| Course: SOUTHWELL | Race date:08/04/08 | Race time:2:30 | Runners:6 |
| Race distance:5f | Going:Standard | Winners time:1m 1.71s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swallow Forest | Paul Fessey | T D Barron | 4 | 8-4 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 6/1 | 4 | 3.06 | 1.83 | 1.01 | 1 | |
| Lujiana | Mark Lawson(3) | M Brittain | 2 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 9/4 | 2.32 | 2.07 | 1.71 | 1.01 | 2 | 2¼ |
| Bahamarama | Kevin Ghunowa(3) | R A Harris | 6 | 8-6 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 14/1 | 9 | 6.6 | 1.81 | 3.7 | 3 | 1 |
| Diademas | N Callan | V Smith | 1 | 9-4 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 7/4F | 2.66 | 1.72 | 1.59 | 1.51 | 4 | ½ |
| Planet Paradise | Kelly Harrison(5) | D Shaw | 3 | 7-13 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 9/1 | 5.3 | 4.37 | 3.65 | 3 | 5 | ½ |
| Lekin Sedona | Paul Hanagan | Joss Saville | 5 | 8-4 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 13/2 | 8 | 4.31 | 3.55 | 3 | 6 | 1¾ |
Swallow Forest slowly into stride, headway 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out
Lujiana soon pushed along and prominent, outpaced over 3f out, rallied 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
Bahamarama chased leaders, ridden halfway, stayed on same pace final furlong
Diademas led, ridden, edged left and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Planet Paradise chased leaders, outpaced over 3f out, rallied over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Lekin Sedona chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened final furlong
Lujiana, who has gone up 8lb in the weights since winning here in February, hung badly when beaten at Wolverhampton last time and, though she kept straighter on this occasion, the rise in the weights found her out against the still unexposed winner.
Bahamarama, who had won a 6f seller at Wolverhampton last time, faced a stiffer task back in handicap company here and, though she turned in a respectable effort to suggest she can be as effective on this surface as on Polytrack- she had run moderately on her two previous visits here - her best chance of further success may come in sellers/claimers.
Planet Paraside, who had run creditably on her last two starts, struggled a bit this time from out of the handicap and is still waiting her first win.
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