made all, edged left over 1f out, stayed on well
took keen hold, tracked winner until pushed along 3f out, outpaced and no chance final 2f
Spindle, who won here in the summer, returned with an even better run on Tuesday when narrowly beaten over a mile. She's never run beyond that trip but the small field should enable her to stay. James Tate has two of the four entries and OFFSHORE looks just better than Quest For Wonder. The former scored over a mile here last month and was narrowly beaten over an extra two furlongs at Bath so should have no problems with the distance. His stablemate will be racing beyond a mile for the first time having scored at Kempton but he has the scope to give the selection a race. Josie Joe has shown little to date and is out of the handicap.
Offshore 9-4fav (9-7) Raced wide in touch, headway halfway, chased leaders, ridden 3f out, chased leader 2f out, led approaching final furlong, hung right and driven out, won at Southwell 1m 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Dec beating Brosnan (9-6) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Quest For Wonder 2-7fav (8-12) Tracked leader until over 7f out, went 2nd again on inside 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, forged clear final 100 yards, won at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (5) pol in Dec beating Faith Matters (8-11) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
Josie Joe 14-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, raced wide towards rear, ridden 4f out, never on terms, 6th of 8, 6l behind Excelling Oscar (9-1) at Southwell 7f 2yo hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Dec.
Spindle (IRE) 17-2 (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, led narrowly entering final furlong, headed final 100 yards, no extra near finish, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Lysander The Greek (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
