held up, ridden and headway over 2f out kept on
led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders and keen, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on
held up in rear, weakened over 3f out
led over 1f out, driven out
chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
Nonrunner
Nonrunner
On paper this claimer looks a three horse race and from the trio of Dunaskin, Dream In Blue and BOUNDLESS PROSPECT the last mentioned makes most appeal based on the framing of the contest. A course and distance winner on his only previous attempt at this assignment two starts back the pick held that form well when looking in need of a step back up to this trip when a staying on second last time. He's fairly treated by the make-up of this contest and if carrying on in the same vein should be the one to beat. Dunaskin is the highest rated in the field but has to concede plenty of weight to his main rivals. He still is in the competitive category under a talented conditional pilot, however, his form doesn't appear as good as the pick's. Dream In Blue is given a chance at the weights and has won twice at this venue, that said, he is yet to really prove himself over this far so with little else in the line-up making any sort of appeal Boundless Prospect is a tempting proposition.
Dunaskin (IRE) 5-4fav (8-10) Keen, tracked leader until ridden over 2f out, driven and kept on one pace, 3rd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Friends Hope (8-4) at Southwell 1m 3f clm stks (5) fbs in Jan.
Spiritonthemount (USA) 13-2 (8-6) Held up, weakened well over 1f out, 7th of 8, 11l behind Kristallo (9-0) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan.
Dream In Blue 5-6fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 7f out until over 4f out, weakened before 2f out, 4th of 7, 13l behind My Mate Mal (8-9) at Southwell 1m 4f sell stks (6) fbs.
Ginger's Lad 25-1 (10-12) Raced keenly, led after 1st, headed after 3rd, chased leaders, weakened 2 out, 5th of 13, 24l behind Shadrack (10-12) at Catterick 2m sell hcp hdl 0-90 (5) sft in Jan.
Boundless Prospect (USA) 2-1 (8-4) Held up in touch, took closer order halfway, ridden along over 3f out, kept on one pace final 2f, took 2nd close home, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Friends Hope (8-4) at Southwell 1m 3f clm stks (5) fbs in Jan.
Zaffeu 11-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, headway over 10f out, went 2nd 9f out, every chance over 3f out, no extra final furlong, 5th of 7, 5l behind Boundless Prospect (8-10) at Southwell 1m 6f clm stks (6) fbs in Jan.
Terminate (GER) 50-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, ridden and struggling over 2f out, last of 12, 15l behind Mekong Miss (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f app hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.
Hassadin 15-2 (8-4) In rear, headway under pressure over 3f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out, 3rd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Dontpaytheferryman (8-9) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-50 (7) fbs in Jan.
