york 3-10 seller

the only selling race of its kind (class wise) in the calender that's for sure, 3rd running this year.

This race actually peaked twenty years ago, when it was run at the Ebor meeting. In 1995, it paid over £14,000 to the winner, who to nobody's surprise, was trained by Jack Berry.

This running isn't shown as a 'Plus 10' race in the program book.

* 3.05

it must have stopped for a good few years anorak

or perhaps class status upgraded

it caught my eye because its down as a class 3

striding 23:00 ..

i'm lost with that Delta

look at the thread sitting at the time ..

i see

they waiting for a bit of cut

Striding,

There's been a Rous Seller every year at York for as long as I've been in the game, and long before as well. It was a feature of the Ebor meeting throughout the 20th century, but was moved to this date in 2000 and has been run here since, apart from one switch to July in 2005.

I have a 1913 form book and there was a Rous 2-y-old Selling Stakes over 5F at the Ebor meeting back then, worth £196 and run 35 minutes before the Ebor. The Rous just hasn't done as well as the other selling races at that meeting, which were called Nunthorpe and Lowther.

Date Course     Conditions     Race Result     Jockey     OR     Class
11Jun15     Hay     10GF     4y+ Hcap(8K)         non-runner         74     4
30May15     Hay     8G     4y+ Hcap(8K)         non-runner         74     4
GOING: GOOD TO SOFT (Good in places) changing to GOOD (Good to soft in places) after Race 1 (1.25).
22May15     Pon     8GF     4y+ Hcap(5K)         non-runner         74     5

This race used to be known as the Rous Selling Stakes - and, as The Anorak says - used to be run at the Ebor meeting.

In 1989 the race was worth £8220 to the winner.
The result was a, two Heads, three-way Photo between Super One, Beachy Glen, and Final Shot.

Alex Bird claimed the 3rd horse, Final Shot, the 2/1 Fav, on behalf of a bloke who was either a second-hand car dealer, or scrap-man ... whatever, it was an unlikely association.

They left the horse with trainer Peter Easterby - and the next year Final Shot won the Ayr Gold Cup, at 12/1, ridden by John Lowe, carrying 8st 2lbs.

The Ayr Gold Cup was run on the Friday of the Western Meetng - as was usual in those days.

cheers anorak for that

it was the class of race that caught my eye today , a class 3, i couldn't find any in my DB.

Delta- they had the right trip at last anyhow with that entry!

ie one chance over 10f and that's it, of course depending on price


sorry going off topic here guys

thanks all. 
sure I saw in the post yesterday it was a plus 10 race.

top 3 in mkt all unplaced