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On-Course Bookmakers Welcome You To Ripon Fillies' Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Ripon · Sun 17th May 2026 · 16:20

📏 6f 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 💰 £5,234 🐎 Flat

2nd

Black Orchid

7/4

Rowan Scott

1st

Zen Diva

4/5F

Hector Crouch

3rd

Kyrenia

20/1

Lewis Edmunds

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Class

Class 4

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Distance

🌿

Going

Good

🏟️

Surface

Turf

💰

Prize

£5,234

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Runners

🔖

Type

Flat

📊 Betting Forecast

10/11 Zen Diva, 2/1 Black Orchid, 10/1 Elemma, 14/1 Kyrenia, Ziggy Bay, 25/1 Lady Grey, Sparkling Wine, 50/1 Sweet Desire

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
4	Sweet Desire Form: –	4y 137 lbs	P J McDonald Steph Hollinshead	-	25/1
10	Viviana Form: 33	3y 128 lbs	Charlie Johnston	-	–
🥈 2nd	Black Orchid Form: –	3y 128 lbs	Rowan Scott Richard & Peter Fahey	-	7/4
5	Elemma Form: 4	3y 128 lbs	Oisin Orr Richard & Peter Fahey	-	11/1
🥉 3rd	Kyrenia Form: –	3y 128 lbs	Lewis Edmunds David & Nicola Barron	-	20/1
8	Lady Grey Form: 7	3y 128 lbs	Duran Fentiman Tim Easterby	-	50/1
6	Paradise Walk Form: 22-24	3y 128 lbs	Ralph Beckett	77	–
7	Sparkling Wine Form: 8-4	3y 128 lbs	Mark Winn Michael Dods	-	33/1
7	Secretinthesky Form: 48-	3y 128 lbs	Ryan Sexton Julie Camacho	-	–
🥇 1st	Zen Diva Form: 423-	3y 128 lbs	Hector Crouch Ralph Beckett	74	4/5F
6	Ziggy Bay Form: –	3y 128 lbs	Sean Kirrane Michael Dods	-	20/1
9	Town Queen Form: 22	3y 128 lbs	Clifford Lee K R Burke	-	–

Black Orchid, bred to be smart, is of obvious interest but ZEN DIVA has the benefit of experience and can make a winning return.

Racing Post Pick

Zen Diva

Our Expert Tip

Ralph Beckett sends ZEN DIVA to Ripon tomorrow and although it’s her first run in 227 days, I think experience could prove vital here.

Unless the main danger BLACK ORCHID is fully tuned up and ready to go first time out, I think ZEN DIVA’s racecourse experience will tell. It does look a two horse race on paper and the even money currently on offer looks very fair.

Today's NAP of The Day

17:00 Newton AbbotPU

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Westerton

J : Lewis Stones(3)

T : Jennie Candlish

17:00

Age: 6

Form: 559/82

Weight: 165 lbs

OR:

Bryan Rogers NAP of the Day

The biggest field of the day and one of the more competitive races on the card. Westerton could still be ahead of the handicapper and looks capable of defying his current mark. He is one of the stronger selections on the card and earns Free Nap status. Marhaba The Champ is respected and rates the main danger.

19:10 RiponFinished 3rd

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Barley

J : David Allan

T : Tim Easterby

19:10

Age: 7

Form: 7-8062

Weight: 131 lbs

OR:

ChatGPT Nap of the Day.

Barley was once rated 89 and has now tumbled down the handicap to a mark of 66. I do think Tim Easterby\'s horse is running back into form. On his penultimate start, he was travelling well before fitness appeared to catch him out late on, but he backed that up with an excellent run at Hamilton at the end of May when beaten only a shoulder by a horse that finished like a steam train.

He runs off the same mark today and returns to Ripon, a track he clearly enjoys. At the time of writing, rain is falling at Ripon and could continue throughout the day. That may play right into Barley\'s hands, as he has proven form on good to soft ground. He ran here three times last season and finished second on all three occasions, including defeats by just a length on soft ground and short-head margins on similar going.

With conditions likely to suit, course form in the book, and signs that he\'s returning to his best, Barley looks to have a great chance in a race where several rivals may not appreciate testing ground.

Today\'s FREE Nap is Barley at 11/4.