held up in rear, headway over 1f out, never dangerous
chased leaders, ridden to challenge well over 1f out, soon one pace
chased leaders, progress to lead over 1f out, soon strongly challenged, headed inside final furlong, no extra
soon led, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
led early, remained prominent, effort over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, hard ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon lost place
mid-division, effort on wide outside over 2f out, stayed on closing stages, never nearer
mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on well
mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
mid-division, some late headway, never dangerous
held up, never dangerous
in touch, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never troubled leaders
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 7f out, chased leaders over 6f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
stumbled start, always behind
This is a very low-class handicap in which Sudden Wish is the only course winner and the only one to have scored over the trip. His last victory was in a selling hurdle at Stratford in May but he's been running well enough at a slightly higher grade. The maiden Happy Jack has run his best races here but is better over further and Fast Approach is fitted with a visor on his handicap debut and faded over a mile here last time. Charlie's Star was beaten in a seller here last month but did run better a couple of weeks later, though he was behind One Last Dream, who ran his best race for a very long time. The latter's lone success in 25 starts on the all-weather was in 2013 but the one to beat may be SOLVEIG'S SONG (NAP). She was having her first start beyond a mile here last month and didn't get the clearest of runs when making her move so gets the vote to make amends and gain her first success.
Sudden Wish (IRE) 7-2fav (9-2) Raced wide, held up, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 11, 3/4l behind Coup De Vent (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Charlie's Star 14-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on one pace final furlong, 4th of 12, 1 3/4l behind Chefchaouen (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Happy Jack (IRE) 4-1 (9-8) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, one pace, 5th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Mrs Burbidge (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (7) pol in Dec.
Fast Approach (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Led, hard driven when headed well over 1f out, faded final furlong, 3rd of 7, 4 1/2l behind Thai Noon (8-12) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
One Last Dream 8-1 (8-12) Keen early, tracked leaders, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Chefchaouen (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Movie Magic 7-1 (8-13) Mid-division, effort over 1f out, soon faded, 8th of 12, 10 1/2l behind Greek Islands (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Plover 10-1 (8-13) Mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, no impression final furlong, 6th of 11, 3l behind Coup De Vent (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Zarliman (IRE) 6-4fav (9-2) Chased leaders, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 8, 7 3/4l behind Gunner Moyne (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (7) pol in Jan.
Clock On Tom 13-8fav (11-12) Tracked leaders, blundered 1st, challenged 2 out, led before last, kept on strongly, won at Leicester 2m (5) gs in Nov beating Dynamic Ranger (11-8) by 7l, 7 ran.
Sixties Queen 28-1 (8-12) With leader, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 22 1/4l behind Les Gar Gan (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Querido (GER) 50-1 (8-12) Slowly away, wide and headway 7f out, in touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 12, 17 3/4l behind Chefchaouen (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Solveig's Song 12-1 (8-9) In touch, headway 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 3rd of 12, 1l behind Chefchaouen (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Pao De Acuca (IRE) 33-1 (8-5) Soon led, clear 3f out, ridden 2f out and soon strongly pressed, headed 1 1/2f out, soon weakened quickly, 10th of 14, 10 1/4l behind Hatch Hall (9-1) at Dundalk 1m 4f hcp pol in Oct.
Fine Share (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden over 4f out, never a factor, 6th of 8, 15 3/4l behind Hombre Rojo (9-0) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.