led and set decent pace, joined 2f out, ridden and headed soon after, stayed on
slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, bit closer 3f out, no further headway
raced wide, outpaced, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders
chased leading pair, pushed along 4f out, 3rd and one pace final 2f
well off the pace in 4th, pushed along halfway, closer on inside over 2f out, driven along 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, never troubled leaders
chased leader, challenged 2f out, soon ridden to lead, kept on well final furlong, always doing enough
Ubla has yet to win here and a 5lb rise for a recent win at Kempton is a worry. FORSETI (NAP) has to be forgiven a below par effort here last time when bidding for a hat-trick of course wins but should get the race run to suit with the front-running Extrodinair in the field and Mick Appleby’s charge gets another chance. The latter debuts on the Fibresand along with the returning Stallone and De Bruyne Horse but Mujassam has past form here if rediscovering his best.
Extrodinair 100-1 (9-0) Led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 34 1/2l behind Bangkok (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Feb.
Forseti 5-2fav (9-11) Held up in touch, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on into 4th, never a threat, 4th of 9, 9 3/4l behind Lightning Attack (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Stallone (IRE) 7-1 (9-13) Soon tracking leader until 4f out, handy 3rd, 2nd again 2f out until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 14, 4 1/4l behind Madeleine Bond (9-9) at Windsor 1m hcp (5) hvy in Oct.
Mujassam 6-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 6, 22 1/4l behind Steelriver (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f stks (5) pol in Feb.
Ubla (IRE) 11-1 (9-5) Mid-division, tracked leaders when not clear run over 2f out, switched outside and headway over 1f out, shaken up to lead entering final furlong, ridden clear inside final 100 yards, ran on, won at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Kyllachy Dragon (9-9) by 1 3/4l, 11 ran.
De Bruyne Horse 8-1 (8-8) Prominent towards stands side rail, challenged over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out until inside final furlong, outpaced final 110 yards, 7th of 11, 5 1/2l behind I Know How (8-10) at Newcastle 6f hcp (5) pol in Feb.