prominent on outside, pushed along halfway, chased winner over 2f out, no impression final furlong, eased when held well inside final furlong
chased leaders on inside, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon beaten
in touch, pushed along on outside 4f out, struggling final 3f
chased leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on well
slowly away, outpaced and always in rear
soon outpaced towards rear, struggling final 3f
Nonrunner
FLORES SEA and Obe Gold look the two to concentrate on in this seller and we'll just side with the first mentioned with the framing of the contest favouring David Barron's charge; Kings Ace might be the other for place money. The pick has lost his way slightly since landing a course and distance handicap last March. That said, he looked back to form when fourth in that company last time and a reproduction of that effort should be good enough on these terms. Obe Gold is certainly on form at this level and it will be interesting to see how he comes out of his race at Wolverhampton on Monday. Even so he's held in utmost respect in this grade but should continue to run well during a busy spell. King's Ace has plenty to do at the weights but looked betterwhen finding just the one too good at this venue two starts back. He has a bit to prove after a poor run last time but he could grab a place at a price. Madison Belle is given a squeak at the weights and is a bit of a course specialist so could go well but with her temperament in question we prefer Flores Sea who looks really well served by these terms.
Obe Gold 10-3 (10-0) Led early, tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed close home, 3rd of 10, 3/4l behind Ravi River (9-9) at Wolverhampton 7f sell stks (6) pol.
Zeffirelli 9-2 (8-8) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Young Gladiator (9-1) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Madison Belle 16-1 (8-11) Chased winner, weakened over 1f out, last of 10, 24l behind Trans Sonic (8-8) at Southwell 1m hacp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Favouring (IRE) 66-1 (8-9) In rear, never a factor, 7th of 10, 10l behind Madison Belle (8-6) at Southwell 7f sell stks (6) fbs in Jan.
Flores Sea (USA) 11-2 (8-12) Ran wide in rear, plugged on one pace final 2f, never going pace to get competitive, 4th of 8, 6l behind Tin Cha Woody (8-8) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-80 (4) fbs.
Blushing Dreamer (IRE) 100-1 (8-0) With leader, led 6f out until 4f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, behind from over 1f out, last of 10, well behind Justcallmehandsome (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Pretty Orchid 16-1 (8-10) Pushed along in rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 3l behind Arjemis (8-12) at Catterick 6f mdn stks (5) gs in Aug.
Kings Ace (IRE) 11-1 (8-7) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten, last of 7, 10l behind Obe Gold (9-4) at Southwell 6f sell stks (6) fbs in Jan.
Union Jack Jackson (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Mid-division, pushed along 3f out, soon struggling, 8th of 11, 19l behind Mister Jingles (8-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Oct.
