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| Horse | SP | [EST] | Run | Wnr | Trainer | Dw | Hf | Run Notes | ||||
| 1 | Somethingaboutmary | 4 | 37 | 1 | N | K. A. Ryan | 4 | Drift 7/2, B-1 PLh-2, Dv Erl Inx TTR, -4L Hf, Xd+2f, SwcL Hf Cnt OOK, Inx-2f HdR, 4th-2f+ Whp, po, LdLt SCmf, Skipper? | ||||
| 2 | Stripped Bear | 4.5 | 37 | 1 | N | T. G. Dascombe | 2 | Drift 4/1, B1, H-1 Erl & LdgPr, -0.5f Hf, Dv-2f+ Resp, Po-2f & Duel, Ld-1f, Unbal -0.5 Stall, po, FdLt & Hdd | ||||
| 3 | Crystal Cove | 2.75 | 36 | 1 | T. D. Easterby | 3 | Supp 10/3, Fizzy Prelims, B2, Ld Erl in LdgPr, SFreOv, IncrPc-2f+, Po-2f & Duel, Hdd-1f, Stall ins-1f, po, Fd ins-0.5f | |||||
| 4 | Hillbilly Boy | 2.13 | 23 | 1 | M | W. G. M. Turner | 1 | Supp 11/4, B-3 Wd PDv, TTR Erl SInx, DvOv, Resp+1.5f Prg to 3Rd, SHgL-2f LsGrnd, Fd-1f | ||||
| 5 | Lady Raffa | 16 | 15 | 1 | M Dods | 5 | Drift 12/1, B-2 PNgl, Resp Erl, Ngl+2f, DvHf Resp, po, Stall-1.5f, Fd ins-1f | |||||
| 6 | Khyber Bridge | 16 | 7 | 2 | Joanna Hughes | 6 | NewCols, BOk, H-1 +0.5f, 2R+1f Sttld, Ngl+1.5f, DvHf, Whip-2f+ Outpcd, Last-1.5f, Fd ins-1f | |||||
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5mm of rain in preceding 24 hours. Stiff to strong SW wind =almost a half Tailwind from the right. Note that the AW surface looked in odd condition. Very light coloured and dusty on top but a lot of kickback which seemed somewhat clumpy. Did not look a 'tight' surface but presumably tighter underneath. Strong wind plus a bit of sun drying out the top surface to produce the light colour and dry top effect? Not a slow time although presumably helped by the tailwind which was stronger, and colder, than advertised in the Weather forecasts. Pre-Race Questions Doc. Bill Turner interviewed before the race and said he thought HB was ok and might have been his Brocklesby runner but for getting sore shins. He said he thought Just Past Andover was still up to winning an early maiden and thought that even with a good break JPA would have struggled to beat Storm Moon and Turner seemed of the view that horse was above average. HB slow to break here and despite running wide on the track where the winner did never got into the race and did not finish the 5f off. Looked reasonably fit but able to tighten for the run and in line with the Turner debuts these days not being as hard wound as they once were (when they skipped clear and never stopped on Debut if they were ok). [Update = Turner intereviewed, again.., as LNGA the following day and a summary = More interestingly he said that Hillbilly Boy, for the same owner, would 'murder Caught Napping at home'. Said that the owner had lost his betting money when Hillbilly Boy had flopped about looking green on debut at SWEL the previous day and hoped Mr Brook had got some money back here. Amy Ryan immediately after the race said that SAMary had been 'going well at home' (whatever that means) but was usually slow out of the stalls. Said she had given SAM time to get balanced and once switched out of the Kickback she had 'flown home' (a bit over the top but the filly finished ears pricked despite being green) but overhauling two horses who had gone harder and been duelling from more than 2F out (CC & SBear) and had been within 1L of each other as the leading pair for most of the race. Worth noting than SAM running widest beyond Centre track because of getting out of the kickback so running on the strip that produces low drawn winners regularly over 5f here. A Ryan said this was one of their most forward at home. Not a win for being highly tuned FTO given how green the filly was but in a race where none of the others were 'tuned' either and it set up for a closer. Paul Blockley at course with KB who he had managed to sell on to a owner in between the debut and here. Similar solid fade as ay RDCR to suggest a short-runner rather than the strip KB ran on at RDCR being the problem. SAM an unusual closing winner on the surface from 4L back and rolling around at halfway. Switched left out of the kickback (OOK) after halfway when HB had crossed in front of her before that. Still running ride after that and needing the whip and strong driving to stay on. Rest of field spread out by by pace into ability, as modified by fitness & greenness (see HB) which suggests a stiff pace and leaders folding back. SAM smaller and still looks a 'Peak STO' early type for the trainer with limited longer term prospects. A FTO win here in a race lacking a strong debut runner profile. Seemed to move like one of those lighter fillies that 'skip' over this surface in the last 1F once balanced and going forward. Those type often show better form here which they cannot show on turf. Stripped Bear a solid yearling and developed ok and promised to be a better Dascombe debut. Attended the leader from the start, engaged him from 2F out and had worn him down by the last 1F. Fading late to allow the closer mugging. Solid effort and type. Ok to follow. CC would presumably have been at Ripon this month if the best Tim Easterby had but had the profile to be a solid debut on a course where the trainer does start the odd better ones. Fizzy in the prelims and needs to settle that down. Led in the race in line with that attitude but a solid run until geting tired.Just an ok type and perhaps a bit narrow but good prospects to be a Type 2 trainer winner by mid-May. HB worth another chance to prove a Turner STO improver. Short of full fitness here, slow start and green. Made a real forward move before halfway but then got unbalanced and hanging at 2F out. Probably worth taking the Turner view that he might have been the Brocklesby rep as real and seeing what the set-up is for his STO run. |