| Course: NEWCASTLE | Race date:23/05/08 | Race time:2:10 | Runners:11 |
| Race distance:6f | Going:Good To Firm | Winners time:1m 13.42s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folsomprisonblues | Chris Catlin | E J O´Neill | 7 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Faraway Sound | Lee Enstone | P C Haslam | 10 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | hd |
| Happy Anniversary | Micky Fenton | Miss V Haigh | 11 | 8-12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7/2F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | nse |
| Tagula Breeze | Royston Ffrench | I W McInnes | 4 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | 1¼ |
| Blow Your Mind | Paul Hanagan | Karen McLintock | 2 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 4½ |
| Rapid Release | Seb Sanders | Sir Mark Prescott | 6 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 4½ |
| Great Charter | Joe Fanning | M Johnston | 8 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 1¼ |
| Ten Cents A Dance | David Allan | T D Easterby | 12 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | 3¼ |
| Sorrel Ridge | Jerry O´Dwyer | M G Quinlan | 5 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | hd |
| Cotton N Silk | Duran Fentiman | T D Easterby | 9 | 8-9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 16 |
| Ed's Pride | Paul Mulrennan | K A Ryan | 1 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | nk |
Folsomprisonblues slowly into stride, behind and outpaced, good headway 2f out, led and drifted left inside final furlong, held on well
Faraway Sound led, ridden and edged left 2f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied, just held
Happy Anniversary tracked leaders, driven and outpaced over 2f out, kept on strongly final furlong, just held
Tagula Breeze held up, effort over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
Blow Your Mind with leaders until weakened over 1f out
Rapid Release tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, soon beaten
Great Charter with leaders, ran green and outpaced 2f out, soon beaten
Ten Cents A Dance behind and soon outpaced, never on terms
Sorrel Ridge chased leaders until weakened over 1f out
Cotton N Silk slowly into stride, soon well behind
Ed´s Pride slowly into stride, always struggling
This was just an average juvenile event, but there was plenty to like about the winning debut of FOLSOMPRISONBLUES, who missed the break and came from a long way off the pace. He further compromised his chances by hanging to his left, and was so left isolated of the other runners on the wide outside. His trainer Eoghan O'Neill thinks highly of him and it would be no surprise to see him contesta fancy target in due course.
Faraway Sound, a beaten favourite on easy ground over 5f on his debut at Ripon, showed plenty of pace here and looked the most likely winner for much of the race. However, he showed a tendency to hold his head at an angle, looking as though he wanted to go to his left, and he was worried out of it inside the final furlong.
Tagula Breeze, who showed little on his debut, shaped more promisingly here over this extra furlong, and did some solid work in the second half of the race.
The remainder were comfortably held, with newcomers Rapid Release and Great Charter, representing powerful yards, both failing to muster the pace to pose serious threats.
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