AYR (21 Apr 2006)

Good To Soft

3:55 Gala Casinos Daily Record Mares' Only Handicap Hurdle (class 2) (4yo+)

[off 3:55] £12,526.00, £3,700.00, £1,850.00, £926.00, £462.00, £232.00 9 hdles 2m

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Into The Shadows K G Reveley 6 10-5 R McGrath EvensF 112 — —

2 3½ Tessanoora N J Henderson 5 10-11 M A Fitzgerald 11/4 118 — —

3 nk Diamond Sal J Howard Johnson 8 10-11 A Dobbin 13/2 118 — —

4 16 Golden Odyssey (IRE) K G Reveley 6 10-3 R Thornton 7/1 110 — —

5 2 Symphonique (FR) P J Hobbs 5 11-5 Mr S Waley-Cohen(7) 20/1 133 — —

5 ran TIME 3m 52.10s (slow by 11.10s) TOTAL SP 107%

NON RUNNERS: Capitana (GER) ,Cita Verda (FR)

1st OWNER: R C Mayall BRED: Mrs Linda Corbett And Mrs Mary Mayall TRAINER: K G Reveley

2nd OWNER: Miss Tessa Henderson

3rd OWNER: Andrea & Graham Wylie

TOTE WIN £1.90 PL £1.10, £1.60; Ex £5.40; CSF £4.03

ANALYSIS: This was a messy sort of race with not much pace and all five were within four lengths turning for home after which it devloped into a sprint. INTO THE SHADOWS had been in good form on the Flat, and the form of her previous hurdle race at Doncaster could hardly have worked out better. She took a little while to pick up, and made a mistake two out, but quickened up nicely and was well on top at the finish. She’s a grand mare who is still progressing, but wouldn’t want the ground any faster than this.

Tessanoora had no easy task having been put up 11lb for her previous win, and as such wasn’t disgraced, though after being sent on three out, in the end she had no answer to the winner.