close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on one pace
raced wide in rear, ridden 2f out, never on terms
in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked clear leading pair, headway to lead over 1f out, edged left final furlong, ridden and ran on
disputed lead and soon clear, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up in rear, ridden 3f out, some headway approaching final furlong, not trouble leaders
disputed lead and soon clear, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
in rear, ridden and headway on outer over 1f out, kept on final furlong, nearest finish
FINAL beat the favourite Qaffaal easily enough to land a higher grade handicap at Lingfield last month. That’s the strongest form on offer and a repeat effort would make him hard to beat in this. Footlight has recorded both wins on the all-weather so far on the Fibresand at Southwell and Berrahri was successful on the frozen track at San Moritz last month. A winner in France, Ibazz has yet to figure for new connections but Ickymasho should appreciate the return to 1m2f and is also preferred to Craftsmanship.
Final 5-2 (8-10) Tracked leader, challenged 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Feb beating Qaffaal (9-0) by 1 1/2l, 5 ran.
Lanceur (FR) 200-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, under pressure over 3f out, soon no impression, last of 5, 9 1/2l behind Third Time Lucky (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (2) pol in Feb.
Arrowzone 50-1 (9-7) In touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 12 1/4l behind Amazement (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Ibazz 4-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, ridden and weakened inside final 2f, 5th of 7, 9 1/4l behind Bint Arcano (8-5) at Newcastle 7f hcp fll (3) pol in Mar.
Ickymasho 7-1 (9-5) Led and clear with one rival, reduced lead 3f out, ridden and narrowly headed well over 1f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 9 3/4l behind Afonso De Sousa (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Inniscastle Lad 8-1 (9-8) Led, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 13, 11l behind Towerlands Park (9-6) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Craftsmanship (FR) 15-2 (9-5) Close up, ridden and faded inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 5 1/4l behind Count Montecristo (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Footlight 7-1 (9-4) Led, headed over 5f out, tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on to take 2nd place close home, 3rd of 5, 2 1/4l behind Vogueatti (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp fll (4) pol in Feb.
Berrahri (IRE) (10-13) won at Saint Moritz 1m pol in Feb
Matravers 33-1 (8-12) Held up and always in last pair, never involved, 7th of 8, 6l behind Alejandro (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Mercy Me 7-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 3 1/4l behind General Hazard (10-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Mar.