Great St. Wilfrid 2013 Preview

Winning Hand - Baccarat can end Richard Fahey's Great St. Wilfrid duck

Ripon is probably my favourite racecourse in the country. It holds great sentimental value as I’ve been going there with my family since I was a child and remains one of the nicest most picturesque courses currently in operation.

It’s not often however that you really get chance to preview a big race from the course, but with Ripon’s showpiece race of the season coming up this Saturday the opportunity has arisen.

The Great St. Wilfrid has a huge £70,000 of prize money on offer this year and as a result has attracted a monster list of entries including some thriving, high class animals.

Photos of past winners of the race adorn the walls of the bar at the course, and trying to pick out who will be joining them is never easy, however this time around a horse is entered that could end up being a lot better than this race in time.

Incredibly, top Yorkshire trainer Richard Fahey has never won Ripon’s feature race of the season but in Baccarat he looks to have an ace up his sleeve.