very slowly away, behind, recovered to rear of field 6f out, weakened over 3f out
raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace
dwelt keen in touch towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
raced wide close up, ridden 3f out, headway entering final furlong, stayed on towards finish
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, driven to join winner inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
made all, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, joined inside final furlong, found extra towards finish
dwelt, headway to press winner after 2f, ridden 3f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt, in touch towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
Loch Ness Monster has struggled since winning over 1m6f here in November and Mr Carbonator was beaten off today’s mark last time having won over 1m4f here earlier. Straight Ash scored over track and trip when just getting the better of False Id and there may be more to come from him over this far while Engrave has won twice over 1m2f at Chelmsford and debuts on the Fibresand along with the unexposed MISTER BLUE. The latter showed a big improvement when runner-up at Wolverhampton on his handicap debut and Michael Bell’s charge is taken to open his account in this.
Loch Ness Monster (IRE) 17-2 (9-10) Started slowly, soon in touch in rear, headway on wide outside halfway, soon chasing leaders, pushed along in 3rd over 4f out, plugged on, lost 3rd close home, 4th of 5, 7 1/2l behind Social City (10-3) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Contingency Fee 7-1 (9-12) Held up, headway on outside chasing leaders halfway, went 2nd 5f out, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and no chance when lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened, 4th of 7, 21l behind Exotic Escape (8-10) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Cold Harbour 6-1 (9-8) Steadied start, close up, headway to track press leader over 9f out, led over 7f out, ridden and stayed far side alone 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 4 1/2l behind Shine Baby Shine (8-10) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Engrave 14-1 (9-8) Soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 7th of 12, 1 3/4l behind Subliminal (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Mister Blue 3-1 (9-4) Prominent, pressed leader halfway, led narrowly travelling strongly 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Cool To Be A Cat (8-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Mr Carbonator 4-1 (9-0) Chased leader, led 5f out, pushed along and headed 3f out, driven along over 2f out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 4 3/4l behind Social City (10-3) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Straight Ash (IRE) 9-1 (8-13) Prominent out wide, moved up to challenge leader over 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on closing stages, held on, won at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating False Id (8-10) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
False Id 7-2 (8-10) Mid-division, pushed along and headway over 3f out, switched right and further headway over 2f out, challenged leader inside final furlong, just denied, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Straight Ash (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
