steadied start, pulled hard in 5th, headway to challenge when mistake 3 out, hit next, soon ridden and hung left, went 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner
tracked leaders, every chance 3 out, one pace approaching last
led until not fluent 4th, led next, went right 3 out, headed next, soon driven, no impression last, lost 2nd towards finish
led into start, tracked leader, raced keenly, led 4th until 5th, led 2 out, clear last, ran on well
held up in 4th, every chance when not fluent 3 out, mistake and beaten next
Disappointingly just the five runners line up for this handicap hurdle including recent easy Southwell selling winner Tharaya, who takes a step back up in class today but has to be considered following that win last time, although a better bet may be TWO LEFT BOOTS, who gets the verdict ahead of Kayf Commander. Mel Brittain's gelding has yet to win a race but he has run some reasonable races and has slipped to a fair mark so cannot be discounted. Tracy Waggott's Waldo Winchester has been well held in recent starts and of more interest may be Howard Johnson's Motive, who has disappointed of late but has slipped to a decent mark as a result. The vote though goes the way of Two Left Boots, who makes his debut for Tim Vaughan today having shown some promise for Anthony Mullins previously and, given his new handler does well with runners coming from other stables, he looks worth chancing in a race that should not take much winning.
Two Left Boots (FR) 15-8fav (11-5) Held up, headway on outer approaching 3 out, ridden approaching next, soon weakened, 6th of 7, 16l behind Mumbles Pier (10-12) at Stratford 2m nov hdl (4) gf in Sep.
Motive (FR) 7-1 (11-11) Held up behind, outpaced after 4 out, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 44l behind Hi Dancer (11-6) at Wetherby 2m hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gd.
Kayf Commander 13-2 (10-7) Mid-division, mistake 3 out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, well behind The Gloves Are Off (11-5) at Market Rasen 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gd in Apr.
Tharaya 15-8 (11-0) Held up towards rear, went 3rd after 3 out, went 2nd 2 out, led approaching last, kept on well, won at Southwell 2m sell hdl (5) gd in Apr beating Cloudier (11-0) by 12l, 6 ran.
Waldo Winchester (IRE) 10-1 (10-11) Led until before 2nd, remained prominent, lost place after 3 out, last of 8, 41l behind Shadrack (11-12) at Sedgefield 2m 1f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gd in Mar.
