tracked leader, hampered 1st, soon steadied towards rear, rallied 3 out, weakened next, tailed off
led, keen, strongly challenged 3 out, headed before next, no extra closing stages
tracked leader, jumped left 1st, effort when jumped badly left 3 out, mistake next, jumped badly left and mistake last, no extra
held up in rear, slow 4 out, soon outpaced, headway after 3 out, led last, ran on
keen, tracked leaders, led before 2 out, headed when hit last, rallied closing stages
De Forgotten One justified strong market support when making all over a slightly shorter trip in January. He won over 3m between the flags so stamina won’t be an issue and Tim Vaughan’s novice could well follow up with Manning Estate having shown his best form so far at Plumpton and Brex Drago looking in need of a rest in his last two runs. We’ll take a chance on BOOMARANG as he got outpaced over 2m here in December and is a half-brother to a winning stayer.
Brex Drago (ITY) 20-1 (10-12) Always towards rear, never a factor, no impression after 3 out, no extra, 13th of 18, 30 1/2l behind Midnight Stroll (10-12) at Cork 2m 4f hcp sft in Jan.
De Forgotten One 7-4fav (11-6) Made virtually all, in command last, stayed on, won at Doncaster 2m 5f mdn (5) gd in Jan beating Chocolate Box (11-6) by 2 1/4l, 7 ran.
Boomarang 7-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, jumped left at times, close 3rd 2 out, beaten when not fluent last, one pace, 3rd of 6, 9 1/4l behind Anemoi (11-5) at Doncaster 2m 1f (4) gf in Dec.
Manning Estate (IRE) 13-8fav (11-2) Tracked leaders in 4th place, closer in 3rd at 8th, pushed along before 3 out, 2nd before next, ridden to lead approaching last, headed and no extra run-in, 2nd of 8, 3 1/4l behind Debestyman (11-2) at Plumpton 2m 5f (4) sft in Jan.
Cotswold Prince (IRE) 25-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, driven halfway, soon beaten, 9th of 14, 20 1/4l behind Fearless (10-12) at Wincanton 1m 7f (5) gd in Dec.
