slowly into stride, keen in mid-division, hit rail on bend 9f out, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on towards finish, not reach leaders
switched right start, held up last, switched left and wide on home turn, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, not reach leaders
mid-division, outpaced inside final 2f, kept on again towards finish
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed near finish, lost 2nd post
edgy in gates, led, steadied pace halfway, headed over 2f out, weakened quickly, behind and eased final furlong
raced keenly tracking leaders, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, went 2nd post
held up in last pair, headway on inside chasing leaders over 2f out, run flattened out inside final furlong
tracked leaders on inside, went 2nd 2f out, strong challenge inside final furlong, edged left and led near finish
NonRunner
Bringthehousedown has switched yards since winning at Dundalk last May while Music Man was last seen winning over 1m6f at Yarmouth way back in 2016 and also debuts for new connections. Ice Canyon won over today’s trip at Wolverhampton in January but ran below par here last time while Hackbridge was beaten over today’s trip in between good efforts over 1m2f. Singing Sheriff is lightly-raced and can figure stepping up in trip but GALACTIC SPIRIT is also unexposed and it’s Marco Botti’s charge that gets the vote on only his second start after a lay-off with first-time headgear likely to bring improvement.
Galactic Spirit 10-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, soon tracking leader, effort when hung right over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 6l behind Technological (9-6) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Dangerous Ends 16-1 (9-9) Towards rear, riden 2f out, never on terms, 8th of 12, 4 3/4l behind Fearsome (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Music Man (IRE) 9-4 (10-0) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, kept on well, won at Yarmouth 1m 6f hcp (5) gf in Aug beating Sandy Cove (9-10) by 1 1/4l, 4 ran.
Surrey Blaze (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 6th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Unit of Assessment (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Bringthehousedown (IRE) 4-1 (9-12) Soon raced in 2nd, on terms from 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Dundalk 1m 4f hcp pol in May beating Easy Boy (9-0) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.
Hackbridge 5-1 (9-7) Mid-division on outside, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, led approaching final furlong, headed closing stages, kept on, 2nd of 11, hd behind Rakematiz (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Ice Canyon 10-1 (8-12) Raced keenly in mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 10 1/4l behind Ilhabela Fact (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Singing Sheriff 12-1 (8-12) Held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd near finish, no chance with winner, 2nd of 11, 3l behind Illustrissime (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Bartholomew J (IRE) 33-1 (11-5) Tracked leader when blundered 1st, ridden and lost place 3 out, weakened next, 8th of 10, 12l behind Havana Hermano (11-5) at Fakenham 2m mdn (4) gd in Jan.
