pressed winner on outside, ridden and edged left over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, always held by winner
soon pushed along towards rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, not reach leaders
close up, carried left and hampered over 2f out, ridden and effort over 1f out, not quicken, weakened final furlong
held up last in touch, headway over 1f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong, not trouble leaders
made all, led narrowly, ridden 2f out, ran on gamely under pressure final furlong, ran on well
tracked winner on inside, squeezed on rail and bumped over 2f out, soon lost place, kept on final furlong to take 3rd
A trappy little sprint handicap this, with none of them in the greatest form, but we'll side with SORREL RIDGE to end a row of seconds, in preference to You'relikemefrank and Deckchair. Mick Quinlan's gelding finished ahead of You'relikemefrank last week, when similarly disadvantaged at the weights. At least this time he doesn't face Kheley, who he's finished behind on his last three outings. He comes here with plenty in hand on top weight Dedante, and is the best drawn of the likely market leaders. Deckchair is the only one of these to have ever won a race, that was in a Wolverhampton claimer in November. The low draw would be a negative here though. It's a minimum stakes race for us though, but preference is for Sorrell Ridge.
Dedante 10-1 (8-12) Raced keenly, prominent, chased leader halfway, not quicken from 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 6l behind Barnezet (9-1) at Lingfield 5f 3yo hcp (5) pol.
Speak The Truth (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 7th of 10, 14l behind Newlyn Art (9-4) at Great Leighs 6f 2yo hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Deckchair 9-1 (8-0) Started slowly, behind, not clear run on inside, checked over 2f out, headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not troubled leaders, 5th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Perfect Class (8-6) at Kempton 6f 3yo hcp (5) pol.
Sorrel Ridge (IRE) 7-2 (8-12) In touch, headway on inside 2f out, led over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Kheley (9-0) at W'hampton 5f 3yo hcp (6) pol.
Piccaso's Sky 100-1 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, 11th of 12, 20l behind Iasia (8-12) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn auc (5) pol in Nov.
Brown Lentic (IRE) 33-1 (8-6) Raced keenly, chased winner to over 1f out, weakened quickly, 6th of 8, 10l behind Glamorous Spirit (8-6) at Kempton 5f 2yo clm (6) pol in Nov.
You'relikemefrank 33-1 (8-5) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out and no further impression, 3rd of 10, 2l behind Kheley (9-0) at W'hampton 5f 3yo hcp (6) pol.
