| Course: DONCASTER | Race date:24/10/08 | Race time:2:20 | Runners:15 |
| Race distance:1m | Going:Good | Winners time:1m 43.39s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leocorno | Richard Mullen | Sir Michael Stoute | 8 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 4 |
| Queen Eleanor | Robert Havlin | J H M Gosden | 4 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | ¾ |
| Ballet Dancer | Philip Robinson | M A Jarvis | 7 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 2¼ |
| Sweet Hollow | Ian Mongan | C G Cox | 14 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | hd |
| Teeky | Ted Durcan | J H M Gosden | 11 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 1½ |
| Waheeba | R Hills | J L Dunlop | 9 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | ¾ |
| Silken Promise | Adam Kirby | W R Swinburn | 1 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | ¾ |
| Marillos Proterras | T P O´Shea | Mrs A Duffield | 2 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | ½ |
| Special Bond | Sam Hitchcott | J A Osborne | 3 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 2 |
| Martha's Girl | D Nolan | D Carroll | 12 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | nk |
| Morning Calm | Steve Drowne | R Charlton | 15 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | ½ |
| Labisa | Darryll Holland | H Morrison | 6 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12 | 1 |
| Peintre D'Argent | Travis Block | H Morrison | 16 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 13 | nk |
| Marjury Daw | Hayley Turner | J G Given | 13 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 14 | 1½ |
| Aim To Achieve | Michael Hills | B W Hills | 10 | 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9/2F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 15 | 1½ |
Leocorno held up in rear, headway on inner over 2f out, not clear run and switched outside over 1f out, ran on strongly to lead final 50yds
Queen Eleanor steadied start, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, quickened to lead 1f out, headed and no extra towards finish
Ballet Dancer in rear, headway and pulled wide over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
Sweet Hollow chased leaders, kept on same pace approaching final furlong
Teeky tracked leader, led over 1f out, soon headed and faded
Waheeba chased leaders, stayed on same pace final 2f
Silken Promise mid-division, kept on final 2f, never near leaders
Marillos Proterras slowly into stride, in rear, came wide over 2f out, kept on, never near leaders
Special Bond in rear, kept on final 2f, never a factor
Martha´s Girl chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
Morning Calm prominent, weakening when not much room over 1f out
Labisa mid-division on inner, not clear run over 1f out, soon weakened
Peintre D´Argent chased leaders, lost place over 1f out
Marjury Daw led, headed and weakened over 1f out
Aim To Achieve slowly into stride, never on terms, hung right and eased 1f out, lame
Queen Eleanor caught the eye first time out when running on late in a Polytrack maiden at Lingfield and confirmed the promise with a good run behind the potentially smart winner. She travelled well for much of the way and did nothing wrong, but was simply beaten by a better one on the day.
Sweet Hollow, a 46,000gns half-sister to French 2,000 Guineas winner Victory Note, ran green and gave the impression she will be a lot better for the experience.
Teeky, a half-sister to Sleeping Indian, had been off the track since running below expectations when 3-1 joint favourite at Yarmouth in July. She looked as though the run would do her good, but this was still an improvement and there should be much better to come again.
Waheeba improved on the form of her first two efforts and has the scope to make a fair handicapper. Silken Promise showed ability on this debut for a stable not in the best of form, and this was also a reasonable first effort from Marillos Proterras, who ended up out very wide.
Aim To Achieve, a 190,000 euros daughter of Galileo, did not impress on the way to post and she was very slow to find her stride when the stalls opened, being last away and driven along. She eventually tagged on to the main group, but was in trouble over three furlongs out.
*Aim To Achieve was reported to be lame on her off-hind*. [RW]
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