held up in touch in rear, headway on outside over 4f out, effort to chase front pair 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression from over 1f out
prominent on inside, effort over 3f out, soon outpaced, weakened 2f out, tailed off
made most, driven and hard pressed 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on gamely final furlong
tracked winner, lost place over 3f out, ridden and no chance with clear trio final 2f
tracked leaders, driven and lost place over 4f out, soon weakened, tailed off
tracked leaders, effort to challenge 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on and every chance final furlong, held towards finish
Luckofthedraw finished strongly to win on similar going at Ffos Las on his first run for new connections but that’s earned him a penalty. Scorpion Haze appeared to run well at Ascot but the six-strong field finished in a heap that day having sauntered through the early stages. Cloudy Glen will also certainly need hurdles if not fences so DON DES FOSSES can make a winning start to his career under Rules having being sold for £35,000 after winning an Irish point in May.
Luckofthedraw (FR) 8-1 (10-12) Raced on inner held up in rear, headway to chase clear leader 4f out, led 2f out, left clear inside final furlong, won at Ffos Las 2m (5) hvy in Nov beating Ocean Cove (10-12) by 8l, 8 ran.
Cloudy Glen (IRE) Cloudings gelding out of Ribble.
Don Des Fosses (FR) 5-1 (11-11) Disp, mstk 6th, ld aftr 3out & lost momentum on bend bef 2out where mstk, jnd run-in, ld again cl hme, won at Dawstown 3m mdn gd in May beating Napoleon Blue (11-11) by 1l, 10 ran.
Hugo's Reflection (IRE) 50-1 (11-3) Always towards rear, outpaced and struggling over 5f out, 13th of 14, dist behind Captain Mcgarry (11-3) at Kempton 2m mdn (5) gd in Mar.
Igougo (IRE) Where Or When gelding out of Giolldante.
Scorpion Haze (IRE) 16-1 (11-0) Held up in last pair, headway 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 4th of 6, 1 3/4l behind Jersey Bean (11-0) at Ascot 2m (4) gd in Nov.
Mabeywhoknowsmabey (IRE) 3-1 (12-2) Tr ldrs, 2nd 1/2way, ld 4out, hdd again next, 2nd app str, ko sme pce run-in, 2nd of 7, 12l behind Cee Jay Mcbride (11-11) at Castletown-Geoghegan 3m mdn sft in Oct.
