| Course: HAYDOCK | Race date:05/07/08 | Race time:5:20 | Runners:11 |
| Race distance:5f | Going:Soft | Winners time:1m 0.94s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheveton | Jim Crowley | R J Price | 9 | 9-10 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 3/1F | 1.71 | 1.49 | 1.3 | 1.01 | 1 | |
| Peter's Storm | N Callan | K A Ryan | 2 | 9-1 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 11/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 2 |
| Sands Crooner | Seb Sanders | J G Given | 3 | 8-13 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 12/1 | 4.18 | 3.27 | 2.96 | 1.01 | 3 | hd |
| Rabbit Fighter | Paul Hanagan | D Shaw | 11 | 9-6 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 6/1 | 2.49 | 2.08 | 1.69 | 1.01 | 4 | ½ |
| Harrison's Flyer | Greg Fairley | J M Bradley | 6 | 8-8 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 9/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | ½ |
| Charles Parnell | Fergal Lynch | M Dods | 10 | 9-12 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 9/2 | 1.94 | 1.65 | 1.39 | 1.62 | 6 | 1 |
| Desert Opal | Robert Winston | C R Dore | 16 | 9-6 | 8 | 0 | 69 | 16/1 | 4.5 | 4 | 2.25 | 2.9 | 7 | ¾ |
| Town House | Sonia Eaton | B P J Baugh | 14 | 8-0 | 6 | 0 | 56 | 20/1 | 8 | 5.44 | 3.1 | 2.06 | 8 | ½ |
| Pickering | W J Supple | E J Alston | 12 | 9-7 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 11/2 | 2.4 | 2.12 | 1.48 | 1.85 | 9 | ¾ |
| Jonny Ebeneezer | Robbie Egan | D Flood | 15 | 8-11 | 9 | 0 | 67 | 25/1 | 16.5 | 7.35 | 2.79 | 10 | 10 | 1¼ |
| Mr Forthright | William Buick | J M Bradley | 4 | 8-7 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 50/1 | 25 | 15.31 | 9 | 18.5 | 11 | 6 |
Cheveton always prominent, led over 1f out, soon ridden, hung left inside final furlong, ran on and well in command towards finish
Peter´s Storm always prominent, ridden to challenge from over 1f out, not quicken towards finish
Sands Crooner chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, no extra final 100yds
Rabbit Fighter in touch, not quicken over 1f out, soon ridden, lugged left inside final furlong, ran on towards finish
Harrison´s Flyer chased leaders, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
Charles Parnell held up, ridden and headway to chase leaders over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
Desert Opal chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon outpaced
Town House raced freely, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakening when hung left inside final furlong
Pickering held up, headway to chase leaders halfway, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
Jonny Ebeneezer rider lost irons briefly after reared start and slowly away, behind, shaken up over 1f out, never on terms with leaders
Mr Forthright towards rear, outpaced 2f out, eased when beaten final furlong
Since finishing second in an all-weather maiden at 150-1 in April, he hasn't looked back since and defied worries about the going and a 5lb rise in the weights for a recent Sandown success with victory.
Having taken a lead off Town House for the first half of the race, he quickly got the better of that rival when asked to quicken up and, although he drifted markedly left in the closing stages, nothing looked as if it would get close enough to challenge.
This wasn't a great race and he didn't look as if he had an enormous amount in hand, but one suspects that there are more races to be won with him and returning to a sharp six furlongs shouldn't be against him.
Peter's Storm seemed to be returning to form on his previous start and was particularly well backed. The return to the minimum trip seemed to suit as he just denied Sands Crooner - attractively handicapped on turf compared with his all-weather form - for second place.
Charles Parnell probably saw too much daylight, but was nevertheless disappointing having looked a winner waiting to happen earlier this season.
It is a long time since Jonny Ebeneezer sparkled on a racecourse and even a return to his mercurial trainer looks unlikely to work the oracle, judged on this mulish performance.
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