in touch, led after 2f, ridden and edged left 2f out, drifted right under pressure final furlong, kept on
chased leaders, outpaced 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on final furlong, never troubled leaders
in touch, not clear run and switched right 2f out, ridden to chased winner over 1f out, kept on
with leader, ridden over 1f out, no extra final furlong
soon outpaced and behind, ridden halfway, kept on final 2f, never nearer
led 2f, chased winner, ridden and weakened over 1f out
chased leaders to 2f out, soon ridden and weakened
chased leaders, ridden and weakened when hampered well over 1f out
An interesting little handicap where Our Sheila is an obvious choice to complete the hat-trick, with Our Mary, Maison Dieu and Moonstreaker others to have a look at. The selection has enjoyed successive wins over this trip at Catterick in the past month and Bryan Smart's runners continue to go well. She is only up 3lb for those two wins but in a relatively uncompetitive event she can prevail. Maison Dieu proved he likes the track when second over c&d to Westport last time out and handles fast ground well enough that day, so can't be discounted. Our Mary would have a squeak based on her running in a claimer at Southwell from this mark two starts back, but Moonstreaker could be the big danger to the selection. Richard Whitaker's runners are in fine form and this gelding is dropped back to 6f for the first time here, but is related to a sprinting winner at 3 and handles this sort of ground, so he should be thereabouts. Preference however is for Our Sheila to complete a hat-trick.
Our Sheila 7-1 (9-7) Made all, driven over 2f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, won at Catterick 6f 3yo hcp (6) gf beating Northern Chorus (9-3) by a nk, 12 ran.
Moonstreaker 15-2 (8-3) Chased leader, ridden to challenge when hung left 2f out, kept on until no extra final furlong, 4th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Silver Dip (9-6) at Thirsk 7f 3yo hcp (4) gf.
Maison Dieu 11-2 (8-5) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, kept on same pace, 2nd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Westport (9-4) at Redcar 6f 3yo hcp (5) gf in May.
Our Mary (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) Held up behind leaders, driven over 2f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 15, 7l behind Dvinsky (9-11) at Pontefract 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Stanley Bay (IRE) 16-1 (8-6) Towards rear, never dangerous, 8th of 11, 10l behind Sofinella (7-13) at Ripon 5f 2yo mdn fll aut (5) gd in Sept.
Optical Seclusion (IRE) 9-1 (8-7) Towards rear, outpaced when checked over 1f out, switched right and ridden, never on terms, 5th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Bahamian Duke (8-10) at Carlisle 5f 3yo hcp (5) gf.
Miss Dixie 14-1 (9-4) Started slowly, always behind, last of 7, 9l behind Hypnosis (9-5) at Catterick 5f 3yo app hcp (6) gf.
Drink To Me Only 10-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 17, 3l behind Boy Dancer (8-13) at Carlisle 6f 3yo hcp (6) gf.
