pressed leader until led over 8f out, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened 2f out, tailed off
led, headed over 8f out, tracked leader until led again over 3f out, ridden hung left and headed 2f out, kept on same pace
dwelt, tracked leaders, tracked leader over 4f out, hung badly right over 3f out, weakened 2f out, tailed off
close up in 4th, pushed along and slightly outpaced 5f out, headway to chase leader 3f out, led 2f out, pushed clear entering final furlong, ran on
All of these debut on the Fibresand including recent winner LADOFASH. But he won going away when stepped up to 1m4f at Wolverhampton a fortnight ago and may well overcome a hike in the weights in this modest company. The remaining trio have all shown their best over shorter trips so far and Alexander M disappointed last time having gone close over a mile at Kempton earlier. Taxmeifyoucan went backwards after placing at Hamilton on his debut and Percy Thrower will also need to improve on last year’s efforts to figure.
Ladofash 9-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Av A Word (8-12) by 4l, 9 ran.
Alexander M (IRE) 10-1 (8-7) Tracked leader over 10f out, pushed along and lost 2nd over 2f out, chased leading pair, ridden and one pace inside final 2f, weakened into 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 13 1/2l behind Peaceful Passage (8-2) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Percy Thrower (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Always towards rear, weakened 3f out, 10th of 11, 28 1/2l behind Outre Mer (9-7) at Nottingham 1m 2f (5) gd in Sep.
Taxmeifyoucan (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Always behind, 5th of 8, 23 1/4l behind Sofia's Rock (9-5) at Redcar 1m 1f mdn stks (5) sft in Oct.
