tracked leaders, soon led, headed 5f out, weakened quickly and pulled up over 2f out
held up, headway to track leader 5f out, weakened well inside final furlong
held up, headway 4f out, outpaced 3f out, stayed on to chase winner well inside final furlong
tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, led over 5f out, ridden 2f out, ran on
held up and keen, headway to chase leaders over 4f out, weakened over 1f out
ASTURIENNE, Daring Origyn, King Of Leon and Wishful Thinking are all last time out winners and it's the first mentioned that has the vote after an impressive start to her racing career The pick had to be ridden from a long way out to take victory last time but once she got the hang of things she ran away with the race. She'll learn plenty from that and as she is related to high-class hurdler Lough Derg there should be more to come Unlike the selection Wishful Thinking's last time out victory came in a moderate point to point in Ireland. That was over a longer trip so stamina is no issue and he's the only one of the short-listed quartet proven on these ground conditions. Daring Origyn won what turned out to be a strong bumper at Exeter last time by 10 lengths and based on that will be in the frame while King Of Leon showed a marked improvement to win a reasonable race last time and more is expected again. So there's plenty in with chances here but Asturienne seems to have the brightest future.
King of Leon (FR) 25-1 (11-4) Held up, smooth headway 6f out, led over 2f out, ridden out, won at Ludlow 2m nhf (4) gs in Dec beating Kerada (11-4) by 2 1/2l, 16 ran.
Asturienne 11-4 (10-10) Mid-division, pushed along halfway, headway 6f out, led over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, won at Huntingdon 2m mrs nhf (5) gd in Dec beating Manele Bay (10-10) by 4 1/2l, 12 ran.
Walmsley Beat All gelding out of Angharad's Angel.
Wishfull Thinking Alflora gelding out of Poussetiere Deux.
Daring Origyn (FR) 20-1 (10-0) Mid-division, headway and ridden over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, led over 1f out, quickened clear final furlong, won at Exeter 2m 1f mdn nhf (5) gd in Jan beating Lomitaar (10-4) by 10l, 13 ran.
Hayes Princess (IRE) King's Theatre filly out of a lightly-raced mare.
Quotation Mark (IRE) 8-1 (10-12) Chased leaders over 9f, 14th of 15, 24l behind Cill Rialaig (10-9) at Cheltenham 1m 4f 4yo nhf (1) gs in Jan.
Lucky Eric 25-1 (11-2) In touch and keen, led after 3f, headed again 6f out, weakened over 4f out, 9th of 16, 31l behind Pause And Clause (11-2) at Chepstow 2m nhf (6) gs in Nov.
Oujamaflip 5-2fav (11-0) Held up towards rear, headway 6f out, chased leaders into straight, driven and hung right over 2f out, soon weakened, 5th of 11, 7l behind Dizzy Whizz (10-7) at Plumpton 2m 2f mdn nhf (6) gf in Oct.
Takeiteasyjack (IRE) Beneficial gelding out of Statoqueen.
Guydus (IRE) Old Vic mare out of Lady Mayday.
