{"id":1138234,"date":"2026-08-08T18:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1138234\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:08:16","slug":"531-redcar-result-french-affair-wins-at-13-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1138234\/","title":{"rendered":"5:31 Redcar result: French Affair wins at 13\/8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>French Affair<\/strong> won the 5:31 sprint handicap that closed Redcar\u2019s seven-race card, justifying <strong>13\/8 favouritism<\/strong> by a neck \u2014 landing our preview\u2019s best bet on the card and completing a double for trainer Jennie Candlish.<\/p>\n<tr>\nPos<br \/>\nHorse<br \/>\nJockey<br \/>\nSP<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1st<\/td>\n<td>French Affair<\/td>\n<td>Sean Dylan Bowen<\/td>\n<td>13\/8F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2nd<\/td>\n<td>Space Bear<\/td>\n<td>Cieren Fallon<\/td>\n<td>11\/4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3rd<\/td>\n<td>Masaban<\/td>\n<td>Oisin Orr<\/td>\n<td>11\/4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Seven three-year-olds ran over 5f 217y on good to firm ground, the winner clocking 1m 9.04s.<\/p>\n<p>The Race Story<\/p>\n<p>For most of the race the best bet looked in trouble. French Affair was in rear and off the bridle three furlongs out, still with plenty to do when switched right over two out. But the filly\u2019s Goodwood form kicked in up the famous straight: she lengthened powerfully inside the final furlong and got up close home to deny Space Bear by a neck, with Masaban \u2014 under treble hero Oisin Orr \u2014 a fast-finishing third.<\/p>\n<p>It capped a fine day for the Candlish yard, which had taken the 3:47 sprint with 12\/1 shot Rosenpur, and for jockey Sean Dylan Bowen, ice-cool when the race looked gone.<\/p>\n<p>Tipster Accountability<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/readhorseracing.com\/2026\/08\/08\/redcar-races-today-tips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Redcar preview<\/a> nominated French Affair at 13\/8 as the pick of the card and specifically flagged the Candlish follow-up angle from Goodwood \u2014 a clean hit to finish the meeting, even if the card\u2019s four-fold had long since died with banker Yimmna\u2019s defeat in the opener. None of the tracked tipsters in <a href=\"https:\/\/readhorseracing.com\/2026\/08\/08\/tipster-review-templegate-kealy-oddschecker-day-one\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">today\u2019s tipster review<\/a> bet at Redcar.<\/p>\n<p>Looking Ahead<\/p>\n<p>Redcar\u2019s day belonged to the in-form names: Oisin Orr\u2019s treble, sealed when <a href=\"https:\/\/readhorseracing.com\/2026\/08\/08\/redcar-457-result-newport\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newport won the 4:57 staying handicap<\/a>, and Candlish\u2019s double either side of it. The northern baton passes to Ayr\u2019s Ladies Day card, running until 8:30 this evening, with every result covered here as it happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French Affair won the 5:31 sprint handicap that closed Redcar\u2019s seven-race card, justifying 13\/8 favouritism by a neck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1138235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4107],"tags":[309459,288,250478,309460,1071,6450,309461,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-1138234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-french-affair","tag-horse-racing","tag-horse-racing-results","tag-jennie-candlish","tag-racing","tag-redcar","tag-sean-dylan-bowen","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117061229619042282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1138235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}