pressed leader until ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
close up, effort when short of room and bumped over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
pressed leader, ridden and every chance when edged right over 1f out, kept on one pace
led, pushed along halfway, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra towards finish
in touch in rear, ridden 2f out, no impression
raced wide tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong
NonRunner
Havana Dawn finished in front of We're Reunited when runner-up here earlier but was due to run at Newcastle yesterday. Mews House and Rathagan have both improved since finishing down the field in the same race here last month while Maybellene is usually thereabouts without winning and debuts on the Fibresand along with Slingshot. Constitutional finished behind SPEED MERCHANT at Kempton when the latter landed a double. Mick Appleby’s charge failed to see out the mile trip on a previous visit to the track but handled the surface well enough and gets another chance in this.
We're Reunited (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Prominent on outside, ridden over 1f out, losing place when not much room inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 5 1/4l behind Waddat (9-7) at Kempton 6f (5) pol in Dec.
Speed Merchant (IRE) 13-8fav (9-11) Prominent, driven over 1f out, faded well inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Last Date (9-3) at Chelmsford City 6f (6) pol in Nov.
Rathagan 8-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Birkenhead (9-7) at Lingfield 5f (5) pol in Nov.
Slingshot 28-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression when lost place inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 6 1/2l behind King Ragnar (9-5) at Newcastle 6f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Mews House 6-1 (9-9) Prominent, pushed along to lead 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 12, 1/2l behind Lezardrieux (9-7) at Newcastle 5f (6) pol in Dec.
Maybellene (IRE) 11-2 (9-6) Tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, kept on one pace, 4th of 6, 3 1/4l behind Carmel (9-0) at Musselburgh 5f (6) sft in Oct.
Constitutional (IRE) 6-1 (9-11) In rear, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 8, 6l behind Copperlight (9-7) at Newcastle 1m (6) pol in Dec.
Havana Dawn 4-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, behind, driven over 4f out, headway 1f out, ran on, nearest finish, 4th of 10, 3/4l behind Colouring (9-6) at Wolverhampton 6f (5) pol in Dec.