made most, ridden over 1f out, stayed on gamely
tracked winner until ridden 2f out, soon weakened
raced wide close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
close up, ridden to chase winner 2f out, no impression and lost 2nd towards finish
raced wide tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
dwelt close up in rear, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
SAMOVAR looks back to his best and can take advantage of today’s drop in class. He went close in Class 4 company last week and a 5lb penalty for an earlier victory here is negated by an apprentice’s allowance. Excessable ran well again last time having beaten the selection when winning over track and trip before that while Dirchill finished in front of Pearl Of Qatar when third here last month and is also preferred to Puchita and the returning Ginger Max.
Samovar 10-3fav (9-0) Pressed winner, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, ran on, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Zylan (9-4) at Southwell 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Puchita (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 5 1/4l behind Thrave (9-1) at Southwell 6f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Ginger Max 4-1 (9-6) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 27l behind Round The Island (8-11) at Pontefract 6f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Excessable 7-1 (9-2) Held up tracking leaders out wide, pushed along over 2f out, ran on with every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home, 3rd of 7, 1/2l behind Vape (9-2) at Southwell 6f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Pearl Of Qatar 10-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 4 1/4l behind Greek Kodiac (9-5) at Newcastle 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Dirchill (IRE) 7-1 (9-9) Dwelt, led after 1f, pushed along and headed approaching 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 12, 1l behind Nick Vedder (9-5) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.