REDCAR (07 Jun 2005)

Good To Firm

4:30 Carlsberg Redcar Straight-Mile Championship Handicap (Qualifier) (2) (3yo+,0-100)

[off 4:31] £12,238.00, £4,642.00, £2,321.00, £1,055.00, £527.50, £316.50 1m

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Takes Tutu (USA) (3) K R Burke 6 9-0 S Sanders 14/1 76 70 84

2 1 James Caird (IRE) (5) M H Tompkins 5 9-11 N Callan 5/2 87 79 93

3 ½ Granston (IRE) (7) J D Bethell 4 9-6 R Ffrench 7/1 82 73 87

4 2½ Vicious Warrior (1) R M Whitaker 6 9-10 Dean McKeown 16/1 86 71 85

5 1¼ Flighty Fellow (IRE) (2) T D Easterby 5 10-0 F Lynch 10/1 90 72 86

6 2 Kelucia (IRE) (10) J S Goldie 4 9-11 W Supple 50/1 87 65 78

7 1½ Wing Commander (11) R A Fahey 6 9-13 P Hanagan 12/1 89 63 77

8 1½ Mistress Twister (4) T D Barron 4 8-9 K Darley 11/1 71 42 55

9 3½ Isidore Bonheur (IRE) (8) G A Swinbank 4 9-9 R Winston 66/1 85 48 61

10 5 Esquire (9) Saeed Bin Suroor 3 9-4 L Dettori 7/4F 91 39 56

10 ran TIME 1m 35.92s (fast by 0.88s) TOTAL SP 118%

NON RUNNER: Sun Kissed (JPN)

1st OWNER: Bernard Bargh, Jeff Hamer, Steve Henshaw BRED: Harbor View Farm TRAINER: K R Burke

2nd OWNER: Kenneth Macpherson

3rd OWNER: The Four Players Partnership

TOTE TRIFECTA Part won. Pool of £507.10 - 0.10 winning tickets. WIN £12.60 PL £2.40, £1.60, £1.70; Ex £33.00; CSF £49.97; TRICAST £278.29Part won. Pool of £507.10 - 0.10 winning tickets.

ANALYSIS: A fair gallop to this mile handicap in which TAKES TUTU gained compensation for some consistent efforts but was gaining his first win since 2003. Suited by the decent gallop, he came late to win decisively but isn't guaranteed to follow up.

James Caird, who had run well in the mile-and-a-quarter Zetland Gold Cup, is another infrequent winner, but this trip is arguably too short for him, so he wasn't totally disgraced.

Granston, who raced quite keenly, turned in another solid effort, Vicious Warrior had every chance and Flighty Fellow never got into it but wasn't knocked about.