| Course: PONTEFRACT | Race date:21/04/08 | Race time:4:10 | Runners:14 |
| Race distance:6f | Going:Good To Soft | Winners time:1m 20.60s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Spirit | P J McDonald(3) | G A Swinbank | 1 | 8-11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2/1J | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Strawberry Moon | Tom Eaves | B Smart | 12 | 8-9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 4½ |
| Mark Of Meydan | Phillip Makin | M Dods | 4 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 2¼ |
| Atlantic Beach | Paul Hanagan | R A Fahey | 11 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 13 |
| Miss Taboo | Micky Fenton | P T Midgley | 10 | 9-6 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 28/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | nk |
| Sosostris Pitch | J-P Guillambert | P C Haslam | 2 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 4½ |
| Take It Easee | Robert Winston | G A Swinbank | 14 | 8-9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | hd |
| Extreme North | S Creighton(5) | Miss V Haigh | 6 | 8-9 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | nk |
| Bunny Hug | David Allan | T D Easterby | 9 | 8-9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 2½ |
| Adab | R Hills | J H M Gosden | 13 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2/1J | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | ¾ |
| Sleeping | Paul Mulrennan | M H Tompkins | 15 | 8-9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 6 |
| Notforloveormoney | Greg Fairley | A G Foster | 7 | 8-9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12 | 25 |
| Josama | Dane O´Neill | R Bastiman | 5 | 9-6 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 250/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 13 | 11 |
| White Rose George | Liam Jones | J O´Reilly | 3 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 14 | 8 |
Solar Spirit tracked leaders on inner, smooth headway to lead halfway, clear well over 1f out, shaken up and swished tail inside final furlong, easily
Strawberry Moon towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no chance with winner
Mark Of Meydan tracked leaders, headway to chase winner well over 1f out, soon ridden and one pace
Atlantic Beach dwelt and towards rear, headway halfway, ridden well over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous
Miss Taboo raced wide, led, ridden along and headed halfway, driven and one pace final 2f
Sosostris Pitch chased leaders, ridden along over 2f out, soon driven and weakened
Take It Easee in touch on outer, effort, edged left and not much room well over 1f out, soon no impression
Extreme North pulled hard, prominent until ridden over 2f out and soon weakened
Bunny Hug midfeild, ridden along halfway and soon outpaced
Adab chased leaders, ridden along over 2f out, soon weakened
Sleeping slowly into stride, always in rear
Notforloveormoney chased leaders, riudden along over 2f out and soon weakened
Josama close up, ridden along over 3f out and soon weakened
White Rose George slowly into stride, always behind
SOLAR SPIRIT was handy before going on at halfway, and though swishing his tail a couple of times, that seemed just a trait rather than anything sinister, as he really stuck his neck out and ran right to the line. His only run as a juvenile was over 7f, so it would appear that longer trips will suit.
Strawberry Moon is well thought of and though never able to get to the winner, she ran on in pleasing fashion in the closing stages to finish a clear second. There is better to come and it looks as if a bit further will suit.
Atlantic Beach did not improve for his first run, but he is not one to give up on by any means.
Adab was never able to get in a blow when it mattered, he had been keen last time over 7f but seemed to settle all right this time. Much better could have been expected - the ground may have been a problem.
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