close up in rear, switched right approaching final furlong, ridden and stayed on towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
dwelt close up in rear, ridden and headway inside final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd final strides
made all, ridden over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, held on gamely
traced winner, ridden and kept same pace final furlong
The progressive Power Link has already beaten the re-opposing Baby Steps on a couple of occasions though came up just short off today’s mark at Southwell last week and steps up a grade today. Reeves makes more appeal at this level having landed a hat-trick with a victory at Wolverhampton last time and is also preferred to Mohareb, who is penalised for winning a Class 4 contest over track and trip. But FOX POWER (NAP) was having his first outing since April when finishing a close-up fourth at Chelmsford with Librisa Breeze well beaten and Richard Hannon’s colt looks worth another chance with that run under his belt.
Librisa Breeze 6-1 (10-1) Steadied start, held up in touch on inside, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 8, 5 1/4l behind Assimilation (8-4) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Fox Power (IRE) 11-4fav (9-4) Led and set steady pace, quickened over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened towards finish, 4th of 8, 1 1/2l behind Assimilation (8-4) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Power Link (USA) 11-8fav (9-10) Held up, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden to chase winner just over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Raydiance (9-7) at Southwell 7f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Reeves 4-1 (8-6) Towards rear, headway and hung left over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (2) pol in Dec beating Desert Doctor (8-11) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Mohareb 11-4jfav (9-8) Chased leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Lingfield 7f hcp (4) pol in Dec beating Corazon Espinado (9-6) by 1l, 11 ran.
Baby Steps 20-1 (9-3) Headway on outer to press leader 4f out, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 6, 2 1/4l behind Summerghand (9-3) at Wolverhampton 6f stks (2) pol in Dec.