| Course: WOLVERHAMPTON | Race date:19/09/08 | Race time:6:20 | Runners:9 |
| Race distance:7f | Going:Standard | Winners time:1m 30.02s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atabaas Allure | J-P Guillambert | M Johnston | 2 | 9-7 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 5/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Silent Hero | Chris Catlin | M A Jarvis | 9 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 3/1J | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | nk |
| Kersivay | Adam Kirby | W R Swinburn | 4 | 9-7 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 7/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 1 |
| Striding Edge | David Probert | W R Muir | 7 | 8-10 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 3/1J | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 2¼ |
| Jobekani | Russell Kennemore | Mrs L Williamson | 8 | 8-9 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 50/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 2¾ |
| Champagne Fizz | Travis Block | Miss Jo Crowley | 5 | 9-6 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 7 |
| Abhainn | Catherine Gannon | B Palling | 6 | 9-4 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | shd |
| Imperial Skylight | Sam Hitchcott | M R Channon | 10 | 8-13 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | 2½ |
| Hum Cat | Luke Morris | J S Moore | 12 | 8-10 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 7/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 6 |
Atabaas Allure led, pushed along 3f out, headed and ridden well over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
Silent Hero slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, ridden to take 2nd towards finish, ran on
Kersivay held up in touch, led well over 1f out, soon edged right and ridden, headed inside final furlong, not quicken
Striding Edge held up in mid-division, bumped over 3f out, headway 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong
Jobekani held up and behind, headway on inside well over 1f out, soon ridden and not much room, weakened inside final furlong
Champagne Fizz with leader over 1f, prominent when bumped over 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
Abhainn prominent, joined winner over 5f out, every chance over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened quickly well over 1f out
Imperial Skylight held up in mid-division, bumped over 3f out, soon pushed along and behind
Hum Cat held up and behind, some headway when bumped on outside over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
ATABAAS ALLURE broke smartly from her inside draw to take up the running on the rail, was angled out wider in the straight and dug deep to hold off the late challengers. She weakened at Ayr last time when the soft ground was against her, but Polytrack evidently suits, though connections felt this track was on the sharp side, and she will eventually appreciate further.
Silent Hero had been slowly away when winning at Southwell last time, and from his wide draw the same tactics were tried again, but he was bumped on the home turn and could not find a gap until the home straight. He made significant late headway but had too much ground to make up. He can resume winning ways on a track that is more favourable for hold-up horses.
Striding Edge was outpaced until making headway on the home turn.
Jobekani ran a bit better than he has recently, travelling well round theturn until fading in the straight, and could appreciate being dropped in trip.
Champagne Fizz was weak in the market and broke well but weakened from halfway.
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