close up early before settling just behind leaders, pushed along in fourth after 4 out, no extra and faded
refused to race
led, headed on the run to 4 out, soon under pressure and faded out of contention
towards rear, took closer order with circuit to travel, under pressure and no response after 4 out, weakened rapidly
tracked leader early, led on long run to 4 out and quickened clear, mistake 2 out and reduced advantage but ridden and went away again under pressure, eased run-in
tracked leaders, pushed along after 4 out and began to lose ground, weakened
towards rear but in touch, headway before 4 out, under pressure before 3 out and lost ground, stayed on to go third 2 out but no match for front two
mid-division, drifted towards rear before 4 out and ridden along briefly, headway and went in pursuit of clear leader 3 out, tried to challenge after 2 out but winner went away again, kept on
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ROYAL CLARET (NAP) has two victories to her credit here and hasn't been suited by very testing ground the last twice so gets the nod in a poor handicap. Nifty At Fifty gained his only victory on good ground and ran poorly on soft at Uttoxeter last time. Perfect Pirate returned to Ben Pauling after a spell between the flags last month and ran well enough at Southwell to be considered for this but Ratfacemcdougall is best on quicker ground than he'll face here. Adimelo is on a very long losing run and ran a shocker at Exeter last time.
Three Ways 12-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders, awkward 2nd, ridden and faded after 3 out, 9th of 10, dist behind Airgead Suas (11-7) at Catterick 3m 1f hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Nifty At Fifty (IRE) 7-1 (11-4) Prominent until 1st, chased leaders, lost place after 5th, weakened before 3 out, 7th of 11, 36 1/4l behind Riggs (11-5) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Three Colours Red (IRE) 150-1 (11-8) Towards rear, struggling 8th, pulled up before 3 out, at Chepstow 3m hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Adimelo (FR) 25-1 (11-13) Mid-division, pushed along and struggling before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out, at Exeter 2m 7f hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Ratfacemcdougall (IRE) 4-1 (11-0) Chased leaders on inside, pushed along after 3 out, weakened before next, 7th of 11, 20 1/4l behind Supakalanistic (11-9) at Kempton 3m hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Lugg River 15-2 (11-0) Chased leaders, outpaced 2 out, soon weakened, 6th of 14, 17 1/2l behind Go Millie Go (11-0) at Stratford 2m 6f mdn (4) gs in Oct.
Royal Claret 9-2 (10-9) Held up, not fluent and pushed along 8th, soon weakened, last of 5, dist behind Kilconny Bridge (11-12) at Chepstow 3m hcp (3) hvy in Nov.
Black Centaur (IRE) 9-2 (11-10) Held up in rear, hampered 7th, soon detached in rear, 6th of 9, 22 1/4l behind Midnight Glance (11-1) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp (4) hvy in Nov.
Perfect Pirate 9-1 (11-12) Midfield, lost ground 3rd, headway into midfield 8th, ridden before 3 out, stayed on to chase leaders before last, no extra, 3rd of 11, 5 1/4l behind Skylanna Breeze (11-7) at Southwell 3m hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Flowing Cadenza 11-2 (11-1) Prominent, led 6th, headed before 3 out, pulled up soon after next, at Exeter 2m 7f hcp (4) hvy in Feb.
