in touch in rear, good headway on inner to press leader approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, pushed along, ran on
raced wide tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
tracked leader, ridden 3f out, hung left over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
ran in snatches, close up, pushed along over 5f out, headway on outer to go 3rd approaching 2f out, soon ridden, no impression from over 1f out
Westerly is upped 4lb for a recent win over course and distance and is also raised in class along with Par Three, a winner over 2m at Kempton a fortnight ago. Gios Last continued his winning run when landing an apprentices' race at Wolverhampton and must go close again having escaped a penalty but a tentative vote goes the way of SILVER MOUNTAIN. He clearly took exception to the Fibresand surface when well beaten at Southwell last time and is better judged on his earlier maiden win at Kempton. John Jenkins' charge may well bounce back in this.
Silver Mountain 6-1 (9-6) Led until over 6f out, weakened over 4f out, eased over 2f out, last of 7, well behind Crakehall Lad (9-3) at Southwell 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs in Jan.
Westerly 8-1 (9-6) Made all, set steady pace until quickened 5f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on well unchallenged, won at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb beating Maison Brillet (9-8) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
Leah Freya (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) In rear, ridden over 2f out, no impresssion, 5th of 6, 14l behind Fergall (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 5f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Par Three (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, led over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on towards finish, won at Kempton 2m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Feb beating Thundering Home (9-10) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Gaelic Ice 16-1 (9-12) Held up in last pair, headway chasing leaders 5f out, pushed along 3f out, soon outpaced, headway on inside chasing leaders over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 5l behind The Yank (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f app hcp 0-60 (6) in Feb.
Gios Last (GER) 2-1fav (9-7) Held up in touch on inside, smooth headway into 3rd well over 1f out, switched right and went 2nd over 1f out, led entering final furlong, shaken up and stayed on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f app hcp (0-55) (6) in Feb beating Nouvelle Ere (9-2) by 1/2l, 10 ran.