took keen hold, held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, ran on well approaching final furlong, kept on final 110yds
towards rear, shaken up over 3f out, one paced inside final furlong
prominent, shaken up over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, towards rear of midfield, pushed along over 3f out, no impression over 2f out, eased inside final furlong
midfield, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
took keen hold, midfield, shaken up over 3f out, one paced inside final furlong
quickly away, prominent, shaken up over 3f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong, comfortably
led, pushed along over 3f out, headed over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong but no match for winner
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Jax Edge ended last year with a victory at Chepstow on her handicap debut while Queen Of Thrones placed at the same fixture and goes handicapping for the first time along with River Naver, who debuts for an in-form yard. TALAMANCA has placed on the all-weather since scoring at Redcar last autumn and can effectively race off a lower mark today with Billy Loughnane’s allowance taken into account.
My Delilah (IRE) 20-1 (8-13) Slight bump start, chased leaders out wide, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 7, 10l behind The Thames Boatman (9-10) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
River Naver (FR) 15-2 (9-2) Always in rear, 9th of 11, 13 1/4l behind Fully Wet (9-8) at Chelmsford City 7f fll stks (4) pol in Sep.
Tamango Sands (IRE) 100-1 (8-11) Led early, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 19 3/4l behind Measured Time (8-11) at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Queen Of Thrones (IRE) 18-1 (8-11) Led until 4f out, ridden 2f out, no impression on winner and lost 2nd well inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 4 1/4l behind Manitou (9-2) at Chepstow 6f mdn stks (5) gd in Aug.
Winnaretta (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, never on terms, 7th of 9, 13 1/4l behind Nuthatch (9-9) at Southwell 7f hcp fll (5) pol in Apr.
Jax Edge 11-2 (9-6) A little slow into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, challenged over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Chepstow 6f (6) gd in Aug beating Gumais (9-11) by nk, 7 ran.
Princess Naomi 9-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no impression on front pair, 3rd of 9, 4 1/2l behind You Saw Brigadoon (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Alainn Tu (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Mid-division, pushed along and made no impression 2f out, some late headway, 5th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Wedgewood (9-0) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Talamanca 8-1 (9-7) Chased leaders racing three wide, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Tallulah Myla (9-3) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Smasher (IRE) 50-1 (9-4) Dwelt start, held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on entering final furlong, 6th of 11, 6 1/4l behind Full Prime (9-9) at Kempton 6f hcp (6) pol in Apr.