midfield, pushed along 3f out, kept on
chased leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened
held up, ridden 2f out, headway to go second 1f out, ran on
prominent, ridden 2f out, led over 1f out, went clear inside final furlong
always towards rear
led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened
held up, ridden 2f out, no impression
held up, headway to chase leaders 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden 3f out, no extra
Twisted Dreams failed bidding for a hat-trick of course wins but still finished third and is not out of this. Broctune Red completed a hat-trick here earlier in the year but was beaten by the returning KENTUCKYCONNECTION (NAP) over track and trip last time. That was the latter’s first outing since December and he gets the vote to confirm running with more to come. Wild Hope ended last year with a string of good efforts at the track and Chichester also has a shout on his second at Wolverhampton in October having subsequently changed stables.
Wild Hope 7-1 (9-9) Held up in rear, took keen hold, veered left over 6f out, soon back behind pack, headway over 1f out, went 4th inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 4th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Bringitonboris (8-10) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Kentuckyconnection (USA) 16-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, headed entering final furlong, ran on, led again towards finish, won at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Mar beating Broctune Red (8-12) by nk, 12 ran.
Club Wexford (IRE) 66-1 (9-8) Towards rear of centre group, stayed towards centre as group drifted to near rail over 2f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 16, 23 1/4l behind Al Erayg (9-7) at Redcar 1m hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Old News 12-1 (9-5) In rear, some late headway final furlong, 9th of 18, 5 1/4l behind Tahitian Prince (8-11) at Doncaster 7f hcp (4) gd in Mar.
Chichester 11-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, effort to chase winner inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Sha La La La Lee (9-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Granite City Doc 11-2 (9-10) Chased leaders, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 9, 19l behind Firewater (9-2) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (5) hvy in Oct.
Twisted Dreams (USA) 10-3fav (9-5) Tracked leader, pushed along to lead 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Anif (9-8) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Broctune Red 5-6fav (8-9) Held up well off the pace in 3rd, ridden and went 2nd over 1f, never any chance to challenge, dropped to 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 5, 5 3/4l behind Gobi Sunset (9-4) at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Mikmak 14-1 (8-8) Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, 7th of 10, 10l behind Brentford Hope (9-12) at Haydock 1m hcp (3) hvy in Oct.
Paddy Elliott (IRE) 9-1 (8-8) Behind and soon outpaced, ridden over 2f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 13, 7l behind Danny Ocean (8-7) at Nottingham 6f (3) hvy in Oct.
