| Course: TOWCESTER | Race date:10/04/08 | Race time:4:50 | Runners:14 |
| Race distance:2m | Going:Good | Winners time:3m 59.00s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop | Mark Bradburne | H D Daly | 11-7 | 5 | 0 | 115 | 3/1 | 1.81 | 1.63 | 1.37 | 1.01 | 1 | ||
| Pterodactyl | L Treadwell | Miss Venetia Williams | 11-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11/2 | 3.08 | 2.28 | 2.12 | 1.01 | 2 | 1¾ | |
| Option Money | A P McCoy | Jonjo O´Neill | 11-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12/1 | 6 | 5.02 | 2.98 | 1.01 | 3 | 5 | |
| Realism | Brian Hughes | M W Easterby | 11-4 | 8 | 0 | 120 | 15/8F | 1.57 | 1.42 | 1.29 | 1.19 | 4 | 7 | |
| Immense | D Dennis | Jonjo O´Neill | 10-8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22/1 | 9.2 | 6.36 | 3.93 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |
| Luce Bay | David England | R D E Woodhouse | 10-11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | 48 | 33.87 | 10.92 | 70 | 6 | 6 | |
| Kadouchski | Tom Messenger | A B Coogan | 10-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66/1 | 48.84 | 25.89 | 10.44 | 17.5 | 7 | ½ | |
| Thenford Snipe | Mr C Huxley | J A B Old | 10-7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50/1 | 29 | 18.89 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3¼ | |
| Kack Handed | Richard Johnson | H D Daly | 11-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20/1 | 10 | 7.52 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 9 | 12 | |
| Katy's Classic | Alan O´Keeffe | K C Bailey | 11-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 12 | |
| Sam McCoombe | J A McCarthy | O Brennan | 11-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50/1 | 25 | 20.9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | |
| Ocean Fou | Derek Laverty | B R Summers | 10-11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | 100 | 71.06 | 26.39 | 110 | 12 | 1 | |
| Souriceau | Dominic Elsworth | O Sherwood | 11-1 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 4/1 | 2.47 | 1.89 | 1.62 | 1.01 | UR | ||
| Buckshaw | R P McLernon | Jonjo O´Neill | 10-7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50/1 | 36 | 16.61 | 12.5 | 12.5 | F |
Pop handy, went 2nd after 5th, led before 2 out, soon clear, ridden out
Pterodactyl took keen hold, midfield, mistake 5th, plenty to do 3 out, still 13 lengths 5th next, finished very strongly, given too much to do
Option Money held up, headway 4th, close up 3 out, went 2nd after next, driven and one pace, lost 2nd flat
Realism behind, headway 5th, close 3rd 3 out, weakened before next
Immense midfield, no chance with leaders after 3 out
Luce Bay midfield, effort 5th, weakened next
Kadouchski took keen hold, chased leaders, not fluent 5th, weakened after 3 out
Thenford Snipe took keen hold in last, mistake 4th, never on terms after
Kack Handed chased leaders, jumped slowly 4th, struggling after next
Katy´s Classic 2nd until lost place and mistake 3rd, struggling in last pair when hampered 3 out, tailed off
Sam McCoombe always in rear, struggling in last pair when hampered 3 out, tailed off
Ocean Fou went 2nd before 3rd, led before 4th until before 5th, stopped to nil after next, tailed off
Buckshaw held up in rear, not fluent 4th, 9 lengths 8th and effort when fell 3 out
Souriceau led until before 4th and again before next, headed approaching next, stopped to nil, hopped over last and unseated rider, collapsed and died
POP had shown his appreciation of good ground when winning over 2m3f at Market Rasen last month, and this stiff track brought his stamina into play ashe defied his penalty in the style of a horse who is improving with every run.
Pterodactyl, a capable performer at up to 1m4f on the Flat in France, was undone by some untidy late jumps when beaten by Dip Anchor on his hurdles debut at Taunton in January and then failed to get home over 2m4f at Chepstow the following month after racing up with the pace.
He was dropped out on this occasion and, though not helped by a slight mistake at the fifth, his rider continued to hold on to the horse and did not start to shake him up until after the second-last. Pterodactyl ran on strongly for him from that point, but Pop had got first run on him and the short run-in worked in his favour. Pterodactyl's rider was adjudged to have ridden an ill-judged race and suspended for 10 days. The horse obviously does not need to improve much on this effort to be winning..
Realism, easy winner of a maiden hurdle at Newcastle in February, may not have been suited by this track and was in trouble turning for home.
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