outpaced throughout
pulled hard, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out
with leaders, led over 3f out, ridden clear final furlong
pushed along in rear, ridden over 1f out, staying on when not clear run inside final furlong, soon eased
tracked leaders, ridden and lost place over 2f out, headway over 1f out, switched right and ran on to take 2nd inside final furlong
raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out
led, headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Dramatic, Rann Na Cille and Billy Red look the three to concentrate on in this trappy handicap and the narrow vote is given to Dramatic. The selection won well last time out when beating Drifting Gold, that form has since been franked and despite his penalty he still looks ahead of the handicaper and he will be hard to beat. Rann Na Cille rates the main danger on his latest fourth behind Desert Master but he has had plenty of chances off similar marks without taking one and again he looks vulnerable. Billy Red is another that could go well on his best form but he has not progressed as expected of late and he will need to improve for the fitting of first time blinkers if he is to score. Of the remainder The Jay Factor is from a shrewd yard and is worth a cautionary look in the market but for the winner we return to Dramatic who will be hard to beat.
Hythe Bay 33-1 (9-6) Led, headed over 2f out, ridden every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 16, 5l behind Sweet Gale (9-6) at Lingfield 7f 3yo hcp (5) gf.
Bentley 20-1 (8-0) Slowly into stride, headway over 1f out, went 2nd inside last, no chance, 2nd of 7, 5l behind Diamond Diva (9-5) at W'hampton 6f 3yo hcp (4) pol.
Lay The Cash (USA) 4-1 (8-10) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 7l behind Fares (8-12) at W'hampton 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov.
Dramatic 3-1fav (8-0) With leader, led over 2f out, pushed clear, won at W'hampton 6f 3yo hcp (5) pol beating Drifting Gold (9-7) by 5l, 8 ran.
Rann Na Cille (IRE) 10-1 (8-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 5l behind Desert Master (9-13) at W'hampton 6f mdn stk (5) pol in Feb.
The Jay Factor (IRE) 17-2 (8-11) Chased leaders over 4f, 9th of 16, 9l behind Oscarshall (8-8) at Newmarket 7f 3yo hcp (5) sft in May.
Billy Red 13-2 (8-10) Bumped start, chased leaders, one pace final furlong, 4th of 10, 4l behind Diminuto (8-5) at Southwell 5f 3yo hcp (5) fbs in May.
Kilvickeon (IRE) 6-1 (8-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 8, 8l behind Darcy's Pride (9-3) at Carlisle 5f 3yo hcp (6) gd.