| Course: BEVERLEY | Race date:05/07/08 | Race time:5:15 | Runners:12 |
| Race distance:1m2f | Going:Good To Soft | Winners time:2m 1.81s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Boys | S Creighton(5) | J G Given | 5 | 9-4 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 8/1 | 3.5 | 3.01 | 2.09 | 1.01 | 1 | |
| Gulf Coast | Duran Fentiman(3) | T D Walford | 14 | 7-11 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 6/1 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.14 | 1.01 | 2 | shd |
| Always Cruising | Andrew Elliott | M Johnston | 9 | 8-13 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 8/1 | 5.2 | 4.04 | 2.36 | 1.05 | 3 | 3 |
| Princelywallywogan | P J McDonald(3) | John A Harris | 12 | 9-3 | 6 | 0 | 67 | 100/30F | 2.48 | 1.97 | 1.81 | 1.21 | 4 | nk |
| Gala Sunday | Dale Gibson | M W Easterby | 1 | 8-11 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 7/1 | 3.55 | 3.17 | 2.56 | 1.7 | 5 | 4½ |
| King Of Rhythm | D Nolan | D Carroll | 8 | 9-13 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 7/1 | 3.45 | 3.09 | 1.99 | 1.34 | 6 | 11 |
| Persian Peril | Tom Eaves | G A Swinbank | 3 | 9-9 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 20/1 | 10.59 | 7.88 | 4.39 | 3.2 | 7 | ½ |
| John Dillon | Lee Enstone | P C Haslam | 7 | 9-4 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 20/1 | 15.76 | 8.13 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 8 | nse |
| Hurricane Thomas | Neil Brown(5) | R E Barr | 11 | 9-4 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 16/1 | 8.6 | 7.16 | 5.1 | 3 | 9 | nk |
| Bigalo's Magic | Chris Catlin | E J O´Neill | 6 | 8-6 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 15/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 2 |
| Snowed Under | B McHugh(7) | J D Bethell | 13 | 9-7 | 7 | 0 | 75 | 12/1 | 5.52 | 4.38 | 3.34 | 4.6 | 11 | 3 |
| Site Sentry | Edward Creighton | M F Harris | 4 | 8-13 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 50/1 | 36 | 28.27 | 11.5 | 27 | 12 | 6 |
Riley Boys held up in midfield, headway 3f out, chased leader over 1f out, nudged into narrow lead last 100yds, kept on
Gulf Coast chased leaders, went 2nd well over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, narrowly headed last 100yds, unable to quicken towards finish
Always Cruising dwelt, held up towards rear, pushed along 4f out, headway on inner over 3f out, chased leaders and driven 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
Princelywallywogan dwelt, soon pushed up to lead, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong
Gala Sunday held up in midfield, ridden and headway to chase leaders 3f out, weakened over 1f out
King Of Rhythm took keen hold, chased leaders, switched off rail and driven just over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Persian Peril prominent, chased leader over 5f out until over 2f out, weakening and well held when hampered over 1f out
John Dillon held up behind, well held when not clear run and switched left over 1f out, never dangerous
Hurricane Thomas held up in last, effort on inner over 3f out, never near leaders
Bigalo´s Magic took keen hold, held up in touch, ridden and struggling over 3f out, soon behind
Snowed Under chased leader until over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Site Sentry behind, ridden over 4f out, well behind last 3f
Gulf Coastlost no caste in defeat and battled on gamely all the way to the line to force the tightest of finishes with the idling winner. He can surely lose his maiden tag before too long.
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