made all, led, skaken up and kicked clear 1f out, ridden out and kept on strongly close home, cosy
held up towards rear, travelling easy in last 1f out, soon shaken up and ran on strongly, not enough to catch winner
tracked leader in 3rd, pushed along 2f out, kept on but no impression closing stages
tracked leader in 2nd, ridden and chased leader 1f out, kept on but lost 2nd close home
tracked leader in 4th, closer when pushed along 2f out, ridden before 1f out, soon outpaced and never involved
Rohaan landed a hat-trick with a recent defeat of Andronicus Beau here but has been raised 12lb and BRAVADO is preferred. Unbeaten having followed a debut success at Wolverhampton with an easy victory at Redcar, Mark Johnston’s progressive colt can go in again now handicapping for the first time. Shining Success and Anatiya are other novice winners but the latter never figured at Wolverhampton on her handicap debut and the former makes more appeal having beaten a subsequent winner at Chelmsford.
Bravado (FR) 13-8fav (9-6) Made all, quickened clear over 1f out, pushed out, won at Redcar 6f stks (5) sft in Oct beating Fleetwood Pier (9-2) by 4 3/4l, 7 ran.
Rohaan (IRE) Evensfav (8-11) Close up in 4th, good headway on outer entering final furlong, led inside final furlong, quickened clear, won at Lingfield 6f (4) pol in Dec beating Andronicus Beau (9-5) by 1 1/4l, 4 ran.
Andronicus Beau (IRE) 7-2 (9-5) Tracked leader, edged left and every chance approaching final furlong, ridden and kept on one pace, 2nd of 4, 1 1/4l behind Rohaan (8-11) at Lingfield 6f (4) pol in Dec.
Anatiya (FR) 6-1 (9-7) Close-up, pushed after 2f out, ridden entering final furlong, weakened late on, 7th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Tilaawah (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f (4) pol in Nov.
Shining Success (IRE) 11-2 (9-0) Held up towards rear, progress 2 out, stayed on to lead close home, won at Chelmsford City 6f fll stks (5) pol in Nov beating Primo Bacio (9-0) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
