BEVERLEY (28 Aug 2005)

Good To Soft

3:25 Britannia Rescue Nursery (2) (2yo)

[off 3:30] £10,627.50, £3,270.00, £1,635.00, £817.50 5f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Grazeon Gold Blend (13) J J Quinn 2 9-6 R Ffrench 13/2 85 — —

2 nk Choysia (12) D W Barker 2 9-6 F Lynch 7/1 85 — —

3 1 Greek Secret (11) T D Easterby 2 8-7 D Allan 7/1 72 — —

4 1¼ Wovoka (IRE) (15) M R Channon 2 9-7 S Hitchcott 3/1F 86 — —

5 3 Fortress (9) W J Haggas 2 8-2 Dale Gibson 9/1 67 — —

6 ¾ Alugat (IRE) (10) Mrs A Duffield 2 9-0 P Fessey 9/1 79 — —

7 1½ Thoughtsofstardom (14) K R Burke 2 8-2 R Mullen 4/1 67 — —

8 ¾ Making Music (8) T D Easterby 2 8-4 b1 P Mulrennan(3) 14/1 72 — —

9 shd Bowland Boy (6) A Berry 2 7-8 36 Sheldon Russell(7) 66/1 66 — —

10 6 Our Sheila (4) B Smart 2 8-0 D Mernagh 25/1 65 — —

11 3½ Maggies Farm (USA) (3) M Johnston 2 8-13 K Darley 12/1 78 — —

12 13 Beautiful South (1) N Wilson 2 7-7 25 Donna Caldwell(7) 33/1 65 — —

12 ran TIME 1m 6.00s (slow by 4.30s) TOTAL SP 125%

NON RUNNERS: John Claude (IRE) ,Lake Hero ,Sometimes Lucky

1st OWNER: J R Rowbottom BRED: Mrs E McKee TRAINER: J J Quinn

2nd OWNER: Mrs J D Trotter

3rd OWNER: Maurice P Lindsay

TOTE WIN £11.40 PL £2.60, £3.00, £2.90; Ex £48.50; CSF £54.30; TRICAST £340.67

ANALYSIS: A competitive nursery, which produced a good performance from GRAZEON GOLD BLEND, who stuck grittily to his guns inside the last to hold off the strong-finishing Choysia.

The winner, who had got off the mark in a maiden at Pontefract, clearly has plenty of foot and, having passed his handicap test here off a mark of 85, he may now be raised to Pattern company in the Flying Childers at Doncaster.

Choysia, who was pulled out sharply to find daylight approaching the final furlong, finished to some purpose, but was just too late to reach the winner. This effort suggests she is worth another try at six furlongs.

Greek Secret, a maiden, ran a sound race in third, while Wovoka, admirably consistent, made a bold bid to defy top-weight. The first four, not surprisingly, all came from double-figure draws, and the best of those from a single figure stall was Fortress, who stayed on, but who was comfortably held, after being taken off her legs early on; six furlongs would probably suit her better.