reared badly start and lost many lengths, wide and headway to track leader over 9f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran green inside final furlong
slowly away in touch, pushed along 3f out, headway when edged left over 1f out, ridden and ran to go 2nd close home
in touch, ridden 2f out, not trouble leaders
raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, effort when edged left inside final furlong, one pace and lost 2nd close home
dwelt in rear, weakened over 2f out
keen led after 1f, set steady pace, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
reluctant leader 1f, tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong
Longsider won over a mile at Wolverhampton over a year ago and is penalised on his return having been gelded and switched to Sir Mark Prescott’s yard subsequently. But WALDFABEL won by three lengths over 1m3f at Kempton in December and the Gosden filly looks worth sticking with over this extra furlong. The selection’s former stablemate Prismatic debuts for new connections while the more exposed Toora Loora came up against the potentially useful Father Of Jazz last time and winning hurdler Raymond debuts on the Flat.
Longsider (IRE) 11-4fav (9-5) Raced wide in touch, headway to track leader over 4f out, led 2f out, ran green and pushed clear, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Jan beating Superior Moment (9-5) by 5l, 10 ran.
Raymond (IRE) 13-2 (10-0) Towards rear on outside, closed 3rd, slow and lost place 5th, well beaten after 4 out, 6th of 7, 17 1/2l behind Blakeney Point (10-6) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (2) sft in Jan.
Test Ride (IRE) 300-1 (9-5) Started slowly, always towards rear, 11th of 14, 16 3/4l behind Great Esteem (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Waldfabel 6-4fav (9-0) Chased leader, headway to lead 3f out, pushed along and went clear over 2f out, ran on well, won at Kempton 1m 3f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec beating Green Planet (9-5) by 3l, 6 ran.
Gold Coast (IRE) 150-1 (9-7) Soon led, joined under 2f out, soon headed and weakened, 10th of 13, 13 1/4l behind Vermilion Cliffs (9-7) at Dundalk 1m 3f mdn pol in Oct.
Eagle's First 150-1 (10-0) Raced out wide in mid-division, weakening when mistake 3 out, 6th of 9, 23 3/4l behind Dobryn (11-5) at Plumpton 2m mdn (4) sft in Jan.
Prismatic (IRE) 11-8fav (9-0) Keen early, close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 7, 7 3/4l behind Utile (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3f fll stks (5) pol in Sep.
Toora Loora 17-2 (8-12) Tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Father Of Jazz (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Dec.