held up in rear but in touch, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up in touch, raced freely, under pressure over 2f out, effort when switched left over 1f out, soon weakened
led, hard driven over 2f out, strongly challenged over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, rallied close home, just failed
held up in rear but in touch, raced freely, effort over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
tracked leader, not clear run over 1f out, hard driven to challenge inside final furlong, stayed on strongly closing stages, nearest finish
reared start, good recovery, tracked leader, ridden to challenge 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, stayed on same pace closing stages
Unknown Rebel was beaten a long way on his racecourse debut but was never far away in subsequent starts and got off the mark when beating a big field at Pontefract in October. There's probably more to come this season while Dark Dune's best effort came in a maiden here last July and the handicapper has given him a chance. Imaginary World ran a shocker on her latest start in February and she looks high in the weights while it's doubtful that Plattsburgh will ever justify his enormous price tag as he's looked ordinary so far. Bouggatti is no world beater but improved steadily in his first campaign and shouldn't need to have made much progress to take this though it's JEU DE VIVRE who gets the vote as though she hasn't shown much she makes her handicap debut from a lowly mark and will be suited by the step-up in trip.
Imaginary World (IRE) 7-2 (9-2) Held up in touch, ridden and no impression final 2f, 4th of 5, 14l behind Geordie Iris (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Plattsburgh (USA) 12-1 (9-3) Chased leading pair, ridden over 2f out, carried left over 1f out, beaten when hampered on rail entering final furlong, 6th of 10, 6l behind Irons On Fire (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Unknown Rebel (IRE) 20-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ridden out, won at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-75 2yo (5) gd in Oct beating Lucy Limelites (9-3) by 1/2l, 17 ran.
Bouggatti 4-1 (9-0) Slowly away, reminders soon after start, in rear, headway entering final 2f, ran on to go 2nd near finish, not reach winner, 2nd of 13, 1l behind Diplomasi (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Oct.
Dark Dune (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, pushed along 3f out, no impression, 11th of 13, 14l behind Tapis Libre (9-1) at Redcar 1m 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Sep.
Jeu De Vivre (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Led, headed over 5f out, ridden 1f out, soon faded, 7th of 12, 6l behind Midas Moment (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Nov.
Kodicil (IRE) 50-1 (7-13) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 13th of 17, 20l behind Unknown Rebel (8-7) at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-75 2yo (5) gd in Oct.
