chased leaders, chased leader over 5f out til over 1f out, weakened and eased
mid-division, ridden and weakened halfway, soon tailed off
tracked leader, led over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, headed and no extra well inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened and eased well over 1f out
led, ridden and headed over 5f out, weakened over 3f out, eased well over 1f out
held up, ridden outapced over 5f out, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 6f out, not clear run over 4f out, outpaced over 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong
very slowly away, in rear, ridden and headway over 4f out, effort and hung left over 1f out, soon one pace
mid-division, ridden and weakened over 5f out, soon tailed off
Staff Nurse, Muqarrar and Magic Red are three against the field in this competitive handicap and the vote is given to Staff Nurse. The selection won in good style for her new yard when beating Sunridge Fairy on this track last time out. She seems to have found some improvement since switching stables and although she has got more on her plate here, she won being eased down last time and she may be capable of going in again. Muqarrar was disappointing when a beaten favourite last time out but he would have claims on his previous effort here when he beat Theatre Belle. However, this is more difficult and he is hard to put forward with any confidence. Magic Red put up a fair effort when he finished seventh behind Annakita last time. However, the winner that day has since come out and disappointed and with the form of race looking weak he looks to have plenty on to get competitive here. Boris The Spider was returning from a break when finishing in front of Magic Red last time so he may benefit from that run, but we are happy to stick with Staff Nurse as our idea of the winner.
Kingston Harbour (IRE) 9-1 Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 15, 3 1/2l behind Authority at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp gs.
Moldavia (GER) 14-1 Held up, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 5th of 10, 8l behind Bubbling Fun at W'hampton 1m 4f app hcp (D3) pol in Feb.
Boris The Spider 7-1 Held up in touch, chased leaders over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, 5th of 9, 13l behind Annakita at Southwell 1m 6f hcp fbs.
Magic Red 6-1 Slowly into stride, soon prominent, led after 4f, ridden and headed over 6f out, weakened over 3f out, 7th of 9, 15l behind Annakita at Southwell 1m 6f hcp fbs.
Muqarrar (IRE) 9-4fav Tracked leaders, chased leader over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 13, 12l behind Game Guru at Southwell 1m 4f app hcp (F4) fbs in Mar.
Vanishing Dancer (SWI) 33-1 Held up towards rear, effort over 3f out, never dangerous, 12th of 13, 25l behind Solomon's Mine at Pontefract 2m 2f hcp gs in Mar.
Staff Nurse (IRE) 7-2fav Tracked leaders going well, headway on inner 3f out, led over 1f out, soon clear, won at Southwell 1m 3f stk fbs beating Sunridge Fairy by 5l, 14 ran.
Ark Admiral 16-1 Keen in touch, weakened over 2f out, soon eased, 10th of 12, 17l behind Little Richard at W'hampton 1m 4f stk pol in Mar.
