held up in last, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
set steady pace, headed 3f out, weakened 1f out
tracked leader until 11f out, challenged 3f out, led well over 1f out, soon clear, stayed on strongly
held up on outside, ridden over 3f out, stayed on from 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
tracked leaders, took keen hold, went 2nd 11f out, led 3f out, headed well over 1f out, no impression on winner, lost 2nd and no extra inside final furlong
All of these represent powerful NH yards and all but cheap purchase Milanstorm have shown ability on the point-to-point circuit. KNOW THE SCORE beat Senior Citizen by six lengths in a Ballinaboola maiden in November and changed hands for £380,000 shortly after. He’ll be expected to start repaying that outlay sooner rather than later and this is a nice starting point. Supremely Lucky is a full brother to a winning hurdler in Ireland and would have won at Ballindenisk in December in another stride but was a more modest purchase at £34,000. Brascoe has also shown promise but Hunt Politics was well beaten on his debut under Rules at Newbury.
Brascoe (IRE) 8-1 (12-2) Last, mstk 7th & sl prog 6out, 4th bef 2out, no impr in 10l 3rd when lft 2nd at last, ko flat & gaining on wnr fin, 2nd of 10, 2l behind I Am Sailing (12-2) at Lingstown 3m mdn sft in Nov.
Hunt Politics 16-1 (11-4) Took keen hold in last pair, never a factor, 10th of 11, 16 1/4l behind Morning Vicar (11-4) at Newbury 2m (5) sft in Jan.
Know The Score (IRE) 5-2 (11-11) Chsd ldrs, mstk 6th, 4th 1/2way, prog to 2nd aftr 4out gng well, jnd ldr 3out, wo sn aftr, in command last, won at Ballinaboola 3m mdn in Nov beating Senior Citizen (11-11) by 6l, 13 ran.
Milanstorm (IRE) Milan gelding out of Deise Rose.
Senior Citizen 8-1 (11-11) Tr ldrs, 8l 2nd 1/2way, prog to ld sn aftr 4out, jnd & hdd 3out, nt qckn with ldrs from 2out but kow to line, 2nd of 13, 6l behind Know The Score (11-11) at Ballinaboola 3m mdn in Nov.
Supremely Lucky (IRE) 5-1 (12-2) Cl up, 5th & mstk 3rd, 3rd 1/2way, clsr 3rd bef 2out, cl 3rd when lft 2nd at last, ko flat & gaining on wnr to line, 2nd of 13, hd behind Mount Rushmoore (12-2) at Ballindenisk 3m mdn hvy in Dec.
