held up in rear, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, driven and stayed on same pace final furlong, no impression
soon led, headed 2f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace and no impression inside final furlong
keen early, tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced 3f out, soon edged left, weakened over 1f out
led early, raced keenly, tracked leader, challenged 3f out, led 2f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, lost 2nd towards finish
tracked leaders, driven 3f out, not clear run and switched outside 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong to go 2nd towards finish, always held
tracked leaders, smooth headway to join leaders 2f out, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, pushed out, readily
raced keenly, effort on outside over 2f out, ridden and one pace from over 1f out, never troubled leaders
SUNNANDAEG looks an interesting contender and is preferred here to Fibs And Flannel and William Morgan in a competitive handicap. One of the horses that Noel Wilson has inherited from his new base in Lanarkshire, the selection certainly shaped with plenty of potential last season. He won at Ayr before aquitting himself well in two good races and despite a mark of 85 looking high enough, the feeling is that a return to quick ground in Scotland should see him run well. Avonrose has the benefit of a recent Beverley spin where she shaped as if ready for this longer trip, Pycian won on his debut as a juvenile so is afforded respect on this first run of the year, whilst William Morgan was a bit fresh when fancied on his reppearance but with his mark looking feasible and that run likely to have done him the world of good he is expected to run well. Dolphin Rock was very well supported ahead of his reappearance run at Thirsk when he obliged in a thrilling finish; the first two were miles clear and to be honest a 7lb rise in the weights looks lenient. Fibs And Flannel also impressed with the manner of his victory earlier in the month at Beverley and this Tobougg gelding looks likely to make hay over this mile trip this year despite a 6lb higher mark. Nothing too rock solid here but the vote goes to Sunnandaeg.
Sunnandaeg 9-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon every chance, weakened final furlong, 4th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Leviathan (9-1) at Doncaster 7f 2yo hcp (3) gs in Oct.
Avonrose 16-1 (9-0) Led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, no impression, 4th of 6, 6l behind Hacienda (9-4) at Beverley 7f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Apr.
Pycian 7-1 (8-13) Keen, in touch, ridden and soon switched right approaching 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 21l behind Sir Parky (9-2) at Newbury 7f 2yo stk (3) sft in Jul.
William Morgan (IRE) 10-3fav (8-4) Led and keen, headed over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on towards finish, 4th of 9, 2l behind Monterosso (8-9) at Ripon 1m 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Apr.
Dolphin Rock 5-2fav (8-10) With leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed narrowly over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong to lead again near finish, won at Thirsk 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Apr beating Jutland (9-3) by hd, 13 ran.
Fibs And Flannel 13-8fav (8-12) Made all, ridden and ran on final furlong, won at Beverley 7f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr beating Ginger Grey (9-0) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.
High Resolution 18-1 (8-2) Went right start, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 12th of 16, 17l behind Living It Large (9-7) at Ayr 6f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Oct.
