held up in 4th, headway to dispute lead 6f out, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon clear, stayed on final furlong
driven to lead, reminder after 3f out, joined 6f out, headed over 3f out, no chance with front pair 2f out, lost moderate 3rd post
tracked leader, outpaced in 3rd 3f out, chased winner over 2f out, soon ridden, hung left over 1f out, kept on in clear 2nd final furlong, no impression
keen early, held up in rear, ridden over 4f out, soon beaten, tailed off 2f out
A LITTLE BIT DUSTY was well beaten in a handicap last time but went within a nose of winning a seller at Wolverhampton last month when Matraash landed a hat-trick. He had the re-opposing Ballyheigue a long way behind in third and Conor Dore's charge is taken to go one better in this. The lightly-raced Lascaux's best effort so far on the all-weather came at Southwell but Gabrial's Hope is a course and distance winner, though he arrives badly out of form. East Texas Red is even harder to fancy on these terms.
A Little Bit Dusty 7-1 (9-9) Led early, tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, well held over 1f out, last of 6, 21l behind Royal Alcor (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Ballyheigue (IRE) 5-2fav (9-4) Keen tracked leader until 7f out, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 13l behind Matraash (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f sell stks (6) pol in Dec.
Gabrial's Hope (FR) 20-1 (8-4) Led, headed over 6f out, chased leader, lost place over 3f out, ridden and weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 10l behind Ocean Applause (8-1) at Lingfield 1m 2f 4yo clm stks 0-70 (6) pol.
East Texas Red (IRE) 100-1 (8-4) Always towards rear, weakened 2f out, 7th of 8, 19l behind Wakeup Little Suzy (8-8) at Kempton 1m 3yo clm stks (6) pol in Dec.
Lascaux 7-1 (8-11) Led and clear with one other until over 4f out, headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 5, 39l behind Broxbourne (9-6) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.