went left start, keen led, pushed along and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace
dwelt in rear, pushed along 2f out, never on terms
tracked leader, pushed along and every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong
keen in touch, pushed along over 1f out, soon weakened
towards rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
stumbled badly leaving stalls, keen tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
keen in touch, pushed along 2f out, headway inside final furlong, nearest finish
held up towards rear, pushed along over 1f out, never nearer
raced wide, tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened 2f out
Professor Tickle and Magic Fluke are closely matched on running here in November but something was amiss with Moyola last time having won over track and trip before that. Reprised, Ravensbourne and Flying Fletcher failed to threaten on their respective handicap debuts but KEEN INTEREST goes handicapping for the first time and may well come out best fitted with cheekpieces today.
Professor Tickle 4-1 (9-11) Wide and headway to lead over 4f out, ridden approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 6f (6) pol in Dec beating Torvar (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Magic Fluke (IRE) 13-2 (9-4) Held up in rear, driven and headway over 1f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong to lead, headed in the final strides, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Bulldog Drummond (9-8) at Newcastle 6f (5) pol in Dec.
King Street 33-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 12, 11 1/2l behind Debora's Dream (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Moyola 10-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, drifted to far side rail and pushed along over 1f out, weakened quickly 1f out, last of 12, 11 1/4l behind Bulldog Drummond (9-8) at Newcastle 6f (5) pol in Dec.
Keen Interest (IRE) 14-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to get on terms, 4th of 9, 4 1/4l behind First Encore (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (4) pol in Dec.
Flying Fletcher 33-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway entering final furlong, no extra close home, weakened near finish, 5th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Never Fear (9-10) at Newcastle 7f (5) pol in Dec.
Reprised 8-1 (8-13) Went right start, tracked leaders, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 8, 5l behind Blue Storm (9-10) at Southwell 5f (4) pol in Dec.
Ravensbourne 12-1 (9-4) Prominent on inner, ridden and chased leaders 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 3 3/4l behind The Bitter Moose (9-5) at Lingfield 7f (5) pol in Dec.
Havana Smoke (IRE) 7-2fav (9-5) Keen to post, chased leaders out wide, slightly hampered over 5f out, pushed along after halfway, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 13l behind Petra Celera (9-3) at Wolverhampton 6f (5) pol in Nov.
Love Yours (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, soon outpaced, detached, last of 7, 13 3/4l behind Heritage House (8-12) at Leicester 6f fll (4) gf in Aug.
Hand Jive 10-3 (9-9) Towards rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 7th of 13, 5 1/2l behind Aspire To Glory (8-13) at Kempton 7f (6) pol in Dec.
