chased leader until 4th, chased leaders, hampered on inside and switched left after 7th, rallied approaching 3 out, went 2nd 2 out, 2 lengths down last, stayed on under pressure to lead final strides
chased leadrs, ridden to lead before 2 out, driven 2 lengths ahead last, no extra and headed last strides
held up, fell 7th
chased leadrs, went 2nd 4th, led 7th, ridden and hit 3 out, headed before next, weakened after 2 out
held up last, never on terms, tailed off
chased leadrs, went 2nd after 7th, ridden and weakened 3 out, tailed off
took keen hold, slight lead, headed 7th, weakened soon after, tailed off
raced wide, in touch, headway approaching 7th, went 4tfh and hit 3 out, no extra before next
It probably doesn't bode well for Group Leader that he was readily outpaced over this trip at Fakenham on New Year's Day. Flowerbud is impossible to predict and was tailed off at Folkestone last time having finished second to Advisor at Hereford earlier. Westlin' Winds is probably the form pick on his defeat of The Strawberry One at Market Rasen last summer and drops down several grades here. However, he ran a couple of shockers last month so we're taking him on with AMERICAN CRICKET. The latter still hadn't been shaken off when falling in a claimer at Southwell in November and, given plenty of time to recover by Evan Williams, could easily bounce back here.
American Cricket (IRE) 9-4fav (10-3) Keen hold tracking leaders, effort when fell 3 out, in a race won by Grand Art (10-5) at Southwell 3m clm hdl (4) gd in Nov, 9 ran.
Westlin' Winds (IRE) 12-1 (11-8) Led, blundered 5th, hit 6th, headed 4 out, soon weakened, 7th of 12, 21l behind Dais Return (11-1) at Bangor 3m hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gs in Dec.
Bret Maverick (IRE) 14-1 (11-0) Led, mistake 7th, soon ridden and headed, weakened 2 out, 4th of 12, 21l behind Ifandbutwhy (11-9) at Bangor 2m 4f nov hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs in Feb '10.
Group Leader (IRE) Evensfav (10-13) Tracked leader, outpaced appoaching 3 out, stayed on to go 2nd after next, no chance with winner, 2nd of 3, 7l behind Joan D'Arc (10-8) at Fakenham 2m 4f sell hdl (5) sft.
Jerry Lee (IRE) 8-1 (9-12) In rear, jumped left and mistake 2nd, headway 3 out, soon weakened, 10th of 15, 22l behind The Wee Midget (11-6) at Towcester 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-95 (5) gd in Oct '10.
Over The Page 66-1 (10-9) Raced in last, hit 7th, reminders and soon lost touch, refused next, in a race won by Kumbeshwar (11-0) at Plumpton 2m 1f nov chs (3) hvy, 3 ran.
Rustic Gold 12-1 (11-3) Prominent, chased winner briefly approaching 3 out, no impression and soon beaten, weakened approaching 2 out, 4th of 9, 29l behind Beautiful Vision (11-3) at Ludlow 2m sell hdl (5) gs in Feb '10.
Karacas (IRE) 66-1 (10-10) Held up mid-division, in 6th approaching 3 out, soon weakened, 10th of 14, well behind Kaffie (10-10) at Exeter 2m 3f mrs nov hdl (4) hvy in Dec.
Flowerbud 7-1 (10-11) Chased leaders, behind from 4th, soon tailed off, 5th of 9, well behind King Of Castile (11-12) at Folkestone 2m 6f sell hcp hdl 0-95 (5) hvy.
