tracked leaders, driven and outpaced 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace until weakened inside final furlong
behind, outpaced over 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off
held up behind, ridden well over 2f out, no impression until stayed on under pressure from over 1f out, switched inside and led well inside final furlong
chased leaders, lost place 4f out, soon weakened, tailed off
soon led, headed over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace
in touch on outside, ridden and outpaced well over 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression
tracked leader, led over 3f out, soon ridden, drifted right and headed well inside final furlong, no extra
Richard Fahey's Danderek was well held on his debut in a Wetherby bumper last month but showed some promise in a Kempton maiden on his first start under Flat racing rules when fourth behind Champagne Fizz recently. But the winner is only rated 55 so he needs to improve and a better bet appears to be LOOK OFFICER, who gets the vote over Mehendi. Brian Ellison's gelding failed to take to hurdles when tried over them at Aintree in October so it is no surprise to see him back on the level and he would have every chance if able to reproduce his early form as a two-year-old, although he has run below par this year. Lady Champagne has been beaten some way out in both starts so far, in a bumper on her debut and at Wolverhampton last time in a maiden, but she may do better on her first start on the Fibresand. Time To Play seems to have gone downhill, while Gay Kelleway's Dovedon Angel has run better of late but needs to improve to get the better of the selection. The filly showed some ability when trained in Ireland by David Wachman and ran to a similar level of ability on her British debut for Tom Dascombe when a close third behind Pyrus Time in a Lingfield maiden last month. Given her American dirt-bred pedigree the daughter of Officer should relish the Fibresand and she is taken to open her account.
Time To Play 50-1 (9-4) Held up, ridden 4f out, headway over 1f out, one pace, 6th of 10, 6l behind Kames Park (9-3) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Danderek 9-2 (8-12) Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to go 4th inside final furlong, never a danger, 4th of 7, 4l behind Champagne Fizz (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
Mehendi (IRE) 2-1fav (10-4) Soon tracking leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra, 5th of 13, 6l behind Rossini's Dancer (10-9) at Newcastle 1m 4f am hcp (6) sft in Oct.
Daraqala (FR) (8-11) 8th of 11, 8l behind Kirundo (8-11) at Pont De Vivaux(FR) 1m 3f stk in Apr.
Dovedon Angel 4-1 (8-12) Held up, headway over 2f out, kept on to go 2nd well inside final furlong, not troubled winner, 2nd of 7, 2l behind Champagne Fizz (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
Lady Champagne 100-1 (8-12) Always behind, 10th of 13, 12l behind Heathyards Junior (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Look Officer (USA) 9-4 (8-13) Disputed lead, definite advantage over 3f, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, found no extra and lost 2nd final 100 yards, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Pyrus Time (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
