made all, tended to hang right from 6f out, ridden and stayed on gamely final 2f, unchallenged
held up last, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off
chased winner throughout, driven along over 1f out, stayed on same pace
tracked leading pair throughout, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
GHOST RIVER surpassed previous performances to make all for an 11-length win at Chepstow in December. He has a big weight to carry here but will get every assistance from the saddle and may be capable of holding off dual point-to-point winner Mr Mountain and once-raced pair Vieux Lille and Beau Phil. The latter is something of an unknown quantity making his UK debut while Catwalk Babe has something to prove having finished tailed off when favourite on her debut at Huntingdon.
Ghost River 4-1 (11-2) Prominent, led over 14f out, headed 6f out, led again 4f out, ridden clear 2f out, stayed on well, won at Chepstow 2m NH flat (5) hvy in Dec beating Ugolin De Beaumont (11-0) by 11l, 10 ran.
Mr Mountain (IRE) 2-1 (11-9) Rcd 3rd/4th, mstk 5out, gd prog to disp 2out, chall last, rdn & kow, won at Loughanmore 3m ire ptp in Oct beating Serious Times (11-6) by nk, 6 ran.
Vieux Lille (IRE) 10-1 (11-0) Held up in touch, pushed along over 4f out, outpaced 3f out, rallied, switched right and went 3rd inside final furlong, stayed on, no impression, 3rd of 6, 4l behind Masterplan (11-0) at Worcester 2m NH flat (6) sft in Oct.
Beau Phil (FR) (9-8) 3rd of 14, 2 1/4l behind Brave Jaq (9-8) at Pau(FR) 1m 4f 3yo NH flat (AWT) sft in Dec.
Catwalk Babe (IRE) 3-1fav (10-7) Held up towards rear, headway over 6f out, weakened over 4f out, 6th of 8, well behind Theo's Charm (11-0) at Huntingdon 2m NH flat (6) sft in Jan.
