Good To Soft

3:50 Rectangle Group Handicap (6) (3yo,0-65)

[off 3:50] £2,968.00, £848.00, £424.00 (5f4y) 5f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Blades Boy (1) K A Ryan 3 9-0 J Carroll 11/2 61 62 69

2 1 Mytton´s Bell (IRE) (8) A Bailey 3 8-13 p D Allan 7/2 60 57 64

3 1¼ Howards Princess (9) I Semple 3 9-4 R Winston 5/2F 65 57 65

4 hd Compton Classic (7) J S Goldie 3 8-7 K Darley 9/1 54 46 53

5 shd Ashes (IRE) (5) K R Burke 3 9-0 P Hanagan 7/2 61 52 59

6 ¾ Shatin Leader (2) Miss L A Perratt 3 8-4 2 R Ffrench 20/1 51 40 47

7 1½ Street Ballad (IRE) (4) G M Moore 3 8-2 b1 B Swarbrick(5) 20/1 54 37 44

8 1¾ Nee Lemon Left (6) A Berry 3 7-13 6 P P Mathers(5) 25/1 51 27 35

8 ran TIME 1m 1.27s (slow by 1.47s) TOTAL SP 111%

NON RUNNER: Pennautier (IRE)

1st OWNER: Crown Select BRED: Crown Select TRAINER: K A Ryan

2nd OWNER: Gordon Mytton

3rd OWNER: Gordon McDowall

TOTE WIN £5.30 PL £1.90, £1.30, £1.60; Ex £21.70; CSF £23.65; TRICAST £58.65

ANALYSIS: The whole field raced far side here and BLADES BOY won despite being drawn 1. Racing close to the pace, he was tending to edge right most of the way, but scored driven out. A progressive sort last season, he was disappointing on soft ground on his previous start, but found these quicker conditions far more to his liking, though with just over 6l covering the entire field, the form is probably nothing special.

Mytton's Bell, tried in cheekpieces, stayed on well, and ran better than on Saturday.

Howards Princess showed promise last term, and turned in a fair effort on her seasonal debut.

Compton Classic raced up with the pace, and though he tended to edge right, this was probably his best effort to date.