in touch in rear, pushed along at times, wide and headway 2f out, headway entering final furlong, led inside final furlong, edged right and ran on
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, headway on inner when short of room and badly hampered and hit rail approaching final furlong, ridden and hung right and went 3rd close home
tracked leader, ridden to lead entering final furlong, headed inside final furlong
soon led, ridden over 1f out, hung left approaching final furlong, soon headed, no extra
dwelt wide and close up, ridden over 2f out, pushed wide 2f out, soon outpaced, rallied close home
Already Gone has been raised only 2lb for winning over track and trip but MASHKUUR (NAP) was beaten only a length and re-opposes on better terms. The application of a visor may also bring further improvement from Stuart Williams’ charge and he’s taken to turn the tables. Achnamara went close in a lower grade at Wolverhampton on his handicap debut while both Silverscape and U A E Fifty step up in distance with the former preferred now handicapping for the first time.
Silverscape 8-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced at 2f, kept on not reach leaders, 5th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Khathak (9-2) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Dec.
Achnamara 3-1 (9-4) Led, pushed along edged left and headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 4, 3/4l behind State Legend (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Mashkuur (IRE) 9-4 (9-7) Tracked clear winner, closed 4f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 5, 1l behind Already Gone (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f (4) pol in Dec.
Already Gone (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Made all, briefly tried to run out after 1f, soon 4 lengths clear, reduced lead 4f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m 2f (4) pol in Dec beating Mashkuur (9-7) by 1l, 5 ran.
U A E Fifty (IRE) 12-1 (8-9) Chased leader, ridden disputing lead and every chance over 1f out, no extra in 4th and slightly hampered towards finish, 4th of 7, 1l behind Mcqueen (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.