 The RaceClubs.com Challenge Series St Leger Challenge Qualifier 3YO Colts - - Wednesday 4th August 2010 - -  | Dusk Til Dawn | Sky Castle Stables | Quickly hit front, challenged inside last, held on, made all, impressive | | 2nd | El Legendario | Shotgun Mike | Took hold in rear, tracked leaders, going well, ridden final 400m, not reach winner | | 3rd | Never Yield | Unconte Stable | Midfield, took closer order 2nd halfway, no extra final 200m | | 4th | Private Lightning | Shotgun Mike | Raced midfield throughout, ridden and effort final third, one pace | | 5th | Reversed Infusion | Shotgun Mike | Always at rear, stayed on same pace passed tired horses | | 6th | Master Exploder | Fanfield | Midfield, struggled with pace from halfway, no extra | | 7th | International Spy | Divine Diva Stables | Ridden along, midfield, effort and not quicken, faded | On paper this race was a keen match-up between Dusk Til Dawn and Juvenile Stayers Champion and runner-up, El Legendario and Master Exploder. Dusk Til Dawn was sixth in the race and was looking to turn the form on its head over the extended trip. Quick from the gates and drawing a good six lengths out of the chasing pack, Dusk Til Dawn raced alone throughout. The Sky Castle Stables three year old was never headed and won this with a little in hand. El Legendario gave himself too much to do in the final third and despite a strong finish, the winner had his number and reversed last seasons form in some style and clearly relished the soft going. Never Yield is another who likes a little cut in the ground and his third here is encouraging. Although the job in hand may have been slightly beyond him his effort was admirable on very testing conditions. His jockey set sail from the 400m marker but the horse couldn't pick up near the finish. Making it to the money and in fourth place was another Shotgun Mike runner. Private Lightning seemed to stay the 3200m well enough, albeit at the one pace. His run here suggests a consolation final run is not beyond his expectations. | Positive | Dusk Til Dawn clearly shined over the distance and going and made up for not featuring in the juvenile final over similar conditions. | | Negative | Master Exploder was very sluggish and looked a shadow of his former self when contesting the juvenile final. Wayne Bailey could never get the colt in the race. | The RaceClubs.com Challenge Series St Leger Challenge Qualifier 3YO Fillies - - Wednesday 4th August 2010 - - | Xtreme Diva | Sky Castle Stables | Took keen hold and held up, steady progress throughout, lost pitch wide making turn, ridden to lead straight, finished strong | | 2nd | Natalia From Mosc | Burkveen Racing | Sluggish start, closed on leaders, handy pitch entering straight, stayed on well | | 3rd | Poetic Yesterday | Shotgun Mike | With leader early, took it up after 600m, led till headed halfway, ridden vigorously in straight, came again, no extra close home | | 4th | Wicked Wench | Winning Post | Fast away, led early, effort and came again, one paced when headed | | 5th | Black Or White | Ruxton Racing | Last for most, closed from halfway, stayed on same pace | | 6th | Devil's Daughter | Butlers Yard | Always in rear, rails, no effort straight | | 7th | Sherezade | Gissys Nags | Always midfield, one pace throughout, slowly faded | | 8th | Rare Foray | Tocohnas | Slow away, ridden to take closer order, wide, never a factor | Xtreme Diva made it a St Leger double for the Sky Castle Stables. Ridden at the rear of the field and taking a keen hold her effort came from halfway. Quickly closing on the leaders her effort was slightly hindered making the turn after she appeared to lose her momentum. All was not lost and as she entered the straight her injection of pace was evident as she slid through on the outer to take the race well. Natalia From Mosc, another who took a rear position early in the race made steady headway throughout the race and although not possessing the finish that cam from the winner, she can take the positives out of this performance. Poetic Yesterday and Wicked Wench had somewhat of a ding-dong battle for the lead for most of this race. Both led and were headed on several occasions during running and maybe they had taken enough out of each other to improve on their final positions. Poetic Yesterday ran two cracking races in the juvenile finals, finishing third in both the classic and stayers races and she has obviously trained on well. Wicked Wench, an expensive auction purchase last term needs to improve on recent efforts if she is going to live up to her hype. I'm sure we will see the best of her soon enough. | Positive | Wicked Wench ran a good enough race in defeat to suggest she has the credentials to put one over on her rivals and is sure to see the winner's enclosure this term. Her WCD form was exceptional, scoring a great win over her elders and if she can step up on that form then she will be a force to be reckoned with. | | Negative | Rare Foray never got into the race and will have her work cut out based on this effort. She will need to improve significantly on this effort to compete with the best. | Member Submission: Moletown Starting Points- Join RaceClubs.com - Get Horse- Enter into a Race Score your goals at the RaceClubs.com track... Buy Your Horses Today!
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