held up in rear, ridden and headway on outside 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, stayed on well to lead last stride
held up in rear, took keen hold, headway 6f out, went 2nd over 4f out, led over 3f out, headed last stride
slowly into stride, took keen hold, went 2nd 8f out, led over 5f out, ridden and headed over 3f out, no extra inside final furlong
took keen hold, prominent, soon held up, dropped into last 8f out, lost touch over 3f out, no impression after
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace from 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace from 1f out
led, headed over 5f out, ridden over 4f out, weakened well over 1f out
LUCKY DIVA has twice gone close to losing her maiden tag at Wolverhampton recently. She was unlucky to come up against a couple of well handicapped horses last month and Sylvester Kirk's filly is taken to go one better here. Lord Theo had Catbells behind when scoring over C&D on his penultimate start but came unstuck in better company last time. This is more his grade while Crystal Gale is not without a chance back at this distance after a below par effort over 1m4f on her latest outing.
Lord Theo 5-2fav (8-5) Pulled hard in rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 5th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Mighty Clarets (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Catbells (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Slowly away pulled hard in rear, headway on outer to lead 2f out, ridden and headed approaching 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 10, 3l behind Lord Theo (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f app hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Vinces 25-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear on inside, not much room approaching 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no impression, 8th of 14, 9l behind Rustic Deacon (9-7) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Sennybridge 4-1 (9-7) Held up in touch, outpaced over 3f out, soon ridden and lost place, no danger after, 7th of 8, 22l behind Loyalty (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Crystal Gale (IRE) 11-8fav (8-12) Soon chasing leader, ridden 3f out, beaten over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 18l behind Dilys Maud (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
Red Storm Rising 10-1 (9-4) Towards rear, pushed along and efort over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 11, 26l behind Adoyen Spice (8-4) at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Sep.
Lucky Diva 5-2fav (8-11) Held up in touch, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on well, no chance with winner, 2nd of 9, 2 1/4l behind No Complaining (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Dec.