mid-division and keen early, headway to chase winner over 3f out, soon ridden and one pace
towards rear, headway to lead after 5f, headed over 4f out, soon ridden and weakened
tracked leaders, keen early, ridden and weakened from halfway
mid-division, ridden over 6f out, soon beaten
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon one pace
mid-division, ridden and weakened from 5f out
towards rear, effort 5f out, ridden and chased leaders over 3f out, one pace
mid-division, ridden and weakened from over 4f out
towards rear, headway from halfway to chase leaders over 3f out, ridden and no impression
led, headed after 5f, led again over 4f out, clear over 3f out, driven out over 1f out
tracked leaders until ridden and weakened over 6f out
tracked leaders until ridden and weakened 5f out
mid-division, headway to chase winner 3f out, ridden and weakened from 2f out
New Dancer was good value for his debut success here two years ago but Kevin Ryan's gelding has not been seen since then and, with the testing ground being of concern, the son of Zafonic looks best left alone with a chance taken on the newcomer Spellchecker who gets the vote over Wipe Your Eye. The last mentioned likes soft ground but Brendan Powell's gelding has a penalty to carry for his Newcastle debut success over a year ago and, like New Dancer, the five-year-old may struggle to give weight away to the other runners. John Wade's Poseidon has improved since his debut outing but needs to improve again to trouble the judge, while Don McCain's Morning Sunshine was well held on his debut outing and is probably best watched at present. The vote then goes to Spellchecker, who is bred to be useful and Howard Johnson's son of Alderbrook is taken to open his account at the first time of asking.
New Dancer 11-2 (10-8) Held up mid-division, headway 6f out, led over 4f out, pushed clear 2f out, ridden out, easily, won at Musselburgh 2m nhf (6) gf in Feb '06 beating Gripit N Tipit (11-4) by 7l, 14 ran.
Wipe Your Eye 8-11fav (10-7) Held up, headway 6f out, chased leader 3f out, soon outpaced by winner, 4th of 7, 22l behind Kid Charlemagne (11-0) at Fontwell 1m 6f nhf (6) sft.
Coastley (IRE) Lord Americo gelding out of unraced Cosima.
Honest Man (IRE) 20-1 (11-4) Never a factor, 11th of 18, 25l behind Mourne Rambler (11-7) at Down Royal 2m nhf gs in Dec.
Mariners Way 50-1 (10-13) Always towards rear, last of 9, 44l behind Still At Lunch (11-2) at Musselburgh 2m mdn nhf (6) gs in Nov.
Morning Sunshine (IRE) 15-2 (11-2) Mid-division, raced keenly, headway after 3f, weakened well over 2f out, 13th of 18, 38l behind Broughton Green (11-2) at Warwick 2m nhf (5) sft in Dec.
Ninja (IRE) Turtle Island gelding, half-brother to winning chaser Anshabil.
Old Trafford (IRE) Shinko Forest gelding, half-brother to 7f winner Weavers Pride.
Over The Border 66-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, led 4f out, soon ridden, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 6th of 15, 20l behind Desert Vision (10-7) at Musselburgh 2m nhf (5) sft.
Poseidon (GER) 10-1 (11-2) Held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, no impression, 4th of 9, 12l behind Still At Lunch (11-2) at Musselburgh 2m mdn nhf (6) gs in Nov.
Water Music (FR) 66-1 (11-5) Always towards rear, 14th of 15, well behind Desert Vision (10-7) at Musselburgh 2m nhf (5) sft.
Nomore Cloudydays (IRE) Ridgewood Ben mare, half-sister to winning hurdler Forever Eyesofblue.
Fov (IRE) Traditionally gelding out of a moderate racemare.
Lord Raspberry 22-1 (10-12) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakenend final 2f, 7th of 16, 17l behind Weather Front (10-7) at Wetherby 1m 5f nhf (5) sft in Dec.
Spellchecker (IRE) Alderbrook gelding out of an unraced mare.
