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There was an open feel to this years renewal of the Renaissance Stakes and it produced a bunched finish, a three-year-old who's very much one to keep on the right side denying a better-than-ever veteran late in the day, but Super Sox shaped best of all coming from the rear.
She was strong in the betting and, given how much ground she lost at the start, she did very well to finish as close as she did in a race where is paid to race more prominently, easily doing best of those who came from the rear.
Super Sox was doing all of her best work at the finish, leaving the impression she will be well suited by a return to seven furlongs, and she is a filly to remain positive about.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsThis was a competitive handicap won by an improving three-year-old, but Baradar caught the eye back in fourth and kept on well under a hands-and-heels ride to be beaten only one and a half lengths in a bunched finish.
He has had an underwhelming season so far and has yet to win, but he has fallen down the weights as a result, and he reacted well to the fitting of first-time blinkers at Ripon.
Baradar fared better than of late, the late headway he made over a trip that is sharp enough suggesting he's on his way back (very well treated on 2023 form). He goes particularly well on testing ground and is up to winning a handicap this backend, especially when moving back up to seven furlongs.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsA fillies handicap run at a fierce pace and things set up ideally for the held-up winner, but Brazilian Rose in third shaped a fair bit better than the result.
She looked promising when making a winning debut at Lingfield, but was a little too free switched to turf on easy ground at Catterick next time, and she left the impression here that she's up to winning more races from this sort of mark.
Brazilian Rose wasn't helped by being caught wide early on, having to do a lot of work to get to the front, still travelling best entering the final two furlongs before her earlier exertions began to tell. She looks well suited by all-weather racing and is definitely one to look out for next time in a similar event.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsA maiden with an illustrious roll of honour that it was run in torrential rain which made conditions tough for inexperienced two-year-olds, all bar the favourite making their debut and he ground it out from the front, and was chased home by the highly promising Present Times.
He's already gelded, but was an expensive purchase as a yearling - 625,000 guineas - and is the first foal out of Felciana de Vega, who won the Darley Stakes as a juvenile.
Present Times shaped with plenty of encouragement, ridden prominently and produced to challenge around two furlongs out, but he was just unable to quicken with the more experienced winner. He looks a banker for a similar event next time and will have no problem staying further than a mile.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsThe usual far side bias was turned on its head in this handicap, the field racing as one over on that side of the track but several got in each others way as the leaders came back after setting a sound pace and the places were filled by three from high draws that had an uninterrupted run out wide, and Operation Gimcrack shaped much better than the bare result.
He caught the eye on his return at Newcastle and did so again back on turf, and it's not stretching it to say that he might have won on another day, switched to the far rail from his wide draw but finding all the trouble going.
Operation Gimcrack had no room whatsoever in the final furlong, unable to open up and passing the line with plenty of running left in him. It is worth noting he's a well-bred sort who is more than capable of winning races from this sort of mark and is one to remain very positive about.
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsIvan Furtado’s four-year-old filly Another Beautiful shaped well in this apprentice contest in first-time cheekpieces and refitted with a tongue-strap after nine weeks off, this being the shortest trip she’s tackled this season.
Taking a keen hold in the lead, Another Beautiful was headed over a furlong out but stuck to her task and kept on to be beaten a length into third behind Dr Rio.
Another Beautiful has been tried up to two miles – her dam Voleuse de Coeurs won the Irish St Leger – but she has more than enough speed for a mile and a quarter and is capable of winning an ordinary handicap.
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MOONLIGHT GLORY
Fifth, 2m4f handicap hurdle, Sedgefield, Monday 23 September
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Discover Sporting Life Plus BenefitsThis was turned into a one-sided race by favourite Jaramillo who drew clear in the straight to win easing down by a dozen lengths. But among those who shaped with some promise behind him was Mark Walford’s mare Moonlight Glory in fifth.
A winner three times last season under her regular conditional partner Tom Midgley, Moonlight Glory had looked rusty on her reappearance at Cartmel a month earlier but left the impression this second run back will put her spot on. Making headway from three out, she went second between the final two flights before her effort flattened out.
Now below her last winning mark, Moonlight Glory is likely to be thereabouts next time.
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