led early, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, faded entering final furlong
soon led, pushed along over 4f out, headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, eased inside final furlong
chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, eased inside final furlong
mid-division, chased leaders over 3f out, led 1f out, driven out
chased leaders, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headed final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, one paced
held up towards rear, effort over 2f out, one pace
held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, just held
RARE RUBY has looked much improved since returning this season and gets the nod here with two of either, My Mate Max, Kristallo, Kiho or Longboat Key expected to make up the minors. The selection remains on a lowly mark despite showing some impressive form of late and should be more than capable of victory here. She was the runner up over 2 miles at Nottingham just two starts ago and followed up with a decent win over 14f at the same course. Conditions here look perfect for the five-year-old and she looks more than capable of recording her second consecutive win. My Mate Max has finished runner up at the last couple of attempts and similar is expected today. He's at his best on the turf and looks much improved since switching from the polytrack. If he can reproduce his last run off this sort of mark then he should do well again here but the mark of 73 may just hold him. Kristallo put in a decent effort when third here last week. He was beaten favourite that day but seemed to stay on well enough and has a good record on this track. Kiho and Longboat Key should enter the mix and keep this race interesting out at the front but under such conditions we can look no further than Rare Ruby.
My Mate Max 6-1 (9-2) Led, quickened clear well over 2f out, edged left 2f out, soon hung right, swerved badly left over 1f out, soon headed, stayed on inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Squirtle (8-3) at Warwick 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jun.
Secret Ploy 28-1 (7-12) Prominent, 2nd over 11f out until over 6f out, weakened 5f out, 19th of 33, 26l behind Leg Spinner (8-11) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcap (2) gs in Oct '07.
Corum (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) 4th of chasing group, no chance with leaders 2f out, weakened over 1f out, tailed off, 4th of 6, 27l behind Keelung (9-5) at Warwick 1m 7f hcap (5) sft in Jul '08.
Rare Ruby (IRE) 9-2 (8-5) Tracked leader, led 3f out, kept on well, won at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jun beating Ovthenight (8-13) by 2 3/4l, 8 ran.
Dantari (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on, never nearer, 6th of 14, 11l behind Bell Island (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Kristallo (GER) 9-4fav (9-4) Tracked leader, led 2f out, soon ridden, headed 1f out, not quicken towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Pseudonym (9-7) at Warwick 1m 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Kiho 9-2 (8-10) Held up, ridden and effort over 2f out, kept on same pace under pressure final furlong, 3rd of 4, 2 1/2l behind Yonder (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun.
Converti 8-1 (9-2) In touch, ridden and effort 2f out, no headway over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 16, 7l behind A One (8-12) at Windsor 1m 4f sell stks (6) gs in Aug.
Longboat Key 9-2 (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 15l behind Shemoli (9-3) at Pontefract 1m 4f 3yo mdn (5) gf in Jun.
