slowly into stride, held up in rear, ridden in 5th 2f out, kept on well final furlong to lead close home
chased leaders in 4th, ridden and dropped to rear 2f out, no extra
soon led, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, kept on same pace
held up in 5th, 4th 2f out, not clear run and checked 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders in 3rd, ridden 2f out, kept on, disputed inside final furlong, headed close home and no extra
chased leader in 2nd, pushed along 4f out, ridden 3f out, kept on under pressure, led 1f out, disputed inside final furlong, headed close home and no extra
OCEANWAY represents Mark Johnston and Johnny Murtagh and he performed in much stronger company last summer landing a Class 2 handicap at York in October. He has winning form on Polytrack and can make the journey pay off. Flavia Tatiana is a consistent performer who is flourishing on this surface as she showed when beating Elizabeth Coffee in a decent C&D handicap two weeks ago. She's closely matched with Solo Performer on a line through the runner-up and the latter should go well despite a big weight. Baitsileir, who was around 5l behind Flavia Tatiana that night, is better off at the weights and should get closer.
Solo Performer (IRE) 10-1 (10-1) Slowly into stride and in rear, last entering straight, soon ridden and progress on outer, kept on without threatening final furlong, 4th of 14, 1 1/4l behind Master Melody (7-11) at Dundalk 1m 4f hcp pol in Dec.
Syrian 22-1 (9-13) Held up towards rear, some late headway into moderate 7th 1f out, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong, 6th of 11, 6l behind Flavia Tatiana (9-5) at Dundalk 1m 3f hcap pol.
Baitsileir (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra and kept on one pace, 5th of 11, 5l behind Flavia Tatiana (9-5) at Dundalk 1m 3f hcap pol.
Flavia Tatiana (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Held up in rear, headway in 7th and not clear run 2f out, switched over 1f out, challenged in 3rd 1f out, ridden to lead last 150 yards, kept on well close home, won at Dundalk 1m 3f hcap pol beating Elizabeth Coffee (9-1) by 2 1/4l, 11 ran.
King's Trail (JPN) 66-1 (9-3) In rear, effort over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 9th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Tinshu (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol in Dec.
Oceanway (USA) 20-1 (8-11) Held up in touch, lost place over 3f out, 13th of 23, 19l behind Zuider Zee (8-13) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) sft in Nov.