Eijaaz to make the most out of the Go Racing In Yorkshire Classified Claiming Stakes
The strongest link on the line-up for the Go Racing In Yorkshire Classified Claiming Stakes is the eleven-year-old bay gelding, Eijaaz. The race will be held over a mile, three furlongs and 214 yards at Catterick on Tuesday, 7th August. The winner will get to take back home the £2,045 prize money.
Green Desert’s bay gelding has raced seven times during the new season, five out of which were at Catterick. He did display a certain level of consistency through the outings as the lowest that he drove down was at the sixteenth and fourth position otherwise he has secured the second position four times and has won just once.
The Irish bay gelding took off the season with the Racing Again On Friday 25th May Claiming Stakes on 8th May, 2012 at Catterick race course over a mile and four furlongs. He lost the race by a slight nose’s margin from the winner, Flying Applause.
Coming at terms with the third position was the favourite entry of the race, Dontpaytheferryman.
The Geoffrey Harker trained met a catastrophic defeat in the Crownhotel – bawtry.com Apprentice Handicap on 19th May, 2012 at Doncaster over a mile and four furlongs.
The race was won by, Sedgwick.
The eleven-year-old out of, Kismah, settled as the runner-up in the Bet Totescoop6 Text Tote To 89660 Classified Claiming Stakes on 2nd June, 2012 at Catterick over a mile and four furlongs and then the Yorkshire-Outdoors.co.UK Selling Stakes on 8th June, 2012 at Catterick over a mile and six furlongs.
It was during the second race that he missed success by 1 ¼ lengths as the first was a slight head’s dodge near the line.
After striking another runner-up’s position, the A. S. Ward owned won the Racinguk.com Claiming Stakes on 18th July, 2012 at Catterick over a mile and four furlongs.
Eijaaz defeated the runner-up, Zaplamation, by just half a length while riding with jockey, P. J. McDonald.
The Shadwell Estate Company Limited bred will ride with the same jockey today and the two will break from the fifth gate. His track record at Catterick is impressive and he has already shown what he is capable of achieving there.
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