held up in touch, chasing leaders when hit 3 out, weakened approaching next
reluctant to race, always well behind, tailed off and pulled up before 5th
mid-division, ridden approaching 2 out, no impression
tracked leaders, chased winner approaching 2 out, no impression
badly hampered start, always well behind, tailed off when pulled up before 2nd
tracked leaders, lost place approaching 5th
refused to race
chased winner, weakened after 3 out
held up, behind from 5th
tracked leaders, lost place 5th
chased leaders, ridden approaching 2 out, kept on same pace
held up, headway 4th, chased leaders 3 out, one pace from next
made all, clear approaching 2 out, driven out
always behind, struggling from 3rd
Ethan Snowflake won a similar race to this at Fakenham last time, but may find it hard to follow up this afternoon, and so we will side with Losing Grip, with Seraph also expected to be involved in the finish. Sue Smith's horses are in good form and Losing Grip has been running much better than her form figures suggest. She was beaten 30 lengths last time at Bangor but ran well for a long way and it was a much better event than this. She gets in here on a very light weight and can go close at a decent price. Ethan Snowflake just got the better of Aleemdar in that Fakenham race. He does save his best efforts for that track and he may struggle off today's weight. Seraph is quite a consistent sort and wasn't beaten far behind Le Forezien at Worcester last time. He has very good form here as well and so looks to be the main threat to the selection. Only Words would have a chance on the best of his form, but has been out of sorts lately and so we return to Losing Grip as our idea of the winner.
Prairie Law (GER) 15-2 (11-6) Prominent, led after 4th to 6th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off when refused 2 out in race won by Ask The Umpire (11-10) at Towcester 2m 3f cnd hcp hdl 0-95 (5) hvy in Mar, 17 ran.
Ethan Snowflake 13-2 (11-7) Tracked leader 2nd, led after 5th, ridden out, just held on, won at Fakenham 2m sll hcp hdl 0-90 (5) gd in Mar beating Aleemdar (10-13) by a shd, 10 ran.
Moyne Pleasure (IRE) 14-1 (11-2) Raced wide in rear, headway 4 out, soon ridden and no impression, 6th of 14, 19l behind Fox Point (11-7) at Newcastle 2m 4f nov hcp hdl 0-95 (5) hvy in Mar.
Seraph 4-1jt-fav (11-3) In touch, outpaced after 7th, stayed on 2 out, weakened after last, 4th of 10, 13l behind Le Forezien (11-2) at Worcester 2m 4f nov hcp hdl (5) gd in Mar.
Protocol (IRE) 11-1 (11-2) Prominent, weakened from 3 out, 4th of 15, 17l behind Theatre Tinka (10-13) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-90 (5) sft in Mar.
Desertmore Chief (IRE) 8-1 (11-12) Behind, shaken up after 4th, soon struggling, tailed off 6th pulled up 3 out in race won by Le Forezien (11-2) at Worcester 2m 4f nov hcp hdl (5) gd in Mar, 10 ran.
Jour de Mee (FR) 3-1 (10-8) Chased leaders, every chance 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out, 2nd and no chance when fell at the last in race won by Randolph O'Brien (10-12) at Leicester 2m 4f amt hcp chs 0-105 (4) sft in Feb, 6 ran.
Losing Grip (IRE) 33-1 (11-2) Tracked winner, weakened after 6th, 7th of 11, 30l behind Mezereon (10-13) at Bangor 2m 1f mrs clm hdl (5) gs in Mar.
