mid-division, headway over 5f out, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened towards finish
mid-division, hung left over 3f out, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
always behind
soon with leader, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, lost place 3f out, soon not much room briefly, no impression after
chased leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
held up and behind, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
always behind
held up, headway on outside well over 2f out, hung left from over 1f out, one pace
always prominent, ridden over 2f out, went 2nd well over 1f out, ran on
ridden to set decent pace, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, lost place over 4f out, soon behind
A poor race by any stretch of the imagination and Windy Prospect is the tentative pick ahead of Casablanca Minx and Burnley Al. Windy Prospect won a recent affair in non-selling grade and actually meets a number of these rivals off better terms than if it were a handicap. Winning form is a rarity at this level so if he can reproduce the efforts shown at Southwell and more previously, Wolverhampton, over this trip, he is the horse they all have to beat. Casablanca Minx was rated in the mid-70's a couple of months ago but has dramatically fallen from grace. The market is watched in order to see whether anything has been witnessed at home. Burnley Al is a regular at this level and is sure to run his usual race. Joint Expectations is upped massively in trip while Crusoe, who has ran well here in the past, has shown relatively little in recent runs. Not a race to be sticking the housekeeping on and one in which Windy Prospect has fewer negatives than most.
Windy Prospect 6-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead 1f out, stayed on, won at Southwell 1m amt hcp (6) fbs beating The Grey One (10-10) by 1 1/2l, 14 ran.
Burnley Al (IRE) 14-1 (8-7) Soon ridden along in rear, last of 14, 33l behind Cerebus (8-13) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Mar.
Grand Welcome (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Led after 2f to over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 12, 11l behind Kinsman (9-7) at Lingfield 1m Stks (41-45) (7) pol.
King of Chav's (IRE) 40-1 (8-5) Keen early, tracked leaders, outpaced 4f out, soon behind, 12th of 13, 22l behind River Logic (9-1) at Ayr 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Raul Sahara 25-1 (9-2) Always towards rear, 10th of 12, 9l behind Harare (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f app hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Wee Ziggy 40-1 (9-3) Soon outpaced and behind, 10th of 11, 48l behind Grand Opera (9-3) at Carlisle 7f mdn stk (5) frm in Jul.
Casablanca Minx (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Led narrowly after 1f, ridden and headed over 3f out, kept on well under pressure until weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 7l behind Pearl Farm (9-2) at Lingfield 1m fll hcp (6) pol.
Joint Expectations (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) In touch, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 17l behind Charlotte Grey (8-6) at W'hampton 6f 2yo aut (7) pol in Dec.
