slowly into stride, in rear, ridden and headway 3f out, weakened 2f out
in rear, ridden over 3f out, never near leaders
always in rear, pushed along after 2f, never a factor
keen, led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened entering final 2f
prominent, ridden 2f out, chased winner 1f out, driven and hung right and stayed on to lead post
mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened 3f out
tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, short lived effort 2f out
tracked leader, led over 3f out, soon ridden, hung right and headed 2f out, one pace final furlong
tracked leaders, led 2f out, soon ridden, caught post
KARTA may improve sufficiently from her debut to take this contest but it will, of course, be interesting to see if there's any interest in Funky Munky and Clippity Clop on debut. Mark Johnston has his string in fine form as we build up to the start of the turf season and it's reasonable to expect his daughter of Diktat to build on her debut. She missed the break that day but stayed on well enough over seven to believe that she can win races at around this trip. Clippity Clop is related to a winner over six and seven and is respected for a yard that has hit the target with three of their ten runners at the track this year. Funky Munky is also worth bearing in mind whilst Magical Destiny already has the form in the book to suggest that he should be a major player but we've given the nod to Karta.
Funky Munky Talaash gelding out of Chilibang Bang.
Lunar Storm (IRE) 20-1 (10-0) In touch, ridden 5f out, soon lost place and weakened quickly, tailed off over 3f out, last of 11, well behind Simonside (9-7) at W'hampton 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol.
Gamegear 50-1 (9-7) Dwelt, soon chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 28l behind Elisiario (9-12) at Southwell 7f mdn aut stk (5) fbs.
Gingko Lady (USA) 20-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 6l behind Alfredtheordinary (9-0) at Lingfield 1m app hcp (6) pol.
Clippity Clop (IRE) Clodovil gelding out of Son Chou.
Elevate Bobbob Observatory colt out of Grandma Lily.
Magical Destiny (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Prominent, ridden when outpaced over 2f, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Fortuni (9-3) at Southwell 7f 2yo mdn (5) fbs in Dec.
The Bully Wee 7-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 13l behind Kiwi Moon (9-3) at Musselburgh 1m 2yo mdn (5) sft in Nov.
Karta (IRE) 4-1 (8-5) Slowly into stride, behind, headway on inner over 2f out, driven and stayed on towards finish, 6th of 12, 7l behind Boss Hog (9-8) at Southwell 7f mdn stk (5) fbs in Feb.
