held up, headway to go prominent after 4f, led over 5f out, drew clear final furlong, eased towards finish
held up, chased leaders 6f out, weakened over 3f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost 3rd inside final furlong
chased leaders, outpaced over 5f out, soon beaten
held up towards rear, weakened before halfway
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, soon chasing winner, no impression
in rear, headway to go prominent over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out
prominent and raced keen, outpaced over 4f out, stayed on to take 3rd inside final furlong
Because of some ability shown on testing ground MAMBA gets the vote with the going likely to defeat Go On Be A Lady and Miss Toozy Betsy. We only have the one outing to judge the selection on but she shaped well enough when landing fourth place of 15 runners at Catterick in January. Len Lungo's charge raced a bit keenly then and with the experience under the belt she should have improved allowing the mare to be more competitive where it counts. If conditions were more favourable then Go On Be A Lady would have outstanding claims after winning at Sedgefield in a better contest in April. That was on good ground though and this bottomless mire doesn't look like it will suit. The same can be said for Miss Toozy Betsy after she shaped well on debut but again on good ground while Amulee could be the main danger to the selection after she performed well enough on similar stuff last time. Mamba though looks to be the mudlark and gets the selection.
Brackenmoss (IRE) 50-1 (10-13) Led until 3f out, gradually faded, 10th of 19, 17l behind Dayia (10-10) at Sandown 2m mrs lst nhf (1) gd in Mar.
Amulree 13-2 (10-6) Raced keenly, in touch, outpaced over 5f out, weakened over 3f out, 4th of 8, well behind Big Boots (10-11) at Ayr 2m nhf (6) hvy in Mar.
Briery Star Overbury mare out of winning hurdler Briery Ann.
Elsies Nook 80-1 (10-3) Always towards rear, 12th of 16, well behind Elzahann (10-9) at Catterick 2m mrs nhf (6) gf in Mar.
Esme Rides A Gaine 9-1 (11-12) Prom til wknd 4 out, 7th of 16, 20l behind George The Grey (12-5) at Witton Castle 3m ptp gd in May.
Kafamber 40-1 (10-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon driven and no impression, 10th of 16, 33l behind Karmadice (10-8) at Newcastle 2m mdn nhf (6) gd in Oct.
Mamba (GER) 8-1 (10-11) Close up, led after 4f, headed 4f out, one pace, 4th of 15, 9l behind Katapult (11-1) at Catterick 2m mdn nhf (6) sft in Jan.
Miss Toozy Betsy (IRE) 14-1 (10-5) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 3f out, chased winner well over 1f out, no impression, 2nd of 18, 8l behind It's A Discovery (10-10) at Carlisle 2m 1f mrs nhf (6) gd in Oct '07.
Molly Moss Dancing High filly out of a moderate racemare.
Zoenicibel 11-1 (9-10) Mid-division, outpaced 6f out, driven and kept on final 2f, no impression, 8th of 14, 20l behind Rubys Cove (11-2) at Wetherby 2m nhf (6) gd in Jun.
Go On Be A Lady 11-4fav (10-9) Keen early, made most, ridden over 2f out, held on under pressure final furlong, won at Sedgefield 2m 1f mrs nhf (5) gs in Apr beating Utern (10-7) by a nk, 13 ran.
Beverley Beck 33-1 (10-11) Tracked leaders, driven over 3f out, soon weakened, 12th of 16, 30l behind Schofield (10-11) at Perth 2m nhf (5) gf in May.
