slowly into stride and pushed along in rear, some late minor headway in 4th final furlong, never troubled leaders
always behind, never a factor
held up in last trio, never dangerous
keen in mid-division on inside, outpaced 3f out, headway 2f out, soon ridden, went 3rd over 1f out, kept on pressing for 2nd, no chance with winner
led 1f, tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, went 2nd inside final 2f, ridden and stayed on same pace final furlong, no chance with winner
soon tracking leaders out wide, went 2nd 10f out, led inside final 4f, pushed along and headed over 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened soon after
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, edged right and came clear final furlong,
slowly into stride, soon pushed along tracking leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakening when hung left over 2f out
led 11f out, pushed along and headed 5f out, lost 2nd inside final 4f, chased leaders, weakened 2f out
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DREADNOUGHTUS recorded his best effort so far when third on his Fibresand debut. This is tougher but he should confirm running with Sezina and there looks more to come on this surface. Straight Ash is 7lb higher than when scoring here in January and Fortultous also won off a 7lb lower mark at the track last year. Temur Khan has shown a slight improvement for wind surgery but hasn’t won since 2019 and the latter comment also applies to True Romance.
Straight Ash (IRE) 5-1 (9-9) Slowly into stride and pushed along in last pair, just about in touch 10f out, headway out wide chasing leaders over 2f out, 3rd and one pace final furlong, 3rd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Little India (9-7) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
True Romance (IRE) 8-1 (11-1) Held up in rear, headway on inside from 3 out, challenged last until 120 yards out, no extra towards finish, 4th of 8, 3 3/4l behind Newtown Boy (11-4) at Haydock 2m 3f hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Country'n'western (FR) 8-1 (11-4) Just worse than mid-division, ridden and not clear run over 1f out, switched right and kept on same pace closing stages, 5th of 12, 13 1/4l behind Born To Please (10-9) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) sft in Oct.
Fortultous 2-1 (9-2) Slowly away, progress 4f out, ridden 3f out, never able to challenge, 3rd of 8, 9l behind Bay Of Naples (9-7) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Temur Khan 25-1 (8-8) Led early, tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 6, 6 1/4l behind Caribeno (9-5) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
King Athelstan (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 19l behind Aria Rose (9-6) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Sezina 6-1 (9-1) Mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 3f out, pushed along 3f out, plugged on one pace final furlong, 5th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Mack The Knife (9-6) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Man Of Verve (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) In touch, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 3 3/4l behind The Brora Pobbles (9-0) at Newcastle 1m stks (6) pol in Feb.
Allerthorpe 200-1 (8-4) Tracked leader, led 9f out, headed 6f out, ridden and weakened 3f out, 8th of 11, 28 3/4l behind Bealach (9-7) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Le Bayou (FR) 14-1 (9-1) Held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 11, 7 1/4l behind Tilsitt (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Dreadnoughtus 7-2fav (9-2) Raced keenly, chased leader, led 2f out, edged left over 1f out, soon headed, weakened well inside final furlong, 8th of 9, 3 3/4l behind Dolphin Village (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f stks (6) pol in Feb.
