close up, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on one pace
held up, in touch in rear, headway 2f out, ridden to chase winner when edged right approaching final furlong, kept on one pace
raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden along over 4f out, faded final furlong
close up, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden clear 1f out, eased inside final furlong
VIRNON returned to form when scoring by five lengths over track and trip a fortnight ago, his debut on the Fibresand. He beat Kingscombe on that occasion so a good run from the latter earlier on the card would boost confidence in his chances of following up. Play Nicely found one too good under a penalty here last time having won over track and trip earlier while The Lock Master failed to cope with a 5lb rise on his latest start having scored over 1m3f here previously. Golden Jubilee was narrowly beaten at Wolverhampton off today's mark recently and has been placed on this surface before.
Kashmir Peak (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Keen raced wide close up, disputed lead from 8f out, led 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 7 1/4l behind Paddys Motorbike (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
U S Navy Seal (USA) 6-1 (9-5) Dwelt, towards rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, no impression towards finish, 4th of 8, 1 1/2l behind Freud (8-13) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
The Lock Master (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Raced wide, in touch, pushed along and headway 4f out, ridden to chase leaders 3f out, kept one pace final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Gang Warfare (9-11) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Golden Jubilee (USA) 13-2 (9-6) Tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed near finish, 2nd of 7, hd behind Jamhoori (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Virnon 10-1 (8-13) Prominent, tracked leader 8f out, led over 3f out, soon clear, stayed on final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Kingscombe (9-4) by 5l, 9 ran.
Play Nicely 2-5fav (9-0) Tracked leader, led halfway, 4 lengths clear 3f out, ridden and edged right from over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Muhtaris (9-10) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan.