in rear, outpaced over 4f out, kept on final furlong, never on terms
in rear, pushed along in rear, ridden halfway, never a factor
keen tracked leaders, ridden and slightly outpaced over 3f out, rallied over 1f out, not trouble leaders
raced wide in touch, pushed along and slightly outpaced over 3f out, headway to chase leading pair over 2f out, ridden and edged left and led inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, edged left and led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong
in touch, effort over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
pulled hard led, ridden over 2f out, edged left and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Aura Bora, Major Buckley and Solarmaite have experience of the track but not very happy one's as they were all beaten out of sight. A chance is taken that EXCELLENT PUCK handles the surface as he has the best form on Polytrack with a close-up second at Wolverhampton last week to his credit. Jamie Osborne's colt is preferred to He's A Striker, who is fitted with first-time blinkers after a poor effort last time and headgear is also applied to Burgoyne after a modest debut at Kempton. Winter Music returns from a lay-off and is worth a second glance in the betting.
Aura Bora (USA) 25-1 (9-7) Raced wide held up, ridden halfway, weakened 3f out, 6th of 10, 28l behind Aryal (8-8) at Southwell 1m mdn auc stks (6) fbs.
Major Buckley (IRE) 20-1 (9-3) Swerved badly right start and lost all chance, tailed off until kept on final furlong, 6th of 9, 18l behind Snooky (9-3) at Southwell 1m mdn stks (5) fbs in Nov.
Solarmaite 25-1 (9-4) Slowly away in rear, headway halfway, soon ridden, kept on, never a factor, 5th of 10, 19l behind Aryal (8-8) at Southwell 1m mdn auc stks (6) fbs.
Burgoyne (USA) 33-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, mid-division, headway on inside over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 9, 10l behind Debdebdeb (8-4) at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Excellent Puck (IRE) 7-1 (8-7) Always prominent, led over 1f out, soon hard ridden, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Premium (8-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol.
Harbour Captain (IRE) Captain Rio gelding out of English Harbour.
He's A Striker (IRE) 5-2 (9-5) Keen led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 4, 14l behind Majeed (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Winter Music (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Raced far side, behind, headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 14th of 17, 12l behind Snow King (9-3) at Ascot 7f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Sep.
