chased leader, slow 4th, hit 2 out, ridden before last, edged left flat, switched right inside final 100 yards, stayed on, led last stride
chased leaders on outside, slow and lost place 4th, ridden before 10th, struggling 4 out, pulled up before 2 out
led, not fluent 4 out, ridden flat, headed last stride
in rear, headway from 10th, outpaced after 2 out, 4th and no impression before last
chased leaders, hit 10th, ridden after 2 out, 3rd and no impression before last
Big Changes still looks well handicapped despite having won four of his last seven though he's never raced on ground this testing. CHAMERON's close second to The Greek at Down Royal on St Patrick's Day might be good enough for this. A winner on testing ground in France and of a heavy-ground hunter's chase, he can give the weight away here. Diamond State is reasonably consistent at this level but does best at Musselburgh while High Moon's last three runs have been at a slightly higher level and he acts on the ground. Joke Dancer has won nine races and from much higher marks but ran poorly at Southwell last week.
Chameron (FR) 4-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders, 2nd at 7th, slight mistake next, disputed lead travelling well 3 out, mistake and headed 2 out, soon ridden, rallied inside final furlong, kept on well close home, not reach winner, 2nd of 5, 1 1/4l behind The Greek (11-11) at Down Royal 2m 4f hvy in Mar.
Joke Dancer 15-2 (11-9) Handy, pushed along from 6 out, weakened approaching 3 out, 6th of 8, 17l behind Maninsane (11-9) at Southwell 2m hcp (4) gs in Mar.
High Moon 15-2 (10-5) Midfield in touch, 2 lengths down 2 out, soon pushed along, 4 lengths down approaching last, weakened run-in, 3rd of 7, 17 1/4l behind Bill Baxter (11-3) at Kelso 2m 6f hcp (3) gs in Mar.
Diamond State (FR) 4-1 (11-7) Midfield, dropped to last before 9th, ridden and outpaced before 4 out, stayed on into 3rd 2 out, took 2nd last, stayed on run-in but no match for easy winner, 2nd of 4, 1 3/4l behind Cartonne (11-2) at Musselburgh 2m 4f hcp (4) gs in Mar.
Big Changes 4-1 (11-12) Midfield in touch, ridden and headway before 3 out where 2 lengths down, pressed leader 2 out, soon led, narrowly ahead approaching last, stayed on run-in, won at Doncaster 3m hcp (5) gd in Mar beating Elleon (10-8) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
