WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) (29 Mar 2006)

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2:30 Name A Race To Enhance Your Brand Banded Stakes (class 7) (4yo+,0-45)

[off 2:30] £1,706.25, £503.75, £252.00 (5f20y) 5f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Percy Douglas (5) Miss A Stokell 6 8-10 tb Ann Stokell(7) 11/2 45 52 53

2 ¾ Prime Recreation (11) P S Felgate 9 8-11 R Winston 14/1 45 44 44

3 nk Feminist (IRE) (1) J M Bradley 4 8-11 p N Callan 9/2 40 43 43

4 ½ So Sober (IRE) (3) D Shaw 8 8-8 P P Mathers(3) 16/1 40 41 41

5 nk Eternally (2) R M H Cowell 4 8-11 p S W Kelly 7/1 45 40 40

6 ½ Petana (9) Peter Grayson 6 8-11 p R Fitzpatrick 12/1 45 38 39

7 nk Obe Bold (IRE) (4) A Berry 5 8-11 v F Lynch 4/1F 45 37 37

8 1¼ Katie Killane (6) M Wellings 4 8-11 A Daly 25/1 35 32 33

9 ¾ Teyaar (7) M Wellings 10 8-11 J-P Guillambert 8/1 45 29 30

10 ¾ Town House (12) B P J Baugh 4 8-4 Sonia Eaton(7) 25/1 45 27 28

11 1 Rock Fever (IRE) (8) Peter Grayson 4 8-5 1b R Keogh(7) 14/1 45 24 25

12 8 Mister Bell (10) J G M O´Shea 4 8-8 p B Swarbrick(3) 40/1 40 — —

13 7 Mickledo (13) A Bailey 4 8-11 S Hitchcott 66/1 35 — —

13 ran TIME 1m 2.82s (slow by 1.32s) TOTAL SP 115%

1st OWNER: Ms Caron Stokell BRED: Qualitair Stud Ltd TRAINER: Miss A Stokell

2nd OWNER: Michael Heywood

3rd OWNER: J M Bradley

TOTE WIN £7.40 PL £2.20, £5.10, £1.60; Ex £107.10; CSF £74.55

ANALYSIS: PERCY DOUGLAS looks to be in his second childhood as he won this despite doing it all wrong. Instead of getting a fast start from his low draw, he was slowly away, but still got a dream run near the inside and won going away. This rig clearly takes his racing well and has now won three times at this his favourite track. He has been raised to a mark of 48 which still lets him into 46-50 banded races which is the plan for next Monday, although he could be out on Friday under a 7lb penalty which his rider can claim. He also has an entry back at Southwell next Tuesday.

Prime Recreation, another veteran who won off a two-stone higher mark in his heyday, did well to overcome an unfavourable draw and fought back up the straight when headed, only to be nailed by the winner in the last strides.

Feminist also went with the strong pace but still clung on to third, although the reapplication of cheekpieces did not look to make any difference.

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2:20 southwell-racecourse.co.uk Banded Stakes (class 7) (4yo+,0-45)

[off 2:20] £1,876.87, £554.13, £277.20 5f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Bahamian Bay (4) M Brittain 4 8-8 D Tudhope(3) 8/1 45 41 51

2 1¼ Boanerges (IRE) (12) J M Bradley 9 9-2 R L Moore 6/1 50 42 52

3 ¾ Percy Douglas (3) Miss A Stokell 6 8-10 tb Ann Stokell(7) 9/1 45 40 50

4 nk Mr Spliffy (IRE) (2) M C Chapman 7 8-6 b E Stack(5) 66/1 35 33 43

5 nk Laurel Dawn (5) C N Kellett 8 8-11 b M Fenton 80/1 35 32 42

6 3 Mystery Pips (1) N Tinkler 6 9-2 v Kim Tinkler 5/1J 50 26 37

7 2 Fox Covert (IRE) (10) D W Barker 5 8-11 p R Winston 11/2 45 13 25

8 1 Dutch Key Card (IRE) (6) C Smith 5 8-12 b1 G Parkin 14/1 46 11 23

9 hd Music Teacher (11) N A Callaghan 4 9-2 F Lynch 8/1 50 14 26

10 6 New Options (8) Peter Grayson 9 9-2 b R Fitzpatrick 5/1J 50 — 6

11 1¾ Shamrock Tea (7) M E Sowersby 5 8-11 T Eaves 28/1 45 — —

11 ran TIME 59.74s (slow by 1.74s) TOTAL SP 108%

NON RUNNER: Shirley Oaks (IRE)

1st OWNER: Mel Brittain BRED: The National Stud TRAINER: M Brittain

2nd OWNER: E A Hayward

3rd OWNER: Ms Caron Stokell

TOTE WIN £10.60 PL £2.40, £2.10, £2.50; Ex £106.60; CSF £49.46

ANALYSIS: This was run in a reasonable time for the quality of the race.

BAHAMIAN BAY, winner of a similar race over the course 12 months ago, was having her first run since October, but she was plenty fit enough and, having shown good pace, stepped up a gear to win decisively. She may be capable of winning a little race on turf.

Boanerges, who had run well enough 24 hours earlier at Wolverhampton, was outpaced early on but, rousted along, he kept on well in the closing stages.

Percy Douglas showed good pace and ran right to the line. He is in good heart.

Mr Spliffy, with the blinkers back on, travelled well but then seemed to hang fire a bit before staying on. This was his best run for a while.

The last of Laurel Dawn's seven wins came in June 2004, and he has not put in many decent efforts since, but he did show a bit more here, staying on under pressure without being able to get in a serious blow.