led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up in touch, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led last 100 yards, kept on
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in rear, smooth headway on outer over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden and pressed inside final furlong, headed last 100 yards, kept on and held towards finish
Dance For Julie won over hurdles last summer and has been running reasonably well during the winter. She's nicely handicapped nowadays and should give a good account. Swish Dish became disappointing for Richard Hannon and Micky Hammond will be hoping to rekindle her enthusiasm but Hill Tribe may just be feeling the pinch at the weights after her all-weather double. Leitzu has performed reasonably well over timber after landing a poor Brighton handicap in October and Aegean Destiny's best run last season was over this trip on fast ground at Nottingham so she's not out of it. THE BLUE DOG can take this as she has been running well in all-weather handicaps and though she was beaten a very long way on her only turf start that was on her debut and she's much-improved since.
Hill Tribe 3-1 (8-10) Led 1f, led again over 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, keeping on one pace when carried slightly left inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Postman (8-10) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Mar.
Dance For Julie (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, held up in last pair, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace over 1f out, 5th of 6, 8l behind Maslak (9-10) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Nov.
Swish Dish (CAN) 16-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, no impression and well beaten over 2f out, last of 11, 28l behind Flipping (8-10) at Windsor 1m hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Oct.
Leitzu (IRE) 11-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, headway on outside 2f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, driven out, won at Brighton 1m hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Oct beating Ice Cool Lady (9-7) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
The Blue Dog (IRE) 11-10fav (9-2) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, headed last stride, 2nd of 4, nk behind War of The Roses (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar.
Aegean Destiny 9-1 (8-3) In touch, every chance well over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out, lost 3rd inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 7l behind Ocean Transit (9-4) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) hvy in Nov.