held up in rear, ridden 3f out, some headway over 1f out
keen, close up, chased leader 3f out until 1f out, kept on one pace
mid-division, headway and carried head high over 1f out, cajoled to lead final 50 yards
prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
prominent, pushed along and outpaced halfway, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on
raced wide in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
keen, always in rear
held up, always in rear
tracked leader until 3f out, ridden and soon weakened
held up in rear, ridden 3f out, stayed on from over 1f out, never nearer
Granakey can turn the tables on Mademoiselle, with Mambo Sun and Ruffie other leading players. Ron Harris has wasted no time in turning out Mademoiselle quickly in a bid to supplement her gains of three days ago here when she had the run of the race to score, with Granakey two-lengths away in third. However, she does need things to go her way as her record suggests, and a look at the revised weights reveals that she has a job on to follow up. She was in receipt of 9lb from Granakey on Monday, but now has to give the latter 2lb, and that will surely be too big a task. Granakey has gained all three of her career wins here at Southwell, and in the main has been pretty consistent so is worth supporting. Mambo Sun has had just three outings this year, but should be fitter now and is a past course winner, while Ruffie has been tried with a visor and eyeshield of late without success, but was not beaten far at Lingfield last time and may well reach the frame. However, the weights favour Granakey today, and that is good enough for us.
Shifty 8-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, switched right 2f out, one pace approaching final furlong, 6th of 7, 3l behind Louisiade (8-5) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-70 (5) std.
Ruffie (IRE) 11-2 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, not pace to challenge, 6th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Ellesappelle (9-3) at Lingfield 1m sll (6) pol in Feb.
Mademoiselle 3-1 (8-1) Tracked leader 6f out, ridden to lead 2f out, soon edged left, ridden out, won at Southwell 1m fll hcp (5) fbs beating Don't Mind Me (8-4) by 2l, 6 ran.
Mambo Sun 12-1 (8-4) Towards rear, pushed along halfway, some late headway, never reached challenging position, 5th of 8, 10l behind Councellor (9-2) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Feb.
Garibaldi (GER) 16-1 (8-5) In touch, led after 3f, ridden and headed over 2f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 7l behind Muntami (8-12) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Mine The Balance (IRE) 25-1 (8-6) Mid-division, behind final 3f, came wide entering straight, 11th of 12, 10l behind Kabis Amigos (8-9) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Dechiper (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden to chase winner 2f out, kept on same pace, 2nd of 7, 5l behind Compromiznotension (9-3) at Newcastle 1m mdn stk (5) sft in Sept.
Granakey (IRE) 3-1 (8-10) Pulled hard, held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, one pace, 3rd of 6, 2l behind Mademoiselle (8-1) at Southwell 1m fll hcp (5) fbs.
