always in rear, ridden 4f out, never on terms
led, ridden over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders, led approaching final furlong, ridden out
towards rear, ridden and struggling from 4f out
slow into stride, soon pushed along, chased leading trio over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on to go 2nd inside final furlong
SPITFIRE was a surprise winner of this 12 months ago but meets runner-up Abi Scarlet and fourth George Fenton on much better terms so there is no reason why he won't stage an encore as he's been running well at a modest level lately. Parisian Pyramid is arguably the pick of the weights but he's never won on the all-weather and was tailed off on his only previous try on the Fibresand. Electric Qatar won a claimer here in February but all of his winning form has come over 5f.
George Fenton 25-1 (9-2) Tracked leader, effort over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 10, 9l behind Bush Beauty (8-11) at Wolverhampton 7f hacp 0-70 (5) in Jan.
Electric Qatar 8-1 (9-5) Prominent, ridden 2f out, carried right and hampered over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 12l behind Colourbearer (9-5) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Mar.
Spitfire 9-2 (9-6) Took keen hold chasing leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, kept on in closing stages but not pace to threaten, 5th of 6, 2 1/2l behind Jubilee Brig (9-8) at Lingfield 6f clm stks (6) pol.
Robbian 50-1 (9-1) Always behind, eased over 1f out, 8th of 9, 42l behind Zain Zone (8-10) at Leicester 7f 3yo & 4yo sll (6) hvy in Oct.
Parisian Pyramid (IRE) 40-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, pushed along well over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 8l behind Shingle (9-9) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-75 (5).
Mimi Luke (USA) 50-1 (8-6) Chased leaders, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 11, 7l behind Baltic Prince (8-13) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Abi Scarlet (IRE) 5-1 (8-13) Led after 1f, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed final strides, 2nd of 5, nk behind Tarooq (9-12) at Southwell 6f clm stks (6) fbs.