slowly away, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 2f out, hard ridden over headway over 1f out, ran on to lead towards finish
slowly away, behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong
always behind, soon pushed along, tailed off over 1f out
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1 furlong
chased leaders on outer, ridden over 2f, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, led 1 and a half out, kept on and headed towards finish
slowly away, behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, never troubled leaders
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
led, ridden over 2f out, headed 1 and a half furlongs out, soon weakened
mid division, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
mid division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
close up, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
Pontefract's eleventh annual 'Red Shirt Night' charity meeting - the Yorkshire track's third and final evening fixture of the summer, should see New Mexican open his account despite a wide draw, with Inzabar and newcomer Sir Frank Gibson likely to play a part in proceedings. Lynda Ramsden's juvenile found only the very useful Pearl Of Love too good on his Doncaster debut and had the misfortune to run into Mark Johnston's colt again in the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot. The son of Dr Fong was considered hard done by on that latest run, as he encountered major traffic problems when making his move, and would surely have finished closer than fourth. He gets the chance to make amends here, and should make no mistake unless Johnston's debutante Sir Frank Gibson is as good as stablemate Pearl Of Love, which we doubt. Inzabar was a beaten favourite in selling company at Yarmouth which does not entitle him to beat the selection, while Alice Blackthorn, although earning favourable reports on the gallops, will surely find this too tough. All in all, New Mexican rates a good bet to get punters off the mark-you can put your red shirt on him!
