towards rear, headway entering final furlong, briefly short of room inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, not reach winner
close up, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, ran on towards finish
raced wide, close up, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
held up, ridden over 1f out, some late headway
raced wide, towards rear, very wide into straight 2f out, never on terms
led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders, headway between horses to lead inside final furlong, ridden out
dwelt, in rear, ridden 2f out, never a factor
dwelt, mid-division, headway on inner over 1f out, driven and ran on towards finish
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, ran on
Big Time was narrowly beaten over 7f at Dundalk in October but hasn’t raced since and this looks tougher. There is not much between Kasbah and Sign of The Kodiac on collateral form having both been placed here behind Jordan Sport on separate occasions but Bosham is usually best over 5f nowadays. GENTLEMEN (NAP) finished runner-up in a conditions race behind the All-Weather Sprint Championship winner Pretend, rated 111, at Kempton nine days ago and should go very close in this company with a similar effort.
Big Time (IRE) 7-4fav (9-13) Mid-division, 8th halfway, progress under 2f out and ridden in 3rd 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 14, shd behind Sevenleft (9-7) at Dundalk 7f hcp pol in Oct.
Dhahmaan (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) In rear, ridden over 1f out, no impression, 7th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Realize (9-3) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (2) pol in Dec.
Sign of The Kodiac (IRE) 16-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, one pace and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Jordan Sport (9-2) at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Robot Boy (IRE) 10-1cfav (8-13) Led, headed halfway, prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 10th of 21, 2 1/4l behind Soie D'leau (8-13) at Doncaster 5f hcp (2) gd in Oct.
Gentlemen 16-1 (9-2) Dwelt and bumped start, held up in 4th place, effort on outside and pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and outpaced inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Pretend (9-2) at Kempton 6f stks (2) pol in Jan.
Bosham 8-1 (8-13) Led, ridden and headed 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 6, 2 3/4l behind Lancelot Du Lac (9-7) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Kasbah (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Slow into stride, keen in rear, headway on inner over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Jordan Sport (9-2) at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Upavon 6-1 (8-9) In rear and in touch, headway 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Lancelot Du Lac (9-7) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Aguerooo (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, some late headway, never involved, 9th of 13, 3 3/4l behind Intransigent (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Zac Brown (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Made all, ridden over 1f out, driven outr, won at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (4) pol in Jan beating Steelriver (9-4) by nk, 10 ran.
