WOLVERHAMPTON (A.W) (22 Oct 2005)

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11:15 betfredcasino.com Maiden Auction Stakes (7) (2yo)

[off 11:17] £1,463.00, £418.00, £209.00 (5f20y) 5f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Soviet Legend (IRE) (3) T J Etherington 2 8-6 b1 Saleem Golam(5) 20/1 45 — —

2 shd Tombalina (13) J L Spearing 2 8-1 1 B Swarbrick(3) 10/1 54 — —

3 shd Signor Whippee (1) A Berry 2 8-3 P P Mathers(5) 33/1 45 — —

4 hd Prettilini (12) A W Carroll 2 8-2 F P Ferris 7/2 68 — —

5 4 Lucky April (8) Mrs P N Dutfield 2 8-6 2 R Havlin 3/1F 59 — —

6 ½ Fallal Parc (9) M F Harris 2 8-5 R Thomas(3) 25/1 48 — —

7 hd Plum Blossom (10) P J Makin 2 8-5 2 N Chalmers(3) 20/1 — —

8 nk Spitzensparkes (IRE) (5) J J Quinn 2 8-6 J Mackay 8/1 47 — —

9 nk Martharum (11) J J Quinn 2 8-4 R Ffrench 12/1 50 — —

10 nk Madam Cantyre (6) Mrs L Stubbs 2 8-5 S Whitworth 13/2 55 — —

11 2 Little Whitesox (2) J Hetherton 2 8-5 M Henry 16/1 53 — —

12 ½ Sometimes Lucky (4) C Smith 2 8-8 R Fitzpatrick 12/1 58 — —

13 2½ Scattered Empire (IRE) (7) Peter Grayson 2 8-4 D Fentiman(5) 50/1 — —

13 ran TIME 1m 4.01s (slow by 2.11s) TOTAL SP 120%

1st OWNER: Russell Bradley BRED: J M Ryan TRAINER: T J Etherington

2nd OWNER: The Square Milers

3rd OWNER: Alan Berry

TOTE WIN £21.70 PL £5.90, £2.60, £5.80; Ex £317.40; CSF £198.23

ANALYSIS: A poor maiden in which there were a few hard-luck stories after Fallal Parc went badly left at the start, hampering those drawn immediately inside him.

SOVIET LEGEND escaped the worst of the melee and, clearly benefiting from the fitting of first-time blinkers after showing little in a series of runs at up to 1m, finished best of all after needing to be switched halfway up the straight to get up on the line.

Tombalina, who had run a decent second at Lingfield last month, turned in another sound effort and should be able to pick up a similar weak affair.

Signor Whippee, who had failed to reach a place in six starts on turf, fared better on this first try on the all-weather but got the run of the race, unlike the several hampered runners, and it remains to be seen whether he was flattered by this performance.