raced wide close up, pushed along 4f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, chased winner entering final furlong, kept on one pace
prominent, led over 4f out, hung right and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
slow into stride outpaced
in touch, pushed along over 5f out, headway to track leaders 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
towards rear, pushed along 5f out, soon outpaced, eased over 1f out
tracked leaders, outpaced halfway, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace
towards rear, outpaced over 4f out, eased over 1f out
prominent, ridden and hung left over 2f out, weakened final furlong
led, headed over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
Chamasay disappointed at Kempton last time despite having escaped a penalty for winning an apprentice’s race over track and trip before that. Star Ascending was well beaten here before placing at Wolverhampton and Simply Clever has found one too good at the latter track on his last three starts now. GENERAL TUFTO was having his 195th start when runner-up here last month and the veteran was winning here for the 15th time when landing a weak handicap over track and trip in December. This is no tougher and Charles Smith’s charge should go close again.
Simply Clever 9-2 (9-7) Tracked leaders, led over 5f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Vivre La Reve (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Star Ascending (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Raced wide close up, headway to press leaders over 3f out, ridden to lead 2f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Lucent Dream (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Port Lairge 80-1 (11-2) Held up in rear, headway approaching 2 out, mistake last, kept on same pace flat, 4th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Timeforwest (11-10) at Market Rasen 2m 5f hcp (5) gd in Mar.
General Tufto 10-1 (8-12) Soon outpaced, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd near finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Hammer Gun (9-11) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Ginger Charlie 11-1 (8-9) Slow into stride hampered after 1f, soon behind, last of 14, dist behind Reinforced (9-5) at Ayr 7f hcp (6) sft in Oct.
Albert Boy (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Tracked leader until ridden over 5f out, soon lost place, rallied over 1f out, 7th of 12, 11 1/2l behind Dose (9-3) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Natalia 11-1 (8-7) Slowly away, in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Coolcalmcollected (9-1) at Salisbury 7f hcp (6) gs in Oct.
Demand Respect 20-1 (8-6) Dwelt, pushed along early then took keen hold and went 2nd after 1f, ridden and lost 2nd 2f out, chased leaders, hung right and weakened rapidly inside final 2f, last of 10, 20l behind Stand Guard (9-8) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Chamasay 15-8fav (8-8) Tracked leaders, ridden and beaten over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 10, 5 3/4l behind Sir Plato (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Chillililli 100-1 (8-7) Raced wide, tracked leaders, lost place 4f out, 9th of 10, 22 3/4l behind Daily Trader (9-0) at Southwell 1m mdn hcp (6) pol in Jan.
