SEDGEFIELD (26 Oct 2005)

Good To Soft

2:15 John Smith's Extra Smooth Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle (Class F) (4yo+,0-100)

[off 2:15] £2,919.00, £834.00, £417.00 13 hdles (3m3f110y) 3m3½f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Longstone Lass Miss Tracy Waggott 5 10-13 Miss C Metcalfe(5) 25/1 83 70 87+

2 2 Canavan (IRE) Ferdy Murphy 6 11-1 Mr M Seston(5) 5/2F 85 70 86

3 26 End Of An Error A W Carroll 6 11-4 Mrs E J Smith(7) 4/1 90 56 65+

4 1¼ Diamond Joshua (IRE) N B King 7 11-0 b Mr N Pearce(7) 20/1 86 51 60

5 6 Minster Brig A Parker 6 9-7 5p Mr H Haynes(7) 50/1 65 26 33

6 10 Greenfort Brave (IRE) J J Lambe 7 10-12 Mr J P McKeown(7) 10/1 84 37 42

7 3 Nobodysgonanotice (IRE) J J Lambe 7 11-8 Mr C J Sweeney 8/1 87 38 42

8 3½ Uneven Line Miss S E Forster 9 10-7 p Miss Carly Frater(7) 14/1 79 27 30

PU Colmcille (IRE) C C Bealby 5 11-5 Mr M Briggs(7) 10/1 91 — —

PU Lantern Leader (IRE) M J Gingell 10 10-13 v Mr Matthew Smith(7) 40/1 85 — —

PU The River Joker (IRE) John R Upson 9 11-1 Mr G Tumelty(7) 13/2 87 — —

11 ran TIME 7m 0.30s (slow by 37.30s) TOTAL SP 110%

NON RUNNER: Grafton Truce (IRE)

1st OWNER: Miss C Metcalfe BRED: Miss Kerry Lane TRAINER: Miss Tracy Waggott

2nd OWNER: John Duddy

3rd OWNER: Mrs E J Smith

TOTE WIN £28.40 PL £9.10, £1.40, £1.20; Ex £128.10; CSF £82.25; TRICAST £301.23

ANALYSIS: The top-weight was rated 91 in this handicap which in essence was little better than a seller. The early pace was ordinary, but it ended up a fair test.

LONGSTONE LASS has been troublesome in the preliminaries, and can race keenly, but she settledbetter in front, and on this step up to this trip, ran on in good style. Sh's fairly exposed.

Canavan wasn't entirely foot-perfect but basically had every chance, and being well clear of the rest, can pick up a similarly modest race.