tracked leaders, ran in snatches, not fluent 7th, driven after 3 out, 4th and one pace before 2 out, mistake and weakened last
held up in rear, started racing keenly and closed 4th, challenged 6th, led and edged right before 2 out, soon headed, stayed with every chance, carried slightly left flat, stayed on, just held
prominent on inside, ridden after 3 out, 3rd and one pace before 2 out, no impression, weakened flat
tracked leaders, not fluent 6th, outpaced after 3 out, weakened 2 out
led until 3rd, pushed along and lost place before 6th, weakened after 3 out
pulled hard, prominent, led 3rd, headed before 2 out, soon led again, ridden and edged left flat, held on
Chesil Beach Boy has struggled at the weights since completing a Wincanton hat-trick two years ago and finds this on the short side nowadays though he had Decoy a long way back when staying on at Wincanton a couple of weeks ago. Shammick Boy is the only course and distance winner in the line-up and he would be expected to win this on the form shown when landing a Grade 3 at Chepstow in October but he's run poorly subsequently and has never convinced on this ground. Moujik Borget has had problems since arriving from France though they didn't prevent him returning from a very long absence to score at Haydock in November. However, he ran very poorly at Kempton a couple of weeks ago and may be best watched. Helium is unproven on ground this testing and has a long absence to overcome so the vote in a tricky contest goes to GET IT ON, who has been in winning form over fences and will love the going.
Shammick Boy (IRE) 5-1 (11-12) Held up in 5th, raced wide in back straight, weakened 3 out, 6th of 8, 18l behind Citizenship (11-6) at Exeter 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-135 (3) sft in Dec.
Chesil Beach Boy 14-1 (11-6) Held up towards rear and keen, some headway before 2 out, no impression, 4th of 15, 17l behind Quick Decisson (10-12) at Wincanton 2m hcp hdl 0-130 (3) hvy.
Moujik Borget (FR) 7-1 (10-13) Took keen hold tracking leaders, pushed along after 3 out, weakened before next, last of 10, 43l behind Lyvius (11-4) at Kempton 2m hcp hdl 0-140 (3) sft.
Get It On (IRE) 7-1 (10-9) Held up in rear, some headway after 11th, well beaten 5 out, 5th of 11, 41l behind Renard (11-7) at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp chs (2) hvy in Dec.
Decoy (FR) 16-1 (10-9) Led, ridden and headed before 6th, weakened before 2 out, 13th of 15, well behind Quick Decisson (10-12) at Wincanton 2m hcp hdl 0-130 (3) hvy.
Helium (FR) 11-2 (11-4) Led, headed after 3 out, one pace from last, 4th of 10, 9l behind Coffee (11-8) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gd in May.
