chased leaders, led over 4f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt, held up in rear, headway over 3f out, stayed on well final furlong, no chance with winner
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven clear
slowly into stride, soon prominent, every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong
always behind, tailed off over 3f out
prominent, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led to over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
This looks set to develop into a match between Camerooney and POSITIVITY, with narrow preference for the latter. Brian Smart's filly helped land the yard a hat-trick on the day she last ran and a 4lb rise for that course and distance success looks fair. That was her first success in 17 starts but it was her first try at a mile and perhaps it can open the door to further success. Camerooney is a clear threat to our selection, arriving as he does in search of a course and distance hat-trick. The gelding carries a penalty for winning last time which makes life tougher and we feel that the value may lie with our pick. New Couture is an interesting handicap debutant for a good yard so a market check is advised, although at this stage the Montjeu filly doesn't appeal as a likely winner with questions to answer with regards trip and surface. Bajan Pride was comfortably held behind Camerooney last time and has plenty to do to reverse that form, so of more interest is Great Bounder who finished second here off this mark in November. Kannon showed a bit more spark when third to our selection last time but the mare was still well held and the form should be confirmed, whilst Edin Burgher has been off the track form almost two years and didn't seem to enjoy the surface when last racing here. A fascinating end to the card with little between the two likely market principles, however we'll take the filly Positivity to hopefully provide her trainer with a daily double.
Camerooney 9-2 (7-13) Made all, ridden over 2f out, edged right from over 1f out, driven out, won at Southwell 1m hacp 0-70 (5) fbs beating Miss Bootylishes (8-13) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Great Bounder (CAN) 16-1 (7-13) Always behind, 7th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Rubenstar (9-1) at Lingfield 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Bajan Pride 9-1 (7-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 5l behind Camerooney (7-13) at Southwell 1m hacp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Positivity 6-1 (8-13) Always prominent, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on, won at Southwell 1m hcp (0-55) (6) fbs beating Highland River (9-4) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
New Couture (IRE) 9-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 9, 24l behind Shakalaka (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn stks (5) in Dec.
Kannon 11-2 (8-4) Slowly into stride, in rear, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 7, 5l behind Positivity (8-13) at Southwell 1m hcp (0-55) (6) fbs.
Edin Burgher (FR) 12-1 (9-0) Disputed lead to over 2f out, soon edged left and weakened, 9th of 10, 4l behind Mr Chocolate Drop (9-6) at Kempton 7f stks (7) pol in Feb '08.
