Just Amazing held up in touch, headway before 3 out, effort when left second next, kept on well to lead near finish
Your Amount took keen hold, close up, challenged before 3 out, led next, kept on run-in, headed near finish
Twelve Paces prominent, outpaced before 4 out, kept on from 2 out, no chance with first two
Great Approach took keen hold, prominent, driven and outpaced 3 out, edged left and soon beaten
Solitary Palm held up, not fluent 4th, headway 7th, led before 3 out, just headed when blundered next, soon beaten
Federstar held up, driven and outpaced after 4 out, soon beaten
Tell Henry chased leaders, every chance 4 out, ridden and weakened before next
Vicario led to before 3 out, soon weakened
Analyis of the race
A thrilling finish to this handicap hurdle, confined to conditional jockeys, with JUST AMAZING, who dug deep to wear down Your Amount in the dying strides. The winner, dropping back in trip, wore a tongue strap here and saw his race out in admirable fashion. There is probably more to come from him.
Your Amount did precious little wrong in defeat. It was only close home that he was forced to concede defeat, but there was no doubting his commitment. Lightly-raced, he is going the right way.
The first two came clear of the remainder, headed by winning chaser Twelve Paces, who had shaped reasonably well on his comeback outing last week. He faced a different challenge on this occasion, however, running on quicker ground. This trip would be an absolute minimum for him under these conditions and he became outpaced before four out before staying on again in the closing stages. A stiffer test of stamina should suit him better.
Solitary Palm ran much better than his finishing might suggest. Having received a couple of sharp reminders passing the stands with a circuit to race, he moved up along the back straight and was challenging for the lead when he blundered and lost his back-end at the second-last flight, which ruined his chance.
Tote
Tote Win: 5.8
Tote place (1): 1.8
Tote place (2): 1.7
Exacta: 26.1
CSF: 25.6
Total SP: 119
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