led, headed before 2 out, one pace
tracked leaders in rear, challenged 2 out, every chance from last, held towards finish
tracked leader, led before 2 out, soon hard pressed, just held on towards finish
The penalised Beyondtemptation has won at Newcastle either side of failing to complete over 2m here in the race Baby Ticker won. The latter returned a narrow-margin winner on that occasion but a couple of poor previous efforts over today’s longer trip fail to boost confidence and THE DELRAY MUNKY is preferred. Iain Jardine’s mare may have a 15lb hike in the weights to contend with but scored by the same amount of lengths over course and distance recently and today’s testing ground is not a problem.
Beyondtemptation 7-2 (11-3) Made virtually all from sole rival, not fluent 2 out, clear from last, won at Newcastle 2m hcp (4) sft in Feb beating Undefined Beauty (11-12) by 7l, 2 ran.
Baby Ticker 6-1 (11-8) In rear, headway before 4 out, ridden in 3rd before last, challenged last, led run-in, kept on towards finish, won at Ayr 2m hcp (4) hvy in Jan beating Raised On Grazeon (11-12) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
The Delray Munky 9-1 (11-8) Mid-division, headway 6 out, led 3 out, clear before 2 out, won at Ayr 2m 3f hcp (5) hvy in Jan beating Massini's Lady (10-3) by 15l, 8 ran.
