tracked leaders, led 6th, headed approaching last, soon rallied, no extra closing stages
held up in rear, driven and headway approaching 14th, chased leaders next, effort 2 out, stayed on same pace
mid-division, slow 3rd, lost place next, under pressure 7th, mistake 11th, soon behind, pulled up before last
led until 6th, remained prominent, led again approaching last, stayed on strongly
held up, mistakes 1st and 2nd, headway to chase leaders before 5 out, jumped right next and 3 out, weakened next
prominent, mistake 9th, ridden 14th, weakened 3 out
tracked leaders, mistake 1st, slow 5th, weakened before 5 out
held up in rear, mistake 2nd, ridden before 5 out, soon beaten, behind when pulled up before last
Cresswell Breeze has gone close off similar marks in the past but has yet to win a handicap over fences and drops in class for this. Millicent Silver has been raised 6lb for finishing second in the Devon National at Exeter last time while Queen Spud’s winning run came to end upped into this grade at Cheltenham back in December. But CONQUER GOLD (NAP) fared better at this level when runner-up at Catterick last month and Nicky Richards’ charge could go close again racing off the same mark today. Land Of Vic and Emerald Rose have both run below par either side of winning at Ludlow and Market Rasen respectively.
Cresswell Breeze 14-1 (10-6) Tracked leaders, ridden after 5 out, one pace from 3 out, 5th of 13, 26l behind Vieux Lion Rouge (11-6) at Haydock 3m 4f hcp (1) gs in Feb.
Millicent Silver 10-1 (10-10) Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders approaching 12th, pushed along in 7th and plenty to do before 4 out, went 3rd 2 out, stayed on under pressure run-in, went 2nd and closed on winner towards finish, just held, 2nd of 14, nk behind Kingswell Theatre (11-9) at Exeter 3m 7f hcp (3) gs in Feb.
Land Of Vic 14-1 (11-9) Chased leaders, slow and lost place 3rd, headway after 8th, lost place 12th, well beaten 4 out, pulled up after, at Warwick 3m hcp (3) sft in Feb.
Conquer Gold (IRE) 11-2 (11-5) Led until after 4 out, chased leader, led again last headed and no extra final 110 yards, 2nd of 6, 3 1/4l behind Actinpieces (12-2) at Catterick 3m 1f hcp (3) sft in Feb.
Emerald Rose 11-1 (11-6) In rear, slow 1st, not fluent 7th, outpaced 9th, jumped right and well behind next, 8th of 9, 37 1/4l behind Still Believing (11-3) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp (3) gd in Dec.
Queen Spud 13-2 (11-1) Led 1st until 2nd, led 4th, mistake and headed 11th, mistake 4 out, outpaced before next, rallied 2 out, stayed on, went 3rd close home, no impression on winner, 3rd of 9, 11 3/4l behind Still Believing (11-3) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp (3) gd in Dec.
Kassis 40-1 (11-0) Chased leaders early, behind from 4th, lost touch 8th, went remote 4th after 2 out, no chance with leaders, tailed off, 4th of 6, dist behind Antartica De Thaix (11-0) at Huntingdon 2m 4f lst (1) sft in Mar.
Cowslip 16-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, weakened before 2 out, 5th of 6, 25 3/4l behind Craiganboy (10-13) at Ayr 2m 2f hcp (4) hvy in Feb.
