awkwardly away, held up off the pace towards rear, headway under pressure 2f out, went 4th final furlong, never near winner
prominent in chasing group, some late headway, never near winner
chased (clear) winner and never remotely on terms, lost 2nd final 100 yards
slowly into stride, held up last and well off the pace, headway over 1f out, went 5th inside final furlong, never near winner
raced freely, made all and soon well clear, at least 30 lengths ahead halfway, never looked like coming back to field, stayed on strongly, unchallenged
raced keenly, held up off the pace towards rear, pushed along 4f out, never a factor
prominent in chasing group, pushed along 3f out, weakened soon after
raced keenly, prominent in chasing group, never near winner, weakened final furlong
prominent in chasing group, plugged on into 2nd final 100 yards, never near winner
OUTLAW TORN has been more consistent of late and beat Highwayman at Chelmsford last month. A good run from the latter in the previous race will boost confidence. Leonard Thomas has also been thereabouts recording a string of placed efforts last month but that was over longer trips than this while Bollihope is now back on a winning mark though hasn’t won since scoring here back in 2016. Falcon's Fire and Stoneboat Bill are others on reasonable marks looking to end long losing runs.
Bollihope 9-2 (9-11) In rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on, never nearer, 7th of 12, 4 3/4l behind Esspeegee (9-3) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Stoneboat Bill 10-1 (9-7) Towards rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 13, 6 3/4l behind Star Ascending (9-3) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Falcon's Fire (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, tracked leader over 7f out and clear of rest, lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened and eased over 1f out, last of 12, 30 1/4l behind Unit of Assessment (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Leonard Thomas 3-1 (9-8) Slowly into stride, towards rear, not clear run switched right and headway on outside over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, ridden and kept on into 3rd over 1f out, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind The Gay Cavalier (9-10) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Outlaw Torn (IRE) 2-1fav (9-5) Keen in touch,headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 2nd of 12, nk behind Gone With The Wind (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (7) pol in Feb.
Mangata (FR) 25-1 (10-2) Chased clear leaders, closed 4f out, short of room 2f out, soon weakened, last of 8, 26 3/4l behind Esspeegee (10-7) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Beau Strata (IRE) 100-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, held up, outpaced halfway, soon beaten, 11th of 12, 19 1/2l behind Essential (9-7) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Captain Peaky 10-1 (9-4) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 14, 7 1/4l behind Spare Parts (9-10) at Kempton 7f hcp (7) pol in Jan.
Zarkavon 100-1 (8-7) Outpaced in rear, never a factor, last of 9, dist behind Sooqaan (9-12) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.