prominent and keen, weakened 6f out, tailed off
held up from behind, hampered on inside 4f out, steady headway final 3f, never dangerous
mid-division, ridden and hampered 4f out, no danger after
mid-division, steady headway halfway, ridden and lost place 5f out, weakened over 2f out
led for 3f, chased leader, ridden to lead again 2f out, edged right over 1f out, headed just inside final furlong, kept on
chased leader, led after 3f, headed 2f out, soon weakened
soon prominent, ridden and weakened 4f out
held up and behind, hung right bend over 4f out, never on terms
keen in touch, ridden 6f out, weakened 4f out
held up towards rear, headway 5f out, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
always prominent, ridden to lead just inside final furlong, hung left and kept on well towards finish
held up and behind, ridden and headway 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong
behind, headway on inside over 5f out, hampered 4f out, soon weakened, tailed off
held up in rear, ridden 4f out, slightly hampered over 3f out, never dangerous
held up in touch, weakened 3f out
held up, ridden 4f out, stayed on past beaten horses inside final furlong
mid-division, behind final 6f
in touch, ridden 3f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on
held up in touch, lost place 6f out, behind when pulled up over 3f out
mid-division, steady headway 7f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out
Red Willie is taken to score over the more experienced Theatre Groom in what could be an informative finale. Martin Pipe's charge, a son of Master Willie, is owned by Terry Neill and comes from a stable that always do well with these sorts. He may well be a class above the opposition, with Theatre Groom the best of them as he has had an outing here already. He stuck to his task well enough behind the favourite, Debatable, but did seem to lack a gear. Royal Maid was also placed on this track on her debut and is another who can progress, while those looking for alive outsider could do worse than consider First Thought. Nothing special on breeding, she hails from a yard that had a couple of winners last week, and with tough Jamie Moore booked to ride, can run into a place at big odds. For the winner though, we return to Red Willie.
