led, clear halfway, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened well over 1f out
went right start, slowly into stride, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
chased clear leader until over 1f out
held up, ridden halfway, weakened well over 1f out
dwelt, soon chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden halfway, headway over 1f out, no impression near finish
close up, outpaced from halfway
chased leaders, ridden halfway, driven and kept on same pace from over 1f out
soon along mid-division, never dangerous
slowly into stride, bumped start, soon outpaced
chased leaders, short of room after 1f, soon outpaced, driven and stayed on inside final furlong
A compressed handicap typical of the track here and the leading players look to be Spirit Of Coniston, Lady Bahia, Garlogs and Thoughtsofstardom, and we take Garlogs to score. Alan Bailey's gelding is a previous course and distance winner who is 4lb below his highest winning mark, despite carrying top weight here. True, he has proved a little expensive to follow of late but his next win is getting closer anf the application of first time blinkers here makes him an attractive proposition as far as we are concerned. Spirit Of Coniston won over c&d last time out and comes back here unpenalised, so is clearly one for the short list. However, this is probably a slightly better race than that one and consistency has not been his byword so we will oppose. Lady Bahia put up a better effort off this mark last time out at Lingfield and is entitled to go close given that only as recently as November she was rated 16lb higher. She does at least have a course win to her name so she can handle the surface and she can get involved, while Thoughtsofstardom is also weighted to be very close to her based on that Lingfield contest. He should not be far away, but preference is for topweight Garlogs
Garlogs 5-2fav (8-4) Led, ridden along halfway, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 6th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Egyptian Lord (9-2) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Whinhill House 8-1 (8-7) Towards rear stand's side, never dangerous, 8th of 16, 5l behind Special Gold (8-7) at Newcastle 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Sept.
Lady Bahia (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Slowly away, in rear, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind The Fisio (8-13) at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol.
Brut 11-4 (8-6) Held up, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened final furlong, 4th of 9, 11l behind Hamaasy (9-1) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Feb.
Muktasb (USA) 5-1 (8-10) Keen, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on, unable to quicken, 4th of 10, 1 1/2l behind The Fisio (8-13) at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol.
Thoughtsofstardom 12-1 (8-5) Raced wide close up, ridden and effort over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 2l behind The Fisio (8-13) at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol.
Newkeylets 12-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, ridden and outpaced 2f out, switched left inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 14, 2 1/2l behind Best Lead (8-3) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) fbs in Feb.
Spirit of Coniston 14-1 (8-4) Dwelt, soon chasing leaders, led over 1f out, stayed on, won at Southwell 5f clm (6) fbs in Feb beating El Potro (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
