| Course: FOLKESTONE | Race date:01/04/08 | Race time:4:00 | Runners:13 |
| Race distance:7f | Going:Soft | Winners time:1m 30.94s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pravda Street | T Quinn | P F I Cole | 1 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Glorious Gift | Alan Munro | P W Chapple-Hyam | 4 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 5 |
| Oarsman | Steve Drowne | R Charlton | 13 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7/4F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 3 |
| Bartercard | Jack Mitchell | Stef Liddiard | 2 | 9-7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | ½ |
| Polychrome | Kirsty Milczarek | John Berry | 10 | 8-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 4 |
| Contrada | Richard Hughes | R Charlton | 5 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 1¾ |
| Sunny Spells | William Carson | S C Williams | 3 | 8-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 1 |
| Mick's Dancer | Martin Dwyer | W R Muir | 8 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | 4 |
| La Zarza | Richard Kingscote | S C Williams | 6 | 8-7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 15 |
| Running Supreme | Jim Crowley | Mrs N Smith | 7 | 9-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | ½ |
| Valdemar Victory | Silvestre De Sousa | D Nicholls | 9 | 9-12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 9 |
| Street Devil | Stephen Donohoe | P A Blockley | 14 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12 | 9 |
| Hibou De Nuit | Fergus Sweeney | J R Boyle | 12 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 13 | 49 |
Pravda Street made all and raced against near side rail, soon clear, pressed briefly over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong
Glorious Gift chased clear leaders, no progress until stayed on from over 1f out to take 2nd last 100yds, no chance with winner
Oarsman crossed from wide draw and soon chased winner, pushed along to close 2f out, no impression over 1f out, weakened and lost 2nd inside final furlong
Bartercard chased leaders but never on terms, kept on final furlong and nearly snatched 3rd
Polychrome soon struggling and well in rear, kept on final 2f, no chance
Contrada held up well off the pace, well in rear 3f out, shuffled along and some progress over 2f out, shaken up and kept on, never a factor
Sunny Spells dwelt, held up in last and soon long way behind, taken to outer and steady progress from 3f out, never near leaders
Mick´s Dancer chased clear leaders and never on terms, no progress final 2f
La Zarza soon struggling and well in rear, tailed off
Running Supreme dwelt, soon struggling and well behind, tailed off
Valdemar Victory never on terms with leaders, struggling by halfway, weakened, tailed off
Street Devil carried across to far side by rival, soon behind, hung left final 3f, tailed off
Hibou De Nuit raced far side, tailed off after 3f
In a race in which a couple opted to race up the far side for the first time allafternoon, the finish was dominated by fancied runners.
PRAVDA STREET won impressively and looks one to keep on the right side of, even allowing for the fact that he probably enjoyed an advantage racing hard against the stands' rail from stall 1. A fair second at Lingfield late last season, he represented a stable in good form and was nicely backed for a winning return. There were clearly no worries about his fitness, for having broken well he made all at a strong pace throughout and soon had themwell strung out.
Oarsman got within a length or so of him, but it had been hard work and Pravda Street came right away again to win in a time around 10 lengths quicker than recorded by the 70-rated selling winner (who carried just 5lb more) and significantly quicker too than that recorded by 74-rated 4-y-o Benfleet Boy half an hour later. His future is in the hands of the Handicapper, but he would be one to reckon with.
Glorious Gift had run twice on turf last summer, and his second at Haydock set the standard. Ridden more patiently than Oarsman, he took advantage when that one tired late on.
Bumper winner Bartercard, who had already raced twice this year, was never on terms but finished clear of the rest, who were headed by Polychrome, who was never really going but qualifies for a mark now, and Oarsman's stablemate Contrada, who was weak inthe market and was by no means knocked about.
A bit further back Sunny Spells caught the eye, despite being beaten a long way - he fell out of the stalls and then made late headway on what was probably the worst of the ground, on the wide outside of the stands' side group.
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