DONCASTER (19 May 2005)

Good To Firm

7:15 Helioslough Traxpark Classified Stakes (4) (3yo+,0-80)

[off 7:23] £6,906.25, £2,125.00, £1,062.50, £531.25 1m

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Porthcawl (5) Mrs A J Perrett 4 9-3 S Sanders 10/11F 80 75 89+

2 2½ Minority Report (1) L M Cumani 5 9-6 N Mackay 16/1 77 72 86

3 ¾ Our Teddy (IRE) (2) P A Blockley 5 9-1 S J Donohoe(5) 7/1 76 71 84?

4 ½ Goodbye Mr Bond (7) E J Alston 5 9-6 F Norton 7/2 79 69 83

5 ½ Bourgainville (6) A M Balding 7 9-6 K Darley 8/1 80 68 82

6 1¾ Dark Charm (FR) (4) R A Fahey 6 9-6 P Hanagan 20/1 80 64 78

7 9 Finished Article (IRE) (3) P A Blockley 8 9-6 F Lynch 20/1 79 43 57

7 ran TIME 1m 39.02s (slow by 0.82s) TOTAL SP 113%

1st OWNER: Usk Valley Stud BRED: K J Mercer TRAINER: Mrs A J Perrett

2nd OWNER: G Shiel

3rd OWNER: The Beare Family

TOTE WIN £2.10 PL £1.50, £4.30; Ex £15.40; CSF £17.93

ANALYSIS: Suspect form here as the seven runners crawled to past halfway and it developed into a sprint over the last 3f.

PORTHCAWL, who did well from limited opportunities last term, had run well on his reappearance it was a good effort to win as he did. Settling better this time, he came from off the steady gallop and showed a good turn of foot to settle matters in a few strides. He's certainly going the right way, and is one to follow.

Minority Report has yet to win a race but shapes as though he's capable of landing a small event, though this isn't a race from which to draw too many firm conclusions.