| Course: BALLINROBE | Race date:27/05/08 | Race time:6:00 | Runners:14 |
| Race distance:1m1f | Going:Good To Firm | Winners time:2m 1.60s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajman | J A Heffernan | David Marnane | 10 | 9-10 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Windmill Lass | C D Hayes | P Hughes | 14 | 8-11 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | ½ |
| Drunken Sailor | F M Berry | Daniel Mark Loughnane | 3 | 9-2 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 5/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 1 |
| Rochester Falls | D P McDonogh | Kevin Prendergast | 12 | 9-10 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 4/1F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | shd |
| Rebel Aclaim | C P Geoghegan | P F Cashman | 11 | 9-2 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 16/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | ½ |
| Heaven Bound | W M Lordan | David Wachman | 9 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 11/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 1¾ |
| Elas Child | R P Cleary | M Halford | 13 | 8-9 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 1¼ |
| Crimson Rose | M Harley | John Joseph Hanlon | 4 | 7-11 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | shd |
| Red Puma | W J Lee | Timothy Doyle | 1 | 9-5 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 9/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 4½ |
| Five Satins | P J Smullen | M J Grassick | 8 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 3½ |
| Ann Kastan | M C Hussey | P J Prendergast | 2 | 9-0 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 12 |
| Benwilt Joy | R F Keogh | Ms Joanna Morgan | 6 | 8-5 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 11/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12 | 4 |
| Celtic Ruler | N G McCullagh | M J Byrne | 5 | 8-4 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 13 | 5½ |
| Menfromallover | W J Supple | K F O´Brien | 7 | 9-1 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 14 | 2½ |
Ajman prominent early, soon chased leader, led and disputed halfway, close 2nd 3f out, improved to lead under 2f out, soon ridden and kept on well under pressure
Windmill Lass dwelt, mid-division, 10th halfway, headway into 4th 3f out, ridden into 2nd over 1f out, kept on well, not reach winner
Drunken Sailor slowly into stride, headway in 9th 3f out, 6th 2f out, ridden into 5th 1f out, kept on well final furlong
Rochester Falls mid-division, 9th halfway, ridden in 8th 3f out, stayed on under pressure into 4th over 1f out, kept on same pace
Rebel Aclaim prominent early, soon chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden in 4th 2f out, 3rd 1f out, no extra final furlong
Heaven Bound soon led, joined halfway, ridden and headed under 2f out, kept on under pressure, weakened from over 1f out
Elas Child chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 5th 3f out, soon weakened
Crimson Rose mid-division, 8th halfway, headway in 6th 3f out, ridden in 3rd 2f out, soon no extra and weakened
Red Puma never a factor
Five Satins always towards rear
Ann Kastan chased leaders early, 7th halfway, weakened over 3f out
Benwilt Joy chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden in 7th 3f out, soon weakened
Celtic Ruler always towards rear
Menfromallover chased leaders, 3rd halfway, weakened over 3f out
AJMAN broke well and was always in the first three, didn't do anything particularly special, but just stuck at it out in front to ward off a number of challengers. A horse that has come back from nearly being put down six months ago, winning a race can be safely called a fair achievement.
Of the first three, Windmill Lass was probably the most unlucky. Travelling well in mid-division, she didn't appear at ease on a couple of the sharp bends and suddenly came off the bridle on trying to negotiate the second-last bend. From there she stayed on well and only went down by half a length.
Drunken Sailor more or lesslost his race by losing a few lengths at the start. He couldn't get into a proper challenging position really and appeared to meet with some interference over half a mile out. He was keeping on strongly in the straight to be never nearer. He looks like ahorse that would have little difficulty in getting a bit further.
Rebel Aclaim led or was close to the pace for most of the journey. He was certainly close enough if good enough before the straight and just kept on at the one pace from there.
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