson(5) · Tim Easterby

Gibside showed his quality with a third two starts back and brings a strong speed rating of 81 to the table, while having run over today's trip and going counts in his favour; the risk is that he has been winless in his last six starts and must shoulder 130 lb.

Trainer and jockey form

Horse Trainer Last 14 days Runners to form Jockey At Ripon
Talismans Time Edward Bethell 6 from 38 · 1600% 52% Connor Beasley 0 from 263 · 0%
Zimmerman Tim Easterby 14 from 109 · 1300% 37% David Allan 0 from 1160 · 0%
Sax Appeal Charlie Johnston 5 from 42 · 1200% 44% Rowan Scott 0 from 165 · 0%
Tarbat Ness John Berry 0 from 4 · 0% 27% Paul Mulrennan 0 from 605 · 0%
Gibside Tim Easterby 14 from 109 · 1300% 37% Jake Dickson(5) 0 from 9 · 0%

Runners to form is the share of a yard’s recent runners judged to be race fit.

The breeding angle

How each sire’s progeny have fared at around 16f, which is the only form there is where a runner has yet to race.

Sire Runner Trip Runs Wins Strike
Saxon Warrior Sax Appeal 2m 65 0 0%
Time Test Talismans Time 2m 115 0 0%
Reliable Man Tarbat Ness 2m 105 0 0%
Poet's Voice Zimmerman 2m 301 0 0%

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