chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
towards rear, soon pushed along, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f
led, headed over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, rallied inside final furlong, ran on to lead finish
prominent, led over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, under pressurewhen edged left inside final furlong, no extra when headed towards finish
chased leaders, soon pushed along, weakened 2f out
chased leaders, ridden 4f out, stayed on final 2f
held up, hampered 4f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, behind, soon outpaced, ridden 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong
chased leaders early, soon outpaced and behind
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
in rear and outpaced, never on terms
This is a dreadful race which should not take a great deal of winning, with Lion¿s Domaine and Larky¿s Lob taken to fight out the finish, and the vote goes to the latter. This gelding from the Paul Johnson yard ran really well over this course and distance on Boxing Day when just getting caught close home by St Ivian. He had previously been running over further and the drop in trip clearly suited, and if he can reproduce that effort here he will be hard to beat. Lion¿s Domaine could give him the most to do as this 7-year-old gelding has plenty of winning form on the turf, and he has had a number of fair efforts on this track. But his best form has come over 7 furlongs and he may not be suited by the drop in trip. Of the rest, Vlasta Weiner ran a fair race at Yarmouth last time when sixth behind Ziet D¿Alscace, but he is returning from a break here and is making his all-weather debut, so is readily opposed. Italian Mist is another to have shown a fair level of form on the turf so he is also worthy of consideration, but in a poor race, Larky¿s Lob gets the confident vote.
