in touch, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, chase easy winner inside final furlong
in touch, switched wide 3f out, headway 2f out, pushed along to lead approaching final furlong, ran on strongly, eased close home
raced wide close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
in rear, pushed along and outpaced 3f out
towards rear, ridden 2f out, never on terms
tracked leaders, pushed along to lead 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra
keen tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
tracked leader until ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong
towards rear, pushed along 2f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong, nearest finish
taken to post early, soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
Dancing Jo only went up 2lb for a course and distance victory in January and very nearly completed a double at Kempton last week for which she's been raised another 2lb. This is her first handicap start in Class 5 company unlike On The Line, who hasn't been beaten far in any of his six races to date at this level. Little Rock put a very poor run over 1m2f here behind him to score over this trip at Southwell and makes his handicap debut while Toybox showed improved form to win at Kempton back in October, though looks a bit high in the weights. AZETS (NAP) showed little in two starts at Newbury last summer but it was a different matter on his reappearance at Kempton a couple of weeks ago where he really caught the eye with a late run after coming from well back. That was over 7f so today's trip looks ideal for the 300,000gns son of Dubawi..
Little Rock (IRE) 5-1 (8-9) Prominent, led over 5f out, ridden approaching final furlong, kept on well, won at Southwell 1m stks (4) pol in Feb beating Stay Forever (8-4) by 2 3/4l, 8 ran.
On The Line (IRE) 5-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, prominent, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on well, not pace of winner, 2nd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Zmhar (9-12) at Lingfield 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Toybox 11-8fav (9-0) Chased leaders, led over 1f out, drew clear inside final furlong, readily, won at Kempton 7f fll stks (6) pol in Oct beating Freed From Desire (9-7) by 2l, 14 ran.
Isle of Wolves 10-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never dangerous, 5th of 8, 7l behind Kheros (9-2) at Kempton 1m stks (6) pol in Oct.
Mitigator 25-1 (9-8) Stumbled start, held up in last, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, faded final furlong, last of 8, 10 1/4l behind Zmhar (9-12) at Lingfield 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Prince Llyr (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Held up in touch, went 2nd over 5f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 3 3/4l behind Calling The Wind (8-9) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f (4) pol in Oct.
Azets 7-2 (8-12) Steadied start, held up towards rear, switched to inside 2f out, good headway over 1f out, switched left and ran on final 100 yards, went never nearer 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Nahham (10-0) at Kempton 7f stks (5) pol in Mar.
Dancing Jo 9-2 (9-11) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, just held close home, 2nd of 10, nk behind Lee Roy (9-10) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Redemptive 8-1 (8-5) Soon led, headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 5th of 6, 18 1/4l behind Anapurna (8-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn fll stks (5) pol in Jan.
Sussex Solo 50-1 (9-4) Always towards rear, last of 11, 23l behind Greyzee (8-10) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Mar.
