led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
close up, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace
held up in rear, good headway to lead over 1f out, soon clear, eased, comfortable
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, chased clear winner inside final furlong, no threat
tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, eased final furlong
NonRunner
A prolific winner in France before joining Ivan Furtado, MALASPINA (NAP) has won both starts for her new yard. Her earlier success came over track and trip and the handicapper may not have her measure just yet. Nick Vedder has been threatening off today’s mark recently and Florencio finished a long way in front of a below par Mujassam when third at Southwell last time. Testa Rossa has a shout back over a mile today but Lagenda hasn’t won since landing a maiden back in 2015.
Malaspina (ITY) 5-2fav (10-1) Close up, headway entering final 2f out, ridden to press leader from over 1f out, led final strides, won at Southwell 7f hcp (5) pol in Dec beating Mr Christopher (9-4) by hd, 14 ran.
Mujassam 8-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, lost place 2f out, 6th of 9, 12 1/2l behind Custard The Dragon (8-10) at Southwell 7f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Florencio 9-1 (8-12) Chased leader, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 9, 1/2l behind Custard The Dragon (8-10) at Southwell 7f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Testa Rossa (IRE) 11-2 (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden on outside over 2f out, headway over 1f out, not able to challenge, 5th of 12, 2l behind Paddyplex (9-4) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Lagenda 16-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd over 7f out, challenged 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Kelly's Dino (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Nick Vedder 4-1 (9-5) In touch, ridden and headway entering final furlong, ran on, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Shadow Warrior (9-5) at Lingfield 1m hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Pumaflor (IRE) 20-1 (11-0) Prominent, led narrowly 2nd, driven and headed before 2 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last, at Catterick 2m hcp (4) sft in Jan.
Lucky Violet (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, tracked leader, effort when groups merged over 2f out, no extra final furlong, 5th of 8, 12l behind Subhaan (9-2) at Newcastle 1m stks (5) pol in Oct.