soon led, shaken up 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and lost two places final 110 yards
tracked leaders, going well on inside but short of room 1f out, kept on in closing stages but unable to recover
held up in touch, headway on inside 2f out, short of room over 1f out, switched right and ran on strongly from 1f out, led final strides, cosily
veered badly right at start, soon recovered to race prominently, pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final 110 yards and ran on well but headed final strides
tracked leaders, took keen hold, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out but no impression
held up in touch, shaken up over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, disputed third 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
in rear throughout
The majority of these are returning after a break though not Uncle Jumbo and Popmaster with the latter being narrowly beaten at Lingfield last month following a Kempton double in the autumn. INTERNATIONALDREAM had an excellent first campaign scoring twice and placed in Listed company at Ripon and York. Connor Murtagh's claim could just give him the edge in a tight-looking handicap in which Bickerstaffe also ran well in Listed company at Ayr after a debut success at Hamilton. Ballyconneely Bay won a maiden here in good style though will need to step up but Pivoting easily won a novices' event over the track and trip on soft ground, with the odds-on Out Of The Hat almost seven lengths back in third, and any rain would be a positive.
Internationaldream (IRE) 15-2 (9-1) Mid-division, pushed along halfway, outpaced over 2f out, stayed again inside final furlong, went 3rd close home, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Nastase (9-1) at York 6f lst stks (1) sft in Oct.
Uncle Jumbo 10-3 (9-0) Made most until narrowly headed inside final furlong, chased leader until no extra in 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 5, 1l behind Snash (9-0) at Newcastle 6f stks (3) pol in Feb.
Bickerstaffe 13-8fav (9-3) Chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Winter Power (8-12) at Ayr 5f lst stks (1) gs in Sep.
Popmaster (IRE) 13-2 (8-11) Half-reared and slowly into stride, behind, outpaced and struggling 2f out, followed winner through just inside final furlong, went 2nd final 110 yards and closed, just outpaced into 3rd close home, 3rd of 8, 1/4l behind Rohaan (9-4) at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Out The Hat 8-13fav (9-5) Led centre group, ridden and chased winner 2f out, hung left approaching final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 7, 6 3/4l behind Pivoting (8-12) at Pontefract 6f stks (5) sft in Oct.
Ballyconneely Bay (IRE) 10-11fav (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Pontefract 6f mdn stks (5) gs in Sep beating Fayathaan (9-5) by 2l, 8 ran.
Pivoting 13-2 (8-12) Raced far side, made all, pushed along and came centre over 1f out, clear entering final furlong, ridden out, won at Pontefract 6f stks (5) sft in Oct beating Forbidden Secret (8-13) by 5 1/2l, 7 ran.
