led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra towards finish
dwelt, in rear, went 3rd over 3f out, ridden entering final furlong, soon chased winner, kept on towards finish
tracked leader, led over 1f out, kept on towards finish
tracked leaders in 3rd until over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Nonrunner
A C&D winner last month, April Fool takes a drop in class and has a chance with an apprentices claim taken into consideration. However, he finished behind SATWA LAIRD in a handicap here later in the month and the latter won in similar company at Lingfield last time. David Simcock's charge is fancied to go in again here. Russian Ice won three times over C&D last year and makes more appeal than Unlimited, but Hand Painted looks up against it on today's terms.
April Fool 11-2 (8-11) Dwelt, led after 1f, ridden and headed 1f out, no extra towards finish, 6th of 9, 6l behind Forceful Appeal (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Russian Ice 4-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on to dispute 2nd and hung left under pressure inside final furlong, kept on but always held towards finish, 3rd of 9, 1l behind Shared Moment (8-8) at Lingfield 1m fll hcp (0-75) (5) pol in Jan.
Satwa Laird Evensfav (8-4) Tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, found extra when challenged close home, won at Lingfield 7f clm stks 0-75 (6) pol in Jan beating Fishforcompliments (8-2) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Hand Painted 50-1 (9-4) Anticipated start and hit front gates, rider lost an iron leaving stalls, virtually took no part in race, came home in own time, last of 12, well behind Prince Of Vasa (9-2) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jan.
Unlimited 7-1 (9-10) Disputed 4th place, pushed along 3f out, behind and struggling over 2f out, eased over 1f out, tailed off, last of 7, 25l behind Faithful Ruler (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f sell stks (6) pol.