reared badly start and slowly away, soon recovered and in touch, pushed along over 1f out, kept on, not trouble leaders
tracked winner, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, kept on same pace
dwelt in touch in rear, switched wide 3f out, soon pushed along, ridden and ran on to go 2nd towards finish
tracked leaders, pushed along over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, not quicken and lost 2nd towards finish
close up, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened final furlong
made all, ridden entering final furlong, driven out
Chevallier is bidding for a fifth win on the track and is rarely beaten far. He’s on a decent mark at present so should be in the firing-line but Mythical Madness has been racing over further lately and is on a long losing run on the all-weather which stretches back more than two years. Family Fortunes only won by a short-head at Kempton and is now on a career-high mark so this looks a good opportunity for INSURGENCE (NAP) to go one better than his reappearance here in January when only beaten a head having had to wait for a gap to appear. Sha La La La Lee needs some help from the handicapper and Sea Fox remains out of sorts.
Mythical Madness 7-2 (9-7) Held up and behind, pushed along 2f out, ridden and no real progress final furlong, 5th of 6, 3 1/2l behind Book of Dreams (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Chevallier 8-1 (8-8) Led, hard driven over 1f out, soon challenged, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 6, 2 1/2l behind Oh This Is Us (9-12) at Lingfield 1m hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Family Fortunes 6-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway and switched right over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on well, led post, won at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Intrepidly (9-6) by shd, 11 ran.
Insurgence 13-2 (9-0) Held up and behind, headway on inside over 2f out, every chance 1f out, soon ridden, ran on, 2nd of 10, hd behind Mr Scaramanga (9-0) at Lingfield 1m hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Sea Fox (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) Held up, pushed along and effort 2f out, soon ridden and lost place, stayed on again towards finish, 5th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Maksab (9-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Sha La La La Lee 2-1fav (8-12) Led, soon pressed, headed over 1f out, no extra, 2nd of 6, 7l behind Documenting (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (3) pol in Feb.