made all, led, ridden over 1f out, ran on gamely when pressed inside final furlong, ridden out
held up, ridden over 2f out, soon no impression, one pace
held up behind, ridden 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, soon in rear
steadied start, held up in touch, not pace to challenge over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
awkward start and slowly into stride, raced keenly, chased leaders after 2f, ridden and effort over 1f out, weakened final furlong
started slowly, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on to press winner inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
prominent on outside early, lost place after 2f, wide straight well over 1f out, ran on well final furlong to take 3rd towards finish, not reach leaders
chased leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, not quicken, lost 2nd and weakened inside final furlong
Nonrunner
A competitive contest here where we will take a chance on MAGGIE LOU to have the edge over Evelyn May, Lesley's Choice and Theatre Street. The selection was highly tried in Group company towards the end of last season after having finished just outside the frame in a Listed contest in France. This is much more appropriate to her ability, which she had revealed with a debut maiden win at Haydock. Kevin Ryan has his string in decent nick and we are going to side with his filly. Another trainer in cracking form is Barry Hills and he saddles Evelyn May here, who has a better chance than most. The Acclamation filly won a Great Leighs maiden last year and was last seen running second over course and distance from a 1lb higher mark. She is likely to be straight enough here and can go very well. Lesley's Choice has a course and distance win to his name and also races from 1lb lower than last time out when he was well beaten over 6f at Southwell. The return to the minimum trip looks likely to be of benefit but he may just be in the grip of the assessor for now. Affluent scored on heavy ground on her Nottingham debut and her mark of 77 for this handicap debut looks spot on. However, the trip may now be shorter than ideal for her and perhaps she will have to wait for other days. Theatre Street has raced only left-handed so far on Lingfield's Polytrack, where she has run four good races including a maiden win over this trip. There was nothing wrong with her handicap debut last time and from the same mark over this shorter trip she is likely to get competitive. Satwa Street does not know how to run a bad race and would not be winning out of turn, but we will take a chance on Maggie Lou.
Fault 7-2 (9-3) Chased leader, led over 3f out, narrowly headed entering final furlong, no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Cut The Cackle (8-12) at Windsor 5f 2yo hcp 0-95 (4) gs in Oct.
Lesley's Choice 6-1 (9-6) Raced keenly, soon tracked winner, ridden and every chance well over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 5, 4l behind Takeover Bid (9-4) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Mar.
Maggie Lou (IRE) 28-1 (8-12) Dwelt, soon chasing leader far side group, weakened over 2f out, last of 14, 23l behind Aspen Darlin (8-12) at Ayr 6f 2yo fll Grp 3 (1) hvy in Sep.
Evelyn May (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Close up when ran wide bend after 2 furlongs, headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong to snatch 2nd final stride, 2nd of 12, nk behind Happy Forever (8-13) at Kempton 5f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Oct.
Sir Geoffrey (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Went right start, keen, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 15l behind Five Star Junior (9-5) at Lingfield 6f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Affluent 9-4 (8-12) Held up in touch, led entering final furlong, pushed out, won at Nottingham 5f 2yo mdn (5) hvy in Oct beating Silent Wonder (9-3) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Mazzola 5-2 (9-1) Held up, always last, ridden and no chance final 2f, last of 4, 8l behind Lesley's Choice (9-2) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar.
Sweet Applause (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, eased final 100 yards, 7th of 9, 7l behind Rainbow Seeker (9-4) at Great Leighs 5f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Satwa Street (IRE) 15-2 (8-5) Led, ridden and pressed over 1f out, ran on well, headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Daddy's Gift (8-8) at Kempton 6f Handicap (0-105) (3yo) (2) pol in Mar.
Theatre Street (IRE) 10-3 (8-13) Tracked leader on outside, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to challenge and edged right over 1f out, every chance 1f out, not quicken and lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Smokey Ryder (9-12) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
