chased leaders on inside, weakened final furlong
started slowly, outpaced in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on into never nearer 3rd towards finish
slowly into stride, towards rear, never troubled leaders
chased leaders, chased winner over 3f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
raced keenly, chased leaders, ridden and went 3rd well over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, lost 3rd towards finish
held up in touch, edged left under pressure and kept on same pace inside final furlong
soon towards rear, pushed along and outpaced halfway, no chance after
made all, ridden and joined inside final furlong, stayed on to assert and edged right towards finish
chased winner until over 3f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
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Billyoakes has been thereabouts without threatening since winning at Chelmsford in December while though Major Valentine won a lower grade contest over track and trip he never figured at Kempton last time. DOCTOR PARKES was winning off higher marks at this time last year and, after a better effort at Chelmsford recently, he gets another chance back over today’s longer trip. Spirit Of Wedza was ahead of Indian Affair when narrowly beaten at Chelmsford last month while It Must Be Faith could bounce back at any time as he continues to tumble down the weights.
Doctor Parkes 16-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Zipedeedodah (9-7) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Fleckerl (IRE) 40-1 (9-4) Behind, never dangerous, 11th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Tripartite (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Billyoakes (IRE) 25-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, pushed along 2f out, ridden and no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 1 1/4l behind Masamah (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
It Must Be Faith 9-2 (9-7) Slow to break, towards rear, headway over 3f out, switched right over 2f out, no impression, 8th of 10, 8l behind Elusivity (9-5) at Southwell 6f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Major Valentine 4-1 (9-9) Pressed leader, challenged 2f out, soon ridden, every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Born To Finish (9-13) at Kempton 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Vale Of Flight (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, weakened from over 1f out, 10th of 11, 8 3/4l behind Bahamian Sunrise (9-4) at Brighton 5f hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Indian Affair 5-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 3 3/4l behind Murdanova (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Spirit Of Wedza (IRE) 4-1 (9-6) Led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, kept on same pace, lost place inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Spirit of Zebedee (9-3) at Newcastle 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Sugar Town 9-2 (8-6) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon lost place, no extra, 4th of 5, 3 3/4l behind Veena (9-3) at Newcastle 6f hcp fll (5) pol in Feb.
Noble Act 13-2 (9-5) Pressed winner until ridden over 1f out, rider soon dropped whip, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 6 3/4l behind Beau Mistral (8-6) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp fll (5) pol in Jan.
