Although the ground was officially soft at Sedgefield, the times throughout the card suggest that heavy would have been a better description and, in the circumstances,
Maraud didn't run at all badly to finish fourth in what was a fair handicap.
Crowley, taking his score for the season to seven winners, scored on
Maraud and the Martin Todhunter-trained pair Acajou and Moonlight Venture, giving each of his mounts excellent assistance.
Another with the ground in his favour is
Maraud in the Sandbeck Motors Handicap Hurdle (4.50).
