held up towards rear, wide and headway over 4f out, chased winner 3f out, effort when hampered and carried right entering final 2f, lost 2nd towards finish
tracked leaders 9f out, pushed along and lost place 4f out
made all, ridden and hung right entering final 2f, driven clear final furlong
keen in touch in rear, headway 4f out, weakened 2f out
dwelt headway on outer to track leaders 9f out, pushed along over 4f out, lost place over 3f out
close up 9f out, pushed along 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong
raced wide in touch in rear, ridden 5f out, outpaced 4f out
dwelt headway on outer to press winner 9f out, pushed along 4f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
SNOWY WINTER (NAP) has a 9lb hike in the weights to contend with but won by four lengths over course and distance last time and there should be more to come from Archie Watson’s progressive filly on this surface. She beat Epitaph on that occasion and the latter has subsequently boosted the form by winning here during the week while L'inganno Felice has winning form at the track though is 10lb higher than his latest success. Starplex is unexposed for his age and could figure if taking to the Fibresand. He’s preferred to stablemate Kensington Star.
Snowy Winter (USA) 9-1 (9-5) Prominent, went 2nd over 2f out, soon led, clear inside final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Dec beating Good Time Ahead (8-12) by 4l, 9 ran.
Storm King 20-1 (9-3) Raced wide, tracked leader until halfway, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 8, 13 1/4l behind Hajaam (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Cosmelli (ITY) 25-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Lord George (9-13) at Kempton 2m hcp (2) pol in Jan.
L'Inganno Felice (FR) 13-2 (9-11) Raced wide, held up towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, same pace final furlong, 5th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Final (9-11) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Kensington Star 10-1 (9-7) Raced wide in touch, headway 3f out, ridden to chase winner 2f out, one pace and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 9, 3 1/4l behind Golden Birthday (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp (3) gs in Oct.
Galileo's Spear (FR) 20-1 (8-5) 3w 1st, never involved, last of 6, 14 1/4l behind Can'thelpbelieving (8-7) at Woodbine 1m 3f Grp 2 stks gd in Aug.
Starplex 10-3 (9-4) Soon led, ridden and headed narrowly over 1f out, kept on and held near finish, 2nd of 6, nk behind Indy (9-7) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Epitaph (IRE) 9-2 (9-1) Led 2f, tracked leader, ridden to lead inside final furlong, hung right towards finish, stayed on, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Acker Bilk (8-11) by 1/2l, 5 ran.