in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced and beaten
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, good headway on outer 3f out, ridden to press winner inside final furlong, not quicken and lost 2nd near finish
in touch until weakened 3f out
close up, chased winner 3f out, hung right under pressure over 1f out, soon beaten
tracked leaders until weakened over 3f out
dwelt, held up in rear, shaken up and kept on steadily final 2f, never able to challenge
led after 1f and set fast pace, headed over 3f out, weakened rapidly, tailed off
held up in rear, plenty to do 2f out, effort on outer and run on final furlong, took 2nd near finish
held up towards rear, ridden and no impression leaders final 2f
in touch, until pulled up 6f out and dismounted (lame)
tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, edged left and pressed inside final furlong, held on
A lot of these have questions to answer but we will take a chance on To Wit To Woo, with Jack Of Trumps and Galloway Mac both capable of taking a hand in the finish. To Wit To Woo was second to Intricate Web in a decent handicap at Wolverhampton in January before inexplicably running abysmally next time at the same track, if he is on a going day he has every chance of landing this prize. Jack Of Trumps landed his maiden at Lingfield in January before being outclassed in a tough handicap at the same track, this is more his level and he looks set to make a bold bid. Galloway Mac ran consistently well on the all-weather over the winter and returned to the turf with an excellent fourth behind Miss Pebbles here last week. That was a classified event but he does look fairly treated for his first venture into handicaps. Blazing The Trail, a recent winner at Lingfield and Lara Falana, the mount of Richard Quinn, also catch the eye, but in what is a very tricky finale Too Wit To Woo just gets the vote.
