led and soon clear, reduced lead 5f out, ridden and headed approaching final 2f, lost 2nd soon after, weakened quickly
off the pace in last pair, pushed along and outpaced 5f out, never a factor, tailed off
raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, pushed along turning in, weakened final 2f
held up tracking leaders, headway out wide and carried wide home turn, soon ridden, went 2nd inside final 2f, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner
chased leaders and pushed along at times, hung left home turn, ridden and lost 2nd inside final 2f, no extra in 4th inside final furlong
held up well in rear, gained a place 5f out, never involved
tracked leader on inside, led approaching final 2f, clear when green and shaken up over 1f out, ran on strongly
held up towards rear, headway widest home turn, chased leaders and ran green 2f out, kept on in 3rd inside final furlong, never any chance with winner
Hurricane Bay has shown ability in both runs to date with a similar comment applying to Itso Fury but winning pointer Dondiam didn’t find much off the bridle when third at Newcastle. Sorceress Medea has had a wind operation since running green on debut at Aintree in October but the four-year-old filly REALTA ROYALE was quite impressive at Taunton and, granted normal progress, could defy her penalty. Spago represents top connections but his pedigree is nothing special.
Dondiam (FR) 7-2 (11-0) Towards rear, asked for effort 3f out, kept on for third final furlong, 3rd of 5, 9 1/4l behind King Of Unicorns (11-0) at Newcastle 2m (5) gd in Nov.
Elevated (IRE) Siyouni gelding out of Kahira.
Hurricane Bay 11-2 (11-2) Midfield, pushed into prominent position end of back straight, chased leader over 1f out, kept on, lost 2nd on line, 3rd of 9, 3 1/4l behind Sidewaysinmilan (11-2) at Warwick 2m mdn (5) gd in Mar.
Itso Fury (IRE) 7-2 (11-6) Held up in midfield, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, kept on over 1f out but no chance with winner, 3rd of 13, 5 3/4l behind Ballyglass (11-6) at Southwell 2m mdn (5) gs in Jan.
Spago (IRE) Sageburg gelding out of Davids Delight.
Sorceress Medea (IRE) 9-2jfav (10-11) Ran green and always in rear, 15th of 18, dist behind Lady Excalibur (11-1) at Aintree 2m 1f (4) gd in Oct.
Onewayortother (FR) Great Pretender gelding out of Betwixt.
Realta Royale 13-2 (10-1) Towards rear, pushed along and headway home turn, pressed leader over 2f out, led 2f out, hung right thereafter, kept on strongly, readily, won at Taunton 2m (5) gs in Jan beating Reve De Niamh (11-0) by 2 3/4l, 9 ran.
