close up, ridden and headway to lead approaching final furlong, edged right and headed inside final furlong, kept on
raced wide in touch, headway approaching 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong
keen early tracked leader until over 4f out, tracked leaders, hampered approaching 2f out, rallied and every chance entering final furlong, driven and ran on to lead final strides
dwelt in rear, pushed along 2f out, never on terms
raced wide in rear, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, never nearer
in touch, headway over 1f out, led and short of room inside final furlong, headed final strides
raced wide tracked leader, pushed along and weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, soon weakened
slowly away pulled hard in rear, pushed along halfway, weakened 2f out
Freebe Rocks won over a mile at Kempton last month and went close when dropped back to 7f at Chelmsford last time. Dolly Mixture was placed again when runner-up over a mile here and is another to consider but a tight contest can go to Marco Botti’s CLOUD EIGHT, beaten less than a length over course and distance last time despite finishing only fourth. New Orleans was still beaten seven lengths when second here but the third horse has subsequently won and he’s preferred to Duba Plains of the remainder
Cloud Eight (IRE) 5-2jfav (9-7) Chased leaders on inside, not clear run and switched right 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge, 4th of 9, 1/2l behind Marshal Dan (9-6) at Lingfield 7f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Dolly Mixture (FR) 7-2 (8-6) Behind, headway over 1f out, switched right to challenge inside final furlong, ran on, never reached winner, 2nd of 8, 1l behind Renny's Lady (8-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Feb.
Freebe Rocks (IRE) 6-4fav (9-11) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Darkest Light (8-10) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Straight Ash (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Dwelt in rear, ridden 2f out, kept on nearest finish, 4th of 6, 8 1/4l behind Sheriff (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Duba Plains 25-1 (8-11) Last pair, good headway on inside over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, weakened towards finish, 7th of 14, 4 1/4l behind Tribal Warrior (8-11) at Kempton 7f stks (5) pol in Feb.
New Orleans (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Held up off the pace in 3rd, ridden and went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 4, 7l behind Walk In The Sun (9-9) at Lingfield 7f stks (5) pol in Feb.
Nampara 7-4 (9-6) Led, headed over 3f out, led well over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 5 3/4l behind Avon Green (9-7) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Aiglette 66-1 (8-6) Raced keenly, led until inside final 2f, weakened final furlong, 10th of 14, 8l behind Tribal Warrior (8-11) at Kempton 7f stks (5) pol in Feb.
Paco Style 150-1 (8-11) Started very slowly, outpaced in rear, headway on wide outside in mid-division 4f out, pushed along and ran wide on home turn, weakened soon after, 12th of 14, 14 3/4l behind Tribal Warrior (8-11) at Kempton 7f stks (5) pol in Feb.
