Low grade fare and none inspire much confidence but CLEARANCE has been thereabouts in both starts since joining Gary Moore including a close-up second over 1m2f here. He gets a token vote given Kay Sera’s victory at Lingfield in May came over 2m and Tigerfish has done all his winning so far over 7f. Winning hurdler Let's Sway has her first outing on the Flat since undergoing wind surgery in August and Lumen makes his handicap debut at this lowly level having shown little so far.
Kay Sera 4-1 (8-13) Keen in mid-division, wide on bend 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 10 1/4l behind Diana Lady (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in May.
Clearance 7-2jfav (9-1) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on same pace after, 5th of 13, 2 1/4l behind True Destiny (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Cold Fusion (IRE) 25-1 (10-9) Towards rear, plugged on final 2f, never dangerous, 8th of 13, 8 1/2l behind Nevada (11-4) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Oct.
Tigerfish (IRE) 9-1 (9-0) Soon led, ridden and headed entering final 2f, weakened final furlong, 9th of 14, 8 1/2l behind Lily Ash (9-7) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp (6) gs in Oct.
Woofie (IRE) 25-1 (9-5) Slow into stride, headway to lead after 1f, clear 7f out, reminders 6f out, headed 4f out, soon weakened, eased 2f out, tailed off, 10th of 11, dist behind Carvelas (9-12) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Steel Helmet (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 6 3/4l behind Carvelas (9-8) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Thahab Ifraj (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, effort over 1f out, never dangerous, 6th of 13, 7l behind Spiritual Man (9-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Shamonix (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, 12th of 13, 15 1/4l behind True Destiny (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Gemologist (IRE) 22-1 (8-9) Raced wide close up, pushed along over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 4th of 5, 19 1/4l behind Amadeus (8-5) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Let's Sway 4-5fav (10-11) Led, mistake 3rd hit 4 out, and 2 out, soon headed and weakened, tailed off, remote 3rd, 3rd of 6, dist behind Ilewin Geez (11-4) at Hereford 2m 4f (4) gf in Oct.
Dolphin Village (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 9 1/4l behind Coral Queen (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Mount Cleshar 10-1 (9-0) Ridden away from stalls, soon led, headed 3f out, weakened after, last of 9, 19 1/2l behind Life Knowledge (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Streets Of Joy 16-1 (8-11) Chased leaders on outside, ran wide and weakened on home turn, last of 11, dist behind Rainbow Jazz (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Lumen 66-1 (9-2) Always towards rear, 10th of 13, 13 3/4l behind Sun Hat (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Oct.
