prominent, ridden along and lost ground over 4f out
led, ridden along and headed 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
held up, ridden along over 3f out, driven and one pace final 2f
tracked leader, shaken up to lead 2f out, soon clear, easily
held up in rear, headway over 3f out, effort over 2f out, never troubled leaders
towards rear, ridden along over 5f out, never dangerous
prominent, ridden along over 4f out, soon beaten
A race where the market will doubtless tell us plenty and in the absence of that information, Calculating is put up as the selection ahead of Spares And Repairs and Able Dara. Calculating has had plenty of chances but in fairness to the horse, he has ran some solid races at this venue and Mark Usher might just have found the ideal race for him this afternoon. Spares And Repairs has less miles on the clock. A former bumper performer, it is something of a surprise to see him remaining at a trip that is probably sharp enough on balance. Able Dara finished second to Turbo Linn on his debut in bumpers. On the flipside, he was well beaten on his second start at Doncaster. Newgate was backed from 50/1 into 16/1 on debut but the layers never saw their satchels in any threat. Flight Dream looks a tricky ride and his rider will deserve every penny of his fee. Spellman went through the Tattersalls sales ring for 8000 guineas and is one to watch closely on a first run on the level. Calculating is not a mortgage job by any stretch of the imagination but this is his most realistic target for some time.
Able Dara 14-1 (11-2) Raced keenly, held up towards rear, tailed off over 3f out, 12th of 15, well behind Corkage (11-2) at Doncaster 2m nhf (5) gf in Dec (N.Hunt).
Flight Dream (FR) 8-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden well over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never on terms, 5th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Art Man (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stk (5) pol.
Spares And Repairs 12-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, ridden along over 3f out, headway 2f out, driven and one pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 9l behind Bentley Brook (8-2) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Dec.
Calculating (IRE) 5-1 (8-13) In touch, led over 1f out, soon headed and hung left, no extra close home, 5th of 10, 4l behind War of The Roses (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Newgate (UAE) 16-1 (9-3) Chased leader until ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, last of 10, 13l behind Tri Chara (8-12) at W'hampton 7f mdn stk (5) pol.
Spellman 6-1 (10-12) Led, headed over 9f out, every chance over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 18, 13l behind Yuda Fu (10-7) at Warwick 1m 6f nhf (5) gs in Nov (N.Hunt).
Moorside Diamond Elmaamul filly out of 7f-1m winner Dispol Diamond.
