towards rear and outpaced, pushed along over 2f out, kept on to take 4th place inside final furlong, no impression
in rear and outpaced, never dangerous
made all, ridden and clear over 1f out
in touch in 4th, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked winner, ridden over 1f out, kept on and no impression
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
None of these inspire much confidence so PEARL NOIR gets only a token vote having been placed on a couple of occasions since scoring over track and trip in December. Captain Whoosh went close at Wolverhampton in between a couple of distinctly modest efforts while Drawnfromthepast does his winning in plating company nowadays and has not raced since May. Pharoh Jake pops-up when the mood takes him while Burnt Cream won over 5f at Lingfield last month but has been well beaten in a couple of subsequent starts.
Captain Whoosh (IRE) 7-2fav (9-2) Held up in rear, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous, 5th of 8, 8l behind Pensax Lad (9-7) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) in Jan.
Novabridge 10-1 (9-6) Raced wide close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 6, 10l behind Ask The Guru (9-4) at Lingfield 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Pearl Noir 9-1 (8-11) Led, clear over 3f out, no extra and headed towards finish, lost 2nd place near finish, 3rd of 8, 2 1/4l behind New Leyf (9-4) at Kempton 6f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Drawnfromthepast (IRE) 7-1 (8-8) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 10l behind Kylladdie (8-10) at Newmarket 6f app hcp (5) gf in May.
Pharoh Jake 11-1 (8-13) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 3l behind Lupo D'Oro (8-7) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Saffire Song 8-1 (9-5) Led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Risk 'n' Reward (9-8) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jan.
Burnt Cream 20-1 (9-0) Behind, headway on inside over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 11, 5l behind Gabrial's Wawa (9-4) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jan.