held up in touch in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon no impression
tracked winner until ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, chased winner 3f out, soon ridden, kept on one pace
made all, shaken up over 1f out, drew clear final furlong, eased near finish, comfortable
dwelt soon recovered, close until ridden halfway, soon outpaced
keen held up in touch in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon disputed 2nd, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced halfway
Mcconnell was registering his sixth win over C&D when landing a similar event last month. He looks sure to make another bold bid, but SALEROSA should have the measure of him on today's terms. She too is a multiple winner on the Fibresand and just failed to catch the winner over 7f here on her latest start. Ann Duffield's mare can go one better now back to something like her best. Cheers Buddy is next best at the weights but is in woeful form, while River Ardeche has also been out of sorts so far this year.
McConnell (USA) 11-4fav (9-6) Chased leaders, led over 1f out, soon ridden and kept on, won at Southwell 1m sell stks (6) fbs in Nov beating King Pin (9-0) by 1l, 14 ran.
Cheers Buddy (IRE) 33-1 (9-11) Chased leader in 2nd, ridden in 4th 2f out, no extra and weakened, 12th of 14, 9l behind Katherine Lee (9-9) at Dundalk 1m hcp 60-80 pol in Oct.
Marvo 20-1 (8-10) Held up in touch, headway to lead over 2f out, soon ridden, headed over 1f out, no extra, 2nd of 7, 7l behind Junoob (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f clm stks (6) pol.
River Ardeche 11-1 (9-2) Led, clear over 6f out until ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 8l behind Monashee Rock (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Russian Bay (IRE) 66-1 (9-8) Chased leaders, 8th halfway, no extra entering straight, weakened, 18th of 24, 39l behind Harrison's Cave (9-2) at Curragh 1m 2f mdn stks hvy in Sep.
Salerosa (IRE) 15-2 (8-1) Mid-division, headway to track leaders and going well over 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out until driven and stayed on strongly towards finish, 2nd of 14, hd behind Jobe (9-2) at Southwell 7f clm stks (6) fbs in Nov.
La Danse Champetre 33-1 (8-12) Went left start, behind and soon outpaced, never a factor, 10th of 11, 12l behind Cool In The Shade (8-9) at Beverley 5f mdn stks (5) gs in Aug.