led until 5th, remained prominent, weakened 4 out, moderate 3rd
tracked leaders, led 5th, mistake 7th, headed approaching 3 out, rallied after next, soon every chance, led towards finish, all out
chased leaders, headway when not fluent 8th, driven to lead approaching 3 out, strongly challenged next, headed flat, rallied close home, just failed
with leader early, lost place 5th, chasing leaders when fell 8th
Magic Marmalade looks a very hard ride and needed all of his jockey's urgings to win over fences at Newton Abbot last month. He may be worth taking on here with GULF PUNCH, on whom Jason Maguire has a good strike rate. The mare is back up in distance for the first time since scoring over 3m1f at Musselburgh in November and could appreciate the better ground. Sea Saffron was hammered by the handicapper after scraping home in a novices' handicap over C&D 15 days ago and Free Advice needs to improve if he's to get involved.
Gulf Punch 12-1 (11-9) Tracked leader, pushed along before 7th, led after 4 out, headed before 3 out, weakened flat, 7th of 16, 26l behind Markadam (10-1) at Carlisle 2m 4f cond hcp hdl 0-1115 (4) sft in Mar.
Magic Marmalade (IRE) 11-8fav (11-11) Tracked leaders, blundered 6th, ridden approaching 5 out, soon under pressure, headway 2 out, stayed on to lead after last, all out, won at Newton Abbot 2m 5f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Mar beating Daneva (11-7) by 3/4l, 4 ran.
Sea Saffron 13-2 (11-0) Tracked leaders until 2nd, held up, headway approaching 6th, led before 3 out, clear next, heavily eased towards finish, won at Exeter 2m 7f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gd in Mar beating Arctic Watch (11-8) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Free Advice (IRE) 16-1 (9-12) Tracked leader, led narrowly 3 out, ridden and headed before next, kept on same pace, no impression approaching last, 5th of 9, 7l behind Sir Mattie (11-4) at Ffos Las 3m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gd in Mar.
