wore hood to post, bit keen early, tracked leader, led going well inside final 2f, soon shaken up, stayed on well and always doing enough
wore hood to post, held up in 5th, headway on inside chasing leaders over 2f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong
soon led and set steady pace, quickened over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd and weakened inside final furlong
held up tracking leaders in 4th, pushed along over 3f out, unable to quicken over 2f out, plugged on late
steadied and switched right start, held up last, headway out wide over 1f out, ridden and went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on but always held
tracked leaders on inside, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened entering final 2f
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Lady Loulou could only manage fourth at Southwell on her handicap debut but Rikona won over track and trip recently having earlier finished behind stablemate D DAY ODETTE at Lingfield. The latter looked to have plenty more in the tank despite winning by less than a length and a 4lb rise may not be enough to anchor her in this. Compliant failed to land the odds when second at Wolverhampton but has plenty of scope for further progress.
Compliant 4-9fav (9-11) Wore hood to post, bit keen, close 3rd, went 2nd 8f out, led over 6f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 5, 3 1/2l behind Cappoquin (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (5) pol in Dec.
D Day Odette 4-1 (9-11) Held up last, headway out wide over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led towards finish, won going away, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp fll (5) pol in Jan beating Sundayinmay (9-8) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Rikona 5-1 (9-11) Towards rear, dropped to last 5f out, pushed along and headway between horses over 1f out, ridden and ran on to lead towards finish, won going away, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp fll (5) pol in Feb beating Bluenose Belle (9-11) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Lady Loulou (IRE) 10-3 (9-7) In touch, dropped to rear 4f out, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Thefastnthecurious (9-4) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp fll (5) pol in Jan.
Golden Dove 11-1 (9-8) Tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind One Step Beyond (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
How Hard Can It Be 13-2 (9-5) Slowly away, in rear, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Rikona (9-11) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp fll (5) pol in Feb.
Choral Work 3-1 (12-0) Led, headed 5th, dropped to rear after 3 out, weakened before next, last of 7, dist behind Porter In The Park (11-5) at Huntingdon 2m 5f hcp (5) gd in Jan.