slowly into stride, outpaced throughout
led, ridden 2f out, headed final strides
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up, ridden 2f out, headway and edged left over 1f out, kept on towards finish
tracked leader 2f, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out
switched left soon after start to race towards far side, held up, headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to lead final strides, readily
keen, tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
After numerous near-misses, Come Uppence finally got his head in front when winning a maiden over track and trip here last month. Gerrard's Slip also opened his account in maiden company over 6f here recently and Moon River won a handicap over the same trip at Kempton in December. Zebs Lad failed to cope with a 6lb penalty last time having also won at Kempton earlier so another chance goes to PATRICK. A winner at the first time of asking, he made his handicap debut in a tougher race at Chelmsford three weeks ago and can take advantage of the drop in class with improvement likely.
Marigot Bay 9-1 (8-8) Prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 7, 7l behind Field Game (9-7) at Catterick 5f 2yo nov stk (5) gs in Oct.
Come Uppence 4-6fav (8-11) Made all, clear when ridden inside final furlong, ran on, pushed out, easily, won at Southwell 5f mdn stks (5) fbs in Jan beating Lanai (8-6) by 7l, 5 ran.
Patrick (IRE) 3-1 (8-8) Took keen hold tracked leaders, clipped heels and stumbled entering final 4f, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 6, 2l behind Red Stripes (8-8) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Zebs Lad (IRE) 11-2 (9-10) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 4th of 7, 5l behind Ifittakesforever (9-11) at Kempton 6f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Gerrard's Slip 10-1 (8-7) Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden and asserted towards finish, won at Southwell 6f mdn stks (5) fbs beating Newholm (8-12) by 5l, 7 ran.
Gabrial The Tiger (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Led until over 1f out, faded final furlong, 6th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Justice First (9-3) at Lingfield 6f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan.
Moon River (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) In touch, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Kempton 6f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Dec beating Laura B (9-1) by 3l, 12 ran.
Poolstock 16-1 (9-1) Went left start, held up in touch, ridden 1f out, soon faded, 8th of 14, 7l behind Wolfofwallstreet (9-7) at Redcar 5f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) gs in Oct.