5:00 York
A 22-runner Flat class 4 contest over 0m7f0y at York (5:00), on Good going. KTB has scored every runner; the preview below reads the race off those numbers.
How the race shapes up
One clear front-runner with little to pressure it — likely an uncontested lead that can be hard for closers to peg back.
The KTB Fit ranking
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1Diligent Resdev KTB Selection60/100
Diligent Resdev is a fair performer who has won over this trip in the past and arrives in reasonable form after a string of respectable efforts at six furlongs. He has already won once from two starts at York and handles good ground well with two wins from four runs. The Easterby yard has a modest 5% strike-rate here from a big sample while the 3lb claimer Shay Farmer has a solid 13% record at the track from limited rides.
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2Quest For Fun55/100
Quest For Fun is a fair sort who has run well around here on several occasions, winning twice from 17 starts. He has been in decent form of late with two placed efforts in his last three runs and has won three times at this trip. The yard's modest strike rate at the track is a slight negative while the 3lb claimer is still building experience here.
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3First Time55/100
Fair performer who has run three times here without placing and is drawn widest of all in stall 16. Consistent enough of late with three placings from his last seven starts at this trip but remains a maiden after 12 runs. Trainer and jockey both have modest strike rates at York.
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4Obelix54/100
Obelix is a fair sort who has won over this trip and on this ground. He has also won here at York from six runs and arrives in reasonable form having placed in three of his last four starts. The trainer's modest strike-rate at the track is a slight negative while the jockey has had too few rides here to judge.
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5Magic Boy53/100
Magic Boy is a fair performer who has already won once over this trip and once at York itself. He has been in decent form this year with a second and two thirds from his last five runs though he was well held last time. The trainer has a modest 6% strike rate at the track while the jockey is operating at 3%.
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6Son52/100
Son is a fair handicapper who has run well here without winning, finishing third on his latest visit to York.
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7King of Fury52/100
King of Fury is a fair performer on his best days with a solid recent win at this level.
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8Feel The Need51/100
Fair performer who has won twice at this track from 16 runs and also has a solid record at today's trip with four wins from 31 attempts.
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9King's School51/100
King's School is a fair performer who has been consistent without progressing much lately, with recent form reading 125853.
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10Packetofbiscuits49/100
Modest performer with a solid recent record of consistency, finishing in the first six in four of his last five starts.
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11Kennington48/100
Modest performer who won a 6f maiden on good ground last year and has another win at this trip on his record.
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12Big Cyril47/100
Big Cyril is a fair performer who has been well below form in both starts this season after a modest 2024 campaign.
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13Golden Strike46/100
Modest performer who has won once from three runs at York and has also scored twice on good ground.
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14Melvin Udall46/100
Melvin Udall is a fair performer who has shown his best form at this track when finishing third here last time.
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15Invincible Boy44/100
Fair performer who has shown mixed form here, finishing second on one of three visits but otherwise unplaced.
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16Mystical Storm43/100
Modest performer who has shown some spark this year, including a win over this trip and a placed effort on good ground.
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17Stanley Spencer42/100
Stanley Spencer is a fair performer who has been largely out of form this year with a string of modest efforts.
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18Tolstoy41/100
Tolstoy is a modest performer who has won three times at York from seven starts and also has three wins from 16 runs at this trip.
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19Lord Bertie41/100
Lord Bertie is a fair performer who has been in and out of form this year with a latest sixth at Doncaster.
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20The Childe of Hale41/100
Modest performer who has shown better form of late with a win and a second from his last three starts.
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21Calyxoh38/100
Modest performer who has been largely out of form this year with a string of modest efforts.
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22Golden Pharaoh36/100
Modest performer who has run five times at York without placing and looks up against it from stall 18 today.
KTB verdict
KTB's top-rated runner is Diligent Resdev on a Fit Score of 60/100. On our numbers the main dangers are Quest For Fun and First Time.
KTB Selection Diligent Resdev
This is the narrative read of the 5:00 York. For the live card — runner-by-runner stats, the full Fit Score breakdown and current odds — see the York racecard. Every result we hold for the track is on the York results & records page. How favourites, trainers, jockeys and the draw have fared here over the last five years is on the York racecourse statistics page. New here? How KTB works explains the Fit Score and why we publish both.
Questions about this race
Which runner does KTB rate highest in the 5:00 at York?
Diligent Resdev tops the KTB Fit ranking for this race on a score of 60/100.
How many runners are in this race?
22 runners are declared (non-runners excluded).
What is the going for the 5:00 at York?
The going is described as Good.
What distance is this race run over?
It is run over 0m7f0y.
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