| Course: BANGOR-ON-DEE | Race date:25/04/08 | Race time:6:15 | Runners:13 |
| Race distance:2m4½f | Going:Good To Soft | Winners time:5m 14.20s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master Somerville | Mark Bradburne | H D Daly | 11-10 | 6 | 0 | 102 | 4/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | ||
| Double Header | Mr J Guerriero | V R A Dartnall | 11-2 | 9 | 0 | 101 | 11/4F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 1½ | |
| Mylord Collonges | S P Jones | Mrs Susan Nock | 11-6 | 8 | 0 | 101 | 3/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 8 | |
| Pop Ahead | Noel Fehily | Jonjo O´Neill | 11-12 | 7 | 0 | 104 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 5 | |
| Heavy Weather | Jason Maguire | Miss Joanne Priest | 10-12 | 10 | 0 | 90 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 10 | |
| Bynack Mhor | Mark Grant | Miss H C Knight | 10-0 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 19 | |
| Cleymor House | Charlie Poste | Mrs A M Thorpe | 11-3 | 10 | 0 | 98 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 8 | |
| Making Overtures | Gareth Thomas | J B Groucott | 9-11 | 6 | 0 | 82 | 66/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | nk | |
| Always Baileys | Adam Pogson | T Wall | 10-4 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 66/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 19 | |
| Flying Jody | S J Craine | Sir John Barlow Bt | 10-0 | 9 | 0 | 78 | 22/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 3¾ | |
| Red Dawn | David Cullinane | Joss Saville | 9-11 | 9 | 0 | 80 | 28/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | PU | ||
| Ardfry | Adam Hawkins | T Wall | 9-11 | 9 | 0 | 82 | 100/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | PU | ||
| Thegalleryman | Alan O´Keeffe | M Scudamore | 11-8 | 7 | 0 | 100 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | PU |
Master Somerville with leader, led approaching 5th to 11th, led 4 out, hung left approaching last and flat, driven out
Double Header held up towards rear, headway 11th, ridden after 4 out, challenging when hit 2 out, every chance last, not quicken
Mylord Collonges held up in mid-division, headway 7th, led 11th to 4 out, ridden approaching last, weakened flat
Pop Ahead held up and behind, headway 4 out, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last
Heavy Weather held up in touch, ridden approaching 2 out, soon weakened
Bynack Mhor mid-division, mistake 4 out, soon struggling
Cleymor House took keen hold, prominent, ridden 4 out, weakened after 3 out
Making Overtures always behind
Always Baileys mid-division, ridden after 8th, soon behind
Flying Jody led 1st until approaching 5th, mistake 7th, ridden 10th, soon weakened, jumped right 3 out
Thegalleryman not jump well, always in rear, tailed off 6th, pulled up before 9th
Red Dawn prominent until weakened 11th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
Ardfry always behind, tailed off when pulled up after 9th
MASTER SOMERVILLE has certainly looked an improved performer since fitted with blinkers and he confirmed the promise of his Uttoxeter success by defying a 13lb higher mark, making much of the running and holding on gamely when challenged by the runner-up. He tended to hang in the latter stages but his trainer out that down to tiredness. He is entitled still to be learning the game at the age of six, after just races four over fences, and there is more than likely better to come so he could well defy the handicapper again.
Double Header hadnot got round in two previous races over fences but he has won over hurdles and showed there is a race of this nature in him. He held every chance at the last fence but was run out of it on the run-in. He would have gone even closer but for a mistake twoout and is likely to go one place better unless hit very severely by the handicapper.
Pop Ahead ran creditably on his return from five months off, while Heavy Weather was potentially well treated on his hurdles form but has yet to match that as a chaser, though he was prominent for a fair way and came a long way clearof the rest.
Of the remainder, Cleymor House was a shade keen but Flying Jody ran well for a fair way in face of a stiff task on his return from a break.
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