led, reluctant to pass horse boxes at 6th, headed and weakened quickly next, pulled up before 3 out
held up in touch, ridden to lead approaching 3 out, jumped left and wandered around, ridden clear approaching last
keen towards rear, ridden 7th, no impression
tracked leader, ridden and weakened 3 out
held up rear, not fluent 4th, ridden and weakened quickly 5th, tailed off when pulled before 3 out
rear, reminders 1st, mistake 4th, ridden to chase leaders approaching 3 out, chased winner last, no impression
held up rear and keen, smooth headway after 5th, led after 4 out, headed approaching 3 out, ridden and fading when not fluent 2 out
Martin Pipe will hold the key to this selling contest with Gebora and Minibule in the race with the vote going to the last named. Timmy Murphy has been booked and was on board when winning a similar contest at Newton Abbot last week. He has only run four times and although clearly has limited ability he has yet to run a bad race so is taken to score again. Gebora on the other hand is on the downward slop. He was and is rated far higher to any of his rivals and was at one stage thought good enough to run in Class B events. That time has come and gone and he was beaten at a very short price in a similar race last time out so should be treated with caution. Naked Oat should also enter calculations on his win in novice company at Market Rasen two months ago. His last two performances were not good ones but this drop in grade should see him in the first three. But for the winner we return to Minibule.
