slowly away, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, chased winner just over 1f out, no impression, kept on
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on same pace
made all, clear inside final furlong, stayed on well
in rear, some headway stands side 2f out, no impression
chased leader, ridden 2f out, soon beaten, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, lost place over 2f out
The betting suggested MONYA would go close at Wolverhampton on her racecourse debut and she was duly beaten less than a length in third by a horse rated 77. She should be winning at this level on that form. Redesdale Rebel made a promising start over track and trip, though failed to produce a similar effort on the Fibresand at Southwell last time. Deputy Star is preferred to stablemate Forever Mine and Bob Beach is related to winning sprinters and preferred to Prophecy of the newcomers.
Bob Beach Harbour Watch gelding out of Annie Beach.
Deputy Star 28-1 (9-4) Held up, headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 5th of 7, 9 3/4l behind Yuri Gagarin (9-4) at Newcastle 1m stks (5) pol in Dec.
Prophecy Albaasil gelding out of Littlemoor Lass.
Redesdale Rebel 9-2 (9-2) Soon behind and outpaced, ridden when switched inside 2f out, kept on, never threatened leaders, 5th of 9, 9l behind Sommer Katze (9-9) at Southwell 6f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Forever Mine 50-1 (8-10) Behind, beaten halfway, last of 9, 27 3/4l behind Archer's Dream (8-10) at Doncaster 6f fll stks (5) gd in Apr.
Monya (IRE) 5-4fav (9-0) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on outside 1f out, stayed on, went 3rd close home, 3rd of 10, 3/4l behind Motawaafeq (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Wildmountainthyme 100-1 (9-0) Behind, soon outpaced, headway on wide outside over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, last of 5, 26 1/2l behind I Love You Baby (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f fll stks (5) pol in Dec.
