WARWICK (12 Mar 2006)

Heavy

5:00 The Sportsman Out March 22 Mares' Only Maiden Open NH Flat Race (for Ken Bridgwater Mem. Trophy) (class 6) (4-6yo)

[off 5:02] £2,055.60, £599.10, £299.70 2m

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Ring Back (IRE) B I Case 5 10-11 M Nicolls(5) 10/1 44 92+

2 2 Lady Wilde (IRE) Noel T Chance 6 11-2 T Doyle 3/1F 41 89

3 nk Supreme Cara C J Down 6 10-11 C Honour(5) 66/1 41 89

4 18 Premier Hope (IRE) Miss E C Lavelle 5 11-2 B Fenton 25/1 19 71

5 nk Linn Of Dee (IRE) N J Henderson 5 11-2 A Tinkler 7/2 18 70

6 1¼ Parthian Shot R T Phillips 6 11-2 W Marston 9/1 17 69

7 8 Lucky Third Time M Scudamore 4 10-8 T Scudamore 33/1 — 53

8 7 Bredon Hill R T Phillips 6 10-6 Shaun Johnson(10) 50/1 — 54

9 ½ Slade Supreme (IRE) D A Rees 4 10-3 L Stephens(5) 66/1 — 46

10 ¾ Silk Rope (IRE) R T Phillips 6 11-2 R Johnson 5/1 — 53

11 21 Two T´Three Weeks M G Rimell 5 11-2 J E Moore 7/1 — 32

12 4 Marys Moment P A Pritchard 6 10-11 T Greenway(5) 50/1 — 28

RR The Shirley Hunt R T Phillips 6 10-9 S W Quinlan(7) 12/1 — —

PU Dunnicks Betsie F G Tucker 6 10-9 S Elliott(7) 100/1 — —

14 ran TIME 3m 56.20s (slow by 24.20s) TOTAL SP 117%

NON RUNNERS: Bonnykino ,Jim Bobs Girl (IRE)

1st OWNER: D Allen BRED: Nightingale Bloodstock TRAINER: B I Case

2nd OWNER: T Conway & Mrs Conway

3rd OWNER: Christine And Aubrey Loze

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TOTE WIN £11.50 PL £3.10, £2.00, £16.10; Ex £40.50; CSF £37.97Place 6 £37.32, Place 5 £19.09

JACKPOT Not won.

PLACEPOT £105.40 to a £1 stake. Pool: £61,027.45. 422.45 winning tickets.

QUADPOT £32.90 to a £1 stake. Pool: £3,109.90. 69.80 winning tickets.

ANALYSIS: The first three came clear from the top of the straight to suggest there was not much strength in depth. RING BACK ran well on her recent Towcester debut but was still green under pressure after travelling strongest of the trio before forging clear despite hanging right into her rider's whip to end under the stands' rail.

Lady Wilde had the experience and moved up menacingly into the last three furlongs, but she was all out to hold rank outsider Supreme Cara for second place.

Supreme Cara had shown little in two starts, although she was returning from a 109-day break after being well beaten, suggesting caution over the form.

The Shirley Hunt played up in the preliminaries and planted herself when the field jumped off - a big disappointment as the half-sister to the stable's classy The Mick Weston had finished two places behind the winner on their debuts last time.

Parthian Shot helped set the gallop before getting squeezed up when outpaced down the back straight, but she rallied into the straight and looked a stayer in the making.

Soft

4:50 Naps 1st For Independent Bookmakers Mares' Only Intermediate Open National Hunt Flat Race (class 5) (4-6yo)

[off 4:51] £2,602.40, £764.00, £382.00, £190.80 2m

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Amaretto Rose N J Henderson 5 11-2 M Foley 9/2 77 98+

2 5 Les Baux Belle (IRE) D J Wintle 6 11-2 W Marston 6/1 71 90

3 3 Maryscross (IRE) O Brennan 6 10-13 L Vickers(3) 14/1 67 87

4 ½ Ring Back (IRE) B I Case 5 10-11 M Nicolls(5) 25/1 66 87

5 5 Peppery Pamela V R A Dartnall 5 10-9 Mr T J O´Brien(7) 9/1 60 82

6 1½ The Shirley Hunt R T Phillips 6 11-2 R Johnson 9/2 58 80

7 7 Nefertari P R Webber 4 10-7 T Doyle 8/1 39 66+

8 6 Silent City P D Williams 6 10-11 L Stephens(5) 66/1 40 67

9 dist Riodan (IRE) J J Quinn 4 10-2 D C Costello(5) 4/1F — —

10 ½ Is There More J M Jefferson 5 10-11 T J Dreaper(5) 25/1 — —

11 hd Wiljen (IRE) B S Rothwell 6 11-2 A Ross 100/1 — —

12 nk Shoestodiefor S A Brookshaw 6 11-2 T Siddall 50/1 — —

13 4 Back In Vogue J G Portman 5 11-2 A Tinkler 28/1 — —

14 28 The Old Spinner P R Chamings 4 10-7 R Greene 66/1 — —

PU Rosehill Lady M J Polglase 6 10-13 A C Coyle(3) 50/1 — —

PU Winsome Wendy (IRE) P A Pritchard 6 10-11 t T Greenway(5) 100/1 — —

16 ran TIME 4m 14.60s (slow by 32.60s) TOTAL SP 118%

1st OWNER: Weatherbys Racing Club BRED: C F C Jackson TRAINER: N J Henderson

2nd OWNER: Chris White And Mrs Margaret Turner

3rd OWNER: N P Franklin

TOTE WIN £6.10 PL £2.00, £1.90, £4.30; Ex £30.70; CSF £28.55Place 6 £42.84, Place 5 £8.59

PLACEPOT £65.50 to a £1 stake. Pool: £69,865.80. 777.70 winning tickets.

QUADPOT £8.00 to a £1 stake. Pool: £4,245.00. 389.10 winning tickets.

ANALYSIS: This was a real test for these inexperienced youngsters but it threw up a thoroughly likeable performance from Nicky Henderson’s newcomer AMARETTO ROSE, who raced prominently throughout, travelling strongly and putting clear daylight between her and her rivals turning for home before powering up the run-in. Although not bred to be particularly special, and not costing a great deal, she is clearly not inconvenienced by these testing conditions and looks a nice prospect.

Les Baux Belle and Maryscross ran game races in defeat and will be finding success in this sphere sooner rather than later on this evidence, with the latter handling soft ground much better than she had done at Southwell.