| Course: PLUMPTON | Race date:13/05/07 | Race time:5:10 | Runners:13 |
| Race distance:2m2f | Going:Good | Winners time:4m 20.30s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aya | Mr N Kinnon | R H York | 10-11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12/1 | 20 | 17.33 | 14.5 | 1.01 | 1 | ||
| Indefensible | Paul Moloney | Evan Williams | 11-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6/1 | 10 | 7.03 | 4.6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | |
| Lord Appellare | Barry Fenton | R Rowe | 11-4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3/1F | 7 | 4.55 | 3.65 | 2.8 | 4 | 9 | |
| Captain Willoughby | Andrew Thornton | Mrs L C Jewell | 11-4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33/1 | 70 | 55.17 | 17.5 | 40 | 5 | 3 | |
| Perdiem | Andrew Tinkler | N J Henderson | 11-4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4/1 | 8 | 5.48 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 6 | 4 | |
| Wheres Johnny | Sam Thomas | Jamie Poulton | 11-4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16/1 | 50 | 23.18 | 17.5 | 16 | 7 | ½ | |
| Commanchebash | Mr Felix De Giles | J A T De Giles | 10-11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 80/1 | 320 | 226.79 | 100 | 34 | 8 | 9 | |
| Farscape | Marcus Foley | R A Harris | 10-11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33/1 | 85 | 60.15 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 11 | |
| Young Eric | Colin Bolger | Mrs L Richards | 11-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50/1 | 340 | 155.3 | 50 | 55 | 10 | 46 | |
| Turnthetapsoff | Sean Curran | J W Mullins | 11-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16/1 | 50 | 21.51 | 17.5 | 14 | 11 | 1 | |
| Bellatoria | Marc Goldstein | M Madgwick | 10-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | 490 | 334.51 | 120 | 320 | 12 | 1¼ | |
| Mitre Peak | Richard Spate | K J Burke | 10-13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5/1 | 9 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 2.52 | PU |
Aya pressed leaders, led after 8f, made rest, driven and pressed final furlong, held on
Finbar´s Pi held up in midfield, ridden and progress to chase leading pair 7f out, left 2nd over 3f out, hanging left but closed to challenge 1f out, just held
Indefensible held up in touch, progress to track leaders 6f out, left 3rd and hampered over 3f out, lost action briefly bend over 2f out, no chance after
Lord Appellare settled in midfield, pushed along and progress to chase leading trio over 6f out, weakened 3f out
Captain Willoughby well in rear, outpaced and behind 6f out, no chance after, kept on final 2f
Perdiem held up in last trio, going well 8f out but soon badly outpaced, ridden and progress 6f out, no chance of reaching leaders, eased over 1f out
Wheres Johnny chased leaders, lost place badly over 7f out, soon behind, plugged on again final 2f
Commanchebash prominent for 10f, soon outpaced and behind
Farscape made most for 8f, weakened from 6f out
Young Eric with leader for 8f, soon weakened rapidly, tailed off
Turnthetapsoff in touch to halfway, weakened and soon tailed off
Bellatoria always in last trio, weakened halfway, tailed off
Mitre Peak close up, chased winner over 7f out, close enough when broke down and pulled up over 3f out
AYA did particularly well to defy the penalty she picked up for winning on her debut at Towcesterlast month.
Subsequently ninth in a much hotter mares' event at Cheltenham, she very likely needed to run only to a similar level to win, but this bargain-basement buy has a positive attitude and should be capable of winning a novice hurdle.
Finbar's Pi, a half-brother to 1999 Grand National runner-up Blue Charm, stayed on pleasingly when fourth on his Fontwell introduction, and there was plenty more promise on show, but what was worrying was the way he hung under pressure and appeared to duck in behind the winner once the going got tough.
Lord Appeallare, well backed beforehand, was running in his fourth bumper but what he did here seemed to be more of a regression than a progression on past runs.
Perdiem was a disappointment but he was not asked to move forwards when the race began in earnest entering the final mile and suffered accordingly.
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