June 22nd. and 23rd.

Just a Class 5 six-furlong fillies handicap on the afternoon of the 22nd. but remarkable in the sense that the winner, second and fourth all lost ground at the start in one way or another.

		On that basis it could be said that the third horse WHOATEALLTHEPIUS ran a good race against a pace bias. She did lead at quite a strong pace and kept on well when the fast finishers came after her. On to the evening meeting at Bath for a Class 6 3-y-o handicap over just shy of a mile-and-a half and it was a case of "after you, Sir, no after you, Sir, I insist". The winner TANJUN AGAS ( trained by Roger Varian) and the second SEA THE FLAMES (Marcus Tregoning) both showed a reluctance to win but the latter's superior reluctance won. SEA THE FLAMES probably has the ability to win races, he made up a lot of ground in the last two furlongs, but the question is whether that potential will ever be realised. He raelly should have won this. Over to Kempton for a seven furlong 2-y-o maiden, for which, PEARL MIX, was favourite at a shade of odds-on. This was the grey colt's second run, his first had been a very promising second to John Gosden's Main Focus over six furlongs of this same course a fortnight earlier. PEARL MIX justified the confidence and won by seven lengths after being well eased. He is in the right hands (Ralph Beckett) to follow up this win. The following evening at Hamilton DOC HAY put in an impressive performance in the Class 5 handicap over five furlongs. The 4-y-o trained by Paul Cole until May of this year is now with the emerging talent of young Keith Dalgleish. His record since changing yards is two wins from three runs and with the turn of foot he exhibited year it would be surprising if there weren't more victories to come. That's all for now folks. Colin