keen, held up in touch, headway to track leaders halfway, ridden and no impression final furlong
keen, in rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway entering final furlong, nearest finish
keen, held up in touch, ridden 2f out, no impression
fly leapt start and slowly away, towards rear, effort on outer over 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, effort on inner approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on
towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, eased over 1f out
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on
close up, pushed along and no impression over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
NonRunner
DARK OCEAN has won four times, three of them over this track and trip. He's just 4lb higher than his last victory and with a recent run under his belt can continue his sequence. Tadaany scored at Listowel on heavy ground for Dermot Weld and David O'Meara will get a tune out of him while Hickster is very consistent, though appears best on an artificial surface or fast ground. Sands Chorus has gone up 4lb for landing a slightly lower-grade handicap at the last meeting but did it in good style after leading all the way on the testing ground so should again get into contention. Border Bandit has won here in the past but was beaten in a Redcar seller in September but Arcano Gold was in the lead at this trip on his reappearance at Doncaster and has some decent form in this class.
Dark Ocean (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra, 5th of 15, 7 1/4l behind Bahama Moon (9-3) at Redcar 1m hcp (4) hvy in Mar.
Torrid 66-1 (9-7) In touch, weakened 2f out, 11th of 15, 23 1/2l behind Bahama Moon (9-3) at Redcar 1m hcp (4) hvy in Mar.
Kiwi Bay 33-1 (9-6) In touch, lost place over 3f out, 13th of 15, 25 1/2l behind Bahama Moon (9-3) at Redcar 1m hcp (4) hvy in Mar.
Tadaany (IRE) 5-1 (8-9) Mid-division, 6th halfway, ridden from 3f out and no impression from over 1f out, 8th of 12, 12 1/2l behind Third Dimension (9-10) at Limerick 1m hcp sft in Oct.
Arcano Gold (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Led early, tracked leader, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 15, 21 3/4l behind More Mischief (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Homeland (IRE) 50-1 (9-4) Fly leaped start, in rear, headway over 2f out, kept on one pace and no impression, 9th of 15, 24l behind More Mischief (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Hickster (IRE) 10-3 (9-7) Led, ridden inside final furlong, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Buckland Beau (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Sands Chorus 6-1 (9-4) Made all, set steady pace until quickened over 2f out, hung right inside final furlong, hard ridden, stayed on well, won at Pontefract 1m hcp (5) hvy in Apr beating Lopes Dancer (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Save The Bees 14-1 (9-7) Led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 13 1/4l behind Bakht A Rawan (9-2) at Leicester 1m hcp (5) hvy in Apr.
Border Bandit (USA) 6-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out to tracked leaders, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 14, shd behind Layla's Hero (9-10) at Redcar 1m stks (5) gs in Sep.
