Barrier trial Greyville Poly 1000m 24/02/2019

1^st Red Hot Night (Khan/Forbes A 59kg draw 10) Showed some pace and stretched out well, although was hanging a touch in the straight. Scope for improvement. 59.8 seconds

2^nd 0,05 Samsonite (Ferraris/Bosch MR69 AB 60kg draw 3) Some pace and strode out okay 59.81 seconds

3^rd 1,15 Kir (Kennedy/Bosch MR63 A 58kg draw 8) Strode out okay without being asked a lot. 60 seconds

4^th 2,65 Padre Pio (Marcus/Bosch S 57kg draw 2) Has scope and a fair action and showed a good turn of foot when asked the question. 60.2 seconds

5^th 5,45 King Julian (Wright/Humby A 59kg draw 7) Has quite a rangy action but a speedy pedigree and ran on quite well. 60.7 seconds

6^th 5,60 I Write The Songs (Jacobs -4 kg/Lafferty A 58kg draw 11) Showed zip from a wide draw to lead but was green and then faded. 60.75 seconds

7^th 6,35 Seen The Light (Samuel/Humby A 59kg draw 9) Has plenty of scope and took a keen hold before staying on. Will improve. 60.8 seconds

8^th 6,45 Retrial (De Melo/Dixon S 58kg draw 1) Showed some pace but made little impression on the leaders when held together in the straight. 60.85 seconds

9^th 10,45 Mojave Nights (B Lerena/Dixon S 59kg draw 6) Outpaced but has quite a big action and might be looking for further. 61.5 seconds

10^th 12,35 Magic In Seattle (De Gouveia/Humby A 59kg draw 5) Outpaced and green. 61.8 seconds

11^th 17,15 Arthur Shelby (Moodley/Van Wyk s 59kg draw 4) Outpaced and green. 62.6 seconds

By David Thiselton