steadied start, in touch in rear, pushed along and headway to lead over 1f out, found extra when pressed inside final furlong
raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden to press winner inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out
led after 2f, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace
led 2f, tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
Several were upped to today’s trip last time though Book Of Tales could only manage third when favourite at Lingfield and Damascus Steel was well beaten when runner-up at Wolverhampton. But A DAY TO DREAM made a winning reappearance at Thirsk and there looks more to come from him over today’s distance. True Legend should be noted up in distance for his handicap debut given he has the profile of typical Sir Mark Prescott improver.
True Legend (IRE) 125-1 (9-7) Midfield, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 15 1/4l behind Troon (9-7) at Kempton 7f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Damascus Steel (IRE) 11-5fav (9-9) Raced wide, tracked leaders, went 2nd over 4f out, led 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 6, 6l behind Fox Flame (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Star Start (IRE) 14-1 (9-9) Outpaced and always in rear, last of 10, dist behind Cantora (9-7) at Redcar 1m (6) hvy in Nov.
Book Of Tales 11-8fav (9-4) Led, pushed along when joined over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra and lost second final 110yds, 3rd of 5, 4 1/4l behind Sovereign Spirit (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
A Day To Dream (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Chased leader, ridden to lead 3f out, hard pressed final furlong, on top close home, kept on well, won at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (6) sft in Apr beating Edwina Sheeran (9-1) by 1l, 12 ran.
