slowly into stride, in rear, ridden halfway, never dangerous
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung left from over 1f out, kept on to take 3rd final furlong
made all, ridden clear over 2f out, kept up to work final furlong
mid-division, soon pushed along, ridden and headway to chase winner 1f out, stayed on
tracked leaders over 3f
keen, prominent, ridden and hung left 2f out, soon weakened
switched left start, held up, never troubled leaders
soon towards rear, ridden halfway, kept on from over 1f out, never dangerous
slowly into stride, behind and ridden, never dangerous
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out, soon eased
Bodden Bay is at the top of his game at present and is taken to complete the hat-trick at the main expense of Prince Of Gold and Piccolo Prince. The selection Bodden Bay landed the double when beating today's rival Piccolo Prince by a length and a half. He is a hard horse to overhaul and should confirm that form on just a pound worse terms. Prince Of Gold rarely runs bad race here at Southwell and put in another solid effort last time when chasing home Capital Lass. He will be hard to keep out of the money this afternoon. The old timer Further Outloook and the three-year-old John Claude are two others to consider for each-way purposes but our idea of the winner is Bodden Bay.
Further Outlook (USA) 10-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, edged left halfway, soon outpaced, ridden and kept on again inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 12l behind Windy Prospect (8-0) at Southwell 6f app hcp (6) fbs.
Prince of Gold 9-4fav (9-0) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, every chance approaching final furlong, driven and kept on same pace, 2nd of 12, shd behind Capital Lass (8-12) at Southwell 7f banded stk (7) fbs.
Bodden Bay 13-2 (8-13) Made all, ridden well over 1f out, kept on well, won at Southwell 6f hcap (6) fbs beating Piccolo Prince (8-12) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
Piccolo Prince 8-1 (8-12) Towards rear, ridden and headway on inner over 3f out, chased winner inside final furlong, no impression, 2nd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Bodden Bay (8-13) at Southwell 6f hcap (6) fbs.
Four Amigos (USA) 12-1 (8-6) Prominent, ridden 2f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 14, 6l behind Larky's Lob (8-7) at Southwell 5f hcap (6) fbs.
Hout Bay 5-1 (8-12) Soon outpaced and chased along, driven 2f out, ran on final furlong, 5th of 13, 1l behind She's Our Beauty (8-7) at Southwell 5f banded stk (7) fbs.
Ligne d'Eau 9-2 (9-0) Slowly into stride, always behind, last of 11, 11l behind My Girl Pearl (8-9) at W'hampton 7f clm (7) pol in Dec.
Tipsy Lillie 33-1 (8-2) Dwelt and towards rear, never dangerous, 7th of 8, 10l behind La Colline (8-0) at Southwell 6f fll hcp (5) fbs.