slowly into stride, held up, ridden on outside over 3f out, no impression, eased when beaten over 1f out
tracked leaders, led over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, caught close home
tracked leaders, lost place over 3f out, hampered soon after, switched left and plugged on
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out and eased
tracked leaders, chased leader over 3f out, beaten over 1f out
held up, headway over 3f out, hampered and not clear run when switched left over 2f out, ran on well to lead close home
held up, ridden to chase leaders 3f out, stayed on, not troubled leading pair
led, headed over 4f out, weakened quickly over 2f out and eased
One To Follow is better than recent form figures may suggest but Just Intersky looked progressive when last seen on this surface and he can defy a 3lb rise in the weights today. Vince Smith's charge has been hurdling lately and whilst he hasn't been setting the world alight, he hasn't been disgracing himself. His last win was on this track and his record on the all-weather reads very well. One To Follow takes a drop in trip and whilst connections still seem to be searching for his best trip, he remains capable of better, whilst Wind Flow and Tancredi are both pretty consistent and each has winning course form. Rose Row has put in two very solid performances in 2008 so far and remains capable of getting the head in front, sooner rather than later. At a price, the first-time visor may bring about some improvement in Summerofsixtynine as he reverts to the sole trip that he has won at, however we will return to the more solid option of Just Intersky to defy top-weight.
Just Intersky (USA) 9-2 (9-7) Settled in rear, headway 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, stayed on well, won at Kempton 1m 3f app hcp (6) pol in Jan beating Wind Flow (9-4) by 1l, 5 ran.
One To Follow 4-1 (9-2) Mid-division, some headway 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 8, 13l behind Rollin 'n Tumblin (8-13) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Wind Flow 4-1 (8-7) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, outpaced 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Trifti (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 2f app hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Tancredi (SWE) 15-2 (8-4) Soon led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong and faded, 6th of 9, 15l behind Royal Amnesty (8-7) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Rose Row 8-1 (8-7) Went left start and led briefly, ridden 3f out, chased winner from 2f out, held, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Basalt (9-8) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Punta Galera (IRE) 10-3 (9-6) Held up, steady headway over 3f out, not clear run over 1f out, switched right and ran on to chase winner final furlong, 2nd of 8, 2l behind Buscador (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Mar.
Rose Bien 14-1 (9-9) Held up in touch, weakened over 2f out, soon beaten, 10th of 11, 24l behind Dubai Ace (9-10) at Lingfield 2m hcap (6) pol in Feb.
Summerofsixtynine 12-1 (8-12) Held up, reminders half way, ridden 4f out, ran through beaten horses, 5th of 7, 8l behind Flame Creek (9-13) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan.
