held up in rear, headway over 4f out, chased leader over 3f out, ridden to lead 1f out, driven out
tracked leaders, led over 6f out until over 5f out, ridden, weakened over 3f out
held up on inside, ridden, headway over 3f out, went 3rd 3f out, stayed on same pace
held up, headway 8f out, chased leader 4f out until over 3f out, soon weakened
led, ridden, headed over 6f out, soon weakened
close up, pushed along over 4f out, ridden, weakened 3f out
soon pushed along and behind
slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear
prominent, led over 5f out, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, kept on one pace
raced keenly, held up, weakened 4f out
Silsong is a confident choice to get the better of High and Ihuru. Gay Kelleway's four-year-old rarely runs a bad race and put in another solid enough effort in better company when third to Pearl Island on her penultimate start. A similar run today should suffice. High is well in here on official ratings and has shown enough against better opposition to warrant respect this afternoon. Ihuru is one that certainly has scope for improvement having raced only twice, watch this one closely in the betting market. Of the others Son Of Sophie is no forlorn hope, but in a very weak event Silsong should be good enough to land the spoils.
Dextrous 14-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, headway on outer over 3f out, one pace final 2f, 5th of 12, 4 1/2l behind True To Yourself (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3f banded stk (7) fbs in Feb.
Royal Lustre 20-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place, 8th of 10, 21l behind Dark Charm (9-10) at Hamilton 1m 1f clm (6) gf in Aug.
High (IRE) 33-1 (8-8) Held up in rear, hampered over 4f out, kept on, never dangerous, 7th of 13, 11l behind Jackie Kiely (9-1) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Feb.
Ihuru 14-1 (9-0) In touch, hard ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, 8th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Milk And Sultana (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 2f sll (6) pol in Feb.
Son of Sophie 66-1 (8-9) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 5th of 12, 13l behind Bill Bennett (8-12) at Southwell 1m 4f banded stk (7) fbs in Feb.
The Plainsman 40-1 (8-11) Chased leader until 3f out, 10th of 12, 16l behind True To Yourself (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3f banded stk (7) fbs in Feb.
Barney Bubble (IRE) 16-1 (8-6) Always towards rear, never a factor, 13th of 16, well behind Tinquest (8-5) at Wexford 1m 5f hcp frm in Aug '04.
Silsong (USA) 7-2 (8-5) Raced wide, held up, ridden and headway over 3f out, no impression final 2f, 6th of 13, 9l behind Shaheer (8-11) at Southwell 1m 3f mdn clm (7) fbs in Feb.