restless in stalls and stumbled start, raced keenly in last pair, headway 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, went 2nd inside final 2f, ridden inside final furlong, soon led narrowly, joined post
raced keenly behind steady pace in 3rd, switched right to near side rail over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden to lead inside final 2f, hung left and narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied to join leader post
led and set slowly pace, pushed along and joined 2f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, weakened soon after
held up in last pair, last and pushed along home turn, headway and hung left from over 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, no chance with leading duo
steadied start, pulled hard and soon chasing leader, pushed along to challenge 2f out, soon lost 2nd, ridden and weakened over 1f out
chased leaders in 4th, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
ATHMAD, who won off a mark of 82 here in August, is still on a lower mark despite scoring at Wolverhampton where he finished strongly to lead close home. He had earlier finished just in front of Hathlool at Chelmsford and is slightly better off at the weights. Star Of St James had won three times on the Fibresand at Southwell before a battling victory over this course and distance when he had Early Morning Dew three lengths behind. All of Straitouttacompton's four all-weather victories have come on Fibresand but Philip Kirby looks to have picked up a bargain with Peripeteia, a Chelmsford maiden winner for George Boughey in December.
Athmad (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Steadied start, held up in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, led close home, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Precision Storm (9-7) by nk, 7 ran.
Hathlool (IRE) 7-4fav (9-2) Slightly hampered start, soon steadied in last pair in slowly run race and pulled hard, outpaced in rear as pace lifted over 2f out, went modest 4th over 1f out, no chance, 4th of 5, 4 1/2l behind Morlaix (9-3) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Star Of St James (GER) 14-1 (9-1) Chased leader, ridden 2f out, led 1f out, ran on well, won at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Termonator (8-5) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Early Morning Dew (FR) 16-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, ridden 2f out, headway 1f out, no extra, 5th of 9, 3l behind Star Of St James (9-1) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Straitouttacompton 8-1 (9-12) Tracked leader, pushed along and led 2f out, ridden and headed just inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Elhafei (9-7) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Peripeteia 8-11fav (9-0) Sweating and on her toes, made all, went clear 2f out, stayed on well, unchallenged, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec beating Typewritten (9-0) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.
