led, headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
keen, tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden clear entering final furlong, eased close home
raced wide in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd final stides, no treat to winner
tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, one pace and lost 2nd final strides
raced wide, in touch in rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
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OUTER SPACE won at Chelmsford before finding only one too good off today’s mark over track and trip last week - he gets a speculative vote in an open contest. War Department also ran well again last time having won at Newcastle earlier while Dusky Dawn scored at the same track recently and both have gone close on the Fibresand before. The latter comment also applies to Twin Appeal but Sir Billy Wright’s recent course win came over 5f. A winner on the all-weather in France, Quixote has slipped down the weights and posted a much better effort last time while Supersta is not out of this either.
Ascription (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, eased, last of 5, 25 1/2l behind Scrutineer (8-13) at Hamilton 6f stks (2) hvy in Sep.
Supersta 11-2 (8-12) Dwelt keen held up, ridden over 1f out, never near leaders, 6th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Nimr (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Outer Space 15-2 (9-7) Close up, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind George Cinq (9-5) at Southwell 7f hcp (3) pol in Mar.
War Department (IRE) 7-2 (9-10) In rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Via Via (9-7) at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Twin Appeal (IRE) 7-2 (9-9) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 8, 3/4l behind Via Via (9-7) at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Sir Billy Wright (IRE) 5-2fav (9-10) In touch, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Dungannon (9-5) at Southwell 5f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Dusky Dawn 5-1 (9-5) Close up in 5th, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged left and pushed out, won at Newcastle 1m hcp fll (4) pol in Mar beating Barwah (9-2) by 3 1/2l, 5 ran.
Quixote (GER) 14-1 (9-7) Raced wide early, chased leaders, led 5f out, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, lost two places final strides, 4th of 13, 3/4l behind Intransigent (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (3) pol in Jan.