raced wide close up, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch in rear, pushed along and outpaced 2f out
tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, ran on, readily
in touch, pushed along 2f out, ridden and ran on to go 2nd towards finish
A prolific winner on the all-weather in France, it remains to be seen if Giogiobbo runs anywhere near his allotted handicap mark on his debut for new connections. GORGEOUS NOORA (NAP) made a promising start for her new yard when third over track and trip and looking unlucky not to finish closer having failed to get a clear run. She may prove good enough in this given Watchable has yet to win on the all-weather and Teruntum Star was last successful in 2017, though the latter slid down the weights last year. Shamshon won at Chelmsford recently but all eight victories so far have been over the minimum trip while Tan only won a lowly Class 5f sprint here last month and will find this tougher.
Giogiobbo (9-8) 6th of 7, 2 1/4l behind L'optimiste (9-4) at Marseille 7f stks pol in Oct.
Teruntum Star (FR) 6-1 (9-1) Pushed along, always in rear, last of 7, 6 1/4l behind Tropics (9-4) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Gorgeous Noora (IRE) 3-1 (9-4) Keen close up in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, not clear run inside final furlong, switched right and ran on, 3rd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Alsvinder (9-7) at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Watchable 13-2 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd towards finish, 4th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Outrage (9-4) at Newcastle 5f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Shamshon (IRE) 5-2fav (9-12) Close up, switched right and headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (4) pol in Jan beating Red Pike (9-7) by 1l, 9 ran.
Tan 11-2 (9-7) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 8l behind The Right Choice (8-11) at Southwell 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.