dwelt, pulled hard in rear, ridden and struggling over 3f out
led to 8f out, weakened rapidly over 3f out
held up in touch, driven, strong run and hung left final furlong, just failed
pulled hard in touch, led 3f out, soon headed and weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden to chase winner from 2f out, one pace final furlong
held up in rear, ridden 3f out, no headway
pressed leader, led 8f out to 6f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
held up in touch, ridden to lead over 2f out, driven 3 lengths clear inside final furlong, just held on, all out
held up, headway on inside rail when not much room and hampered over 2f out, stayed on under pressure but no impression over 1f out
in rear, pushed along 4f out, never a factor
White Plains sets the benchmark for the form here, nine of his career wins having come at this track. Lord Brex was a useful hurdler but has become unreliable although, to be fair to him, he's had his fair share of injuries. African Dawn won a 12-furlong maiden here in November 2001 but has shown little in subsequent starts, mainly over jumps. Al's Alibi has bits of form - most notably when winning two low-grade contests at Southwell last March - so is entitled to some consideration. Dom Shadeed has winning form at a mile but you have to go back a long way to find it. Our Glenard steps up in trip after finishing fourth in a course seller that has produced winning form. From the David Elsworth yard, Dakhira has shown very little in the way of form so far. Eachy Peachy has bits of form and cannot be disregarded on her best runs in this low-class affair. This is not particularly good race and White Plains, who gets on well with this track, should not be far away and gets the vote.