steadied start, tracked leaders, went 2nd 4f out, joined leader 2f out, led narrowly under pressure approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, soon weakened
led, ridden and headed narrowly approaching final furlong, led again inside final furlong, soon headed, kept on
tracked leader until pushed along 4f out, tracked leaders, rallied to lead again inside final furlong, ran on
SHYRON missed a tougher assignment at Wolverhampton yesterday and should have the measure of today’s opponents. He won over a mile here in January and drops in class attempting this longer trip for the first time. Love Rat has raced 13 times with 11 of those outings coming at Southwell. He scored over today’s distance on the Fibresand at the end of last year and is preferred to the returning Orobas, who won twice over 1m2f last year in lowly Class 6 contests.
Shyron 8-1 (8-7) Held up in touch on inside, niggled along 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, faded towards finish, 4th of 6, 3l behind Book of Dreams (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Orobas (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Chased leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 3rd of 9, nk behind Little Pippin (8-7) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (6) sft in Sep.
Love Rat 7-2 (8-9) Chased leading pair, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 12 1/2l behind Argus (9-6) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Sporty Yankee (USA) 150-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, behind, beaten when hampered over 2f out, eased over 1f out, 7th of 9, dist behind Noble Expression (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
