held up behind, headway on outside over 4f out, outpaced and wide into straight, ridden 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
raced keenly, in touch on outside, headway to lead narrowly after 3f out, headed over 2f out, one pace when not much room over 1f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, switched outside and headway over 1f out, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong, led towards finish
led 3f, with leader, driven to lead again over 2f out, ridden and edged right over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders on inside, challenged over 1f out, soon ridden, every chance inside final furlong, kept on, held near finish
held up in rear, driven and headway over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on and every chance inside final furlong, held near finish
slowly into stride, soon in touch on inside, outpaced 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
pressed leader 3f out, in touch, effort 2f out, soon challenged, ridden to lead narrowly inside final furlong, kept on, headed towards finish
Rangali Island caught Sha La La La Lee in the shadow of the post here to land a hat-trick. Universal Gleam and previous winner Kaser were further behind and David Simcock’s progressive charge should go close again raised only 2lb but it could pay to stick with FURZIG. The latter beat Victory Bond in a tougher handicap than this at Chelmsford last time and an apprentice’s allowance means Richard Fahey’s charge can effectively race off a lower mark today. Kodiac Harbour and Thrave return to action with the former less exposed and debuting for new connections.
Thrave 8-1 (8-13) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 18, 7 1/4l behind What's The Story (9-6) at York 1m hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Furzig 2-1fav (8-9) Held up in 5th, headway on outside over 1f out, ridden and went 2nd 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, led post, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Feb beating Victory Bond (9-3) by ns, 5 ran.
Universal Gleam 7-1 (8-12) Held up in 5th, not clearest of runs on inside over 2f out until over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 6, 1 1/4l behind Rangali Island (8-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Sha La La La Lee 8-1 (8-9) Made most, ridden over 1f out, ran on, headed post, 2nd of 6, shd behind Rangali Island (8-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Rangali Island (IRE) 5-1 (8-4) Tracked leaders on inside, challenged in 2nd inside final furlong, ridden and ran on to lead post, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Feb beating Sha La La La Lee (8-9) by ns, 6 ran.
Kaser (IRE) 8-1 (8-6) Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 9th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Assimilation (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Kodiac Harbour (IRE) 3-1jfav (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden on outside over 2f out, one pace and beaten from over 1f out, 4th of 5, 3 1/4l behind Waarif (9-12) at Windsor 1m hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Candelisa (IRE) 7-2fav (9-6) In touch, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 5th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Gallipoli (9-4) at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
