held up in touch, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on well
led until over 1f out, soon hard ridden, stayed on same pace
raced keenly tracking leaders, under pressure over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked leader, led over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ridden out
tracked leader, driven to challenge over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
always behind, never a factor
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ran on closing stages, never nearer
held up, never dangerous
SHARED MOMENT was successful in a higher-grade handicap over C&D a week ago. He has the obligatory 6lb penalty to overcome but that doesn't look enough to prevent a follow up in this lesser company. Storm Runner's winning run came to end at Kempton last time though he wasn't beaten far and is not easily overlooked, while Arkaim is another to consider as he's gone close at Southwell recently and has won on the Polytrack before. Alhaban may finally have dropped to a winning mark and makes more appeal than the inconsistent Hecton Lad of the others.
Shared Moment (IRE) 7-2fav (8-8) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, led well over 1f out, clear 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on and always holding on, won at Lingfield 1m fll hcp (0-75) (5) pol beating Abigails Angel (8-7) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Arkaim 3-1 (9-11) Pressed leader, led over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind General Tufto (9-4) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Hecton Lad (USA) 6-1 (9-1) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon edged left and weakened, 11th of 13, 15l behind Hip Hip Hooray (9-0) at Kempton 1m hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Alhaban (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) In touch on inside, effort and carried wide on home turn, went over 4 lengths 2nd and still plenty to over 1f out, closed on winner towards finish, not quite get up, 2nd of 8, nk behind Hinton Admiral (8-10) at Lingfield 7f sell stks (6) pol.
Sottovoce 16-1 (9-7) Led, strongly challenged over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, faded closing stages, last of 7, 6l behind Storm Runner (8-5) at Lingfield 1m 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Dec.
Bubbly Braveheart (IRE) 25-1 (8-6) Held up towards rear, headway over 4f out, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 10th of 13, 15l behind Hip Hip Hooray (9-0) at Kempton 1m hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Storm Runner (IRE) 7-2fav (9-1) In rear, good headway over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish, 3rd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Qeethaara (8-11) at Kempton 1m app hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Chasin' Rainbows 16-1 (8-12) Mid-division, outpaced 3f out, never a factor, 5th of 9, 12l behind Ariyfa (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.