always prominent, joined leader 6th, led 7th, shaken up and reminder after 2 out, clear last, pushed out
slight lead until fell 5th
with leader, left in lead 5th, headed 7th, weakened 4 out
held up in touch, went 2nd 9th, every chance 3 out, soon ridden and slightly outpaced, stayed on towards finish
Sophie Olivia won at Hexham in October but failed to complete when last in action and now has something to prove. SONG SAA is preferred having also won her penultimate start when scoring at Kempton but she ran well again when third in this grade at Warwick on her latest start and Tom George’s mare should make a bold bid racing off the same mark today. Sparkling River and Caraline are struggling at present though both were winning off higher marks early last year.
Song Saa 4-1 (11-9) Led, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, chased winner and one pace approaching the last, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 5, 4 1/2l behind The Bay Birch (11-10) at Warwick 3m hcp (3) gd in Feb.
Sparkling River (IRE) 10-1 (11-9) Tracked leader, not fluent and soon lost place, weakened 4 out, pulled up before 2 out, at Bangor-on-Dee 3m hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Caraline (FR) 33-1 (10-10) Chased leader until 3rd, chased leaders, pushed along after 5 out, weakened before next, 9th of 11, 23 3/4l behind Movie Legend (10-13) at Wetherby 1m 7f hcp (3) gd in Feb.
Sophie Olivia (IRE) 4-1 (11-4) Always behind, weakened 5 out, pulled up next, at Ayr 2m 4f hcp (4) hvy in Nov.
