tracked leaders, with leader over 4f out, soon ridden, driven over 2f out, rallied to go 2nd entering final furlong
led, headed over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
raced wide, held up in touch, headway to lead over 4f out, headed over 1f out, lost 2nd place entering final furlong
in touch, ridden halfway, weakened 4f out
keen, held up towards rear, good headway from over 3f out, led well over 1f out, ridden and hung left, stayed on
awkward at start, in rear, ridden halfway, soon weakened
chased leader until over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
Kanisorn, Annibal Caro and Ming Vase look the trio to concentrate upon and we are with the first named. Ruth Carr's charge has not been disgraced in handicaps earlier in the season and while he put up a stinker last time out, the booking of Neil Callan today suggests that that run was merely a bad day at the office. Annibale Caro is yet to win on an artifical surface. Better known as a plating hurdler, he has been found a bad race to contest this afternoon. Ming Vase has to be respected in light of Paul Midgeley's form this year. Countrywide Luck won off a mark of 70 two seasons ago for Nick Littmoden but he was well turned over on a seasonal reappearance at Wolverhampton a couple of weeks ago. Key Partners is best of the rest but that isn't saying a lot. A moderate contest in which Kanisorn is put forward to the most minimal of stakes.
Kanisorn (SWE) 9-2 (10-13) Slowly into stride, soon mid-division, ridden and weakened over 3f out, last of 12, 26l behind Shenandoah Girl (10-2) at Southwell 1m 4f amt clm stk (6) gd.
Ming Vase 10-1 (8-10) Chased leader, every chance over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, stayed on well, 2nd of 14, 2 1/2l behind Pegasus Prince (8-10) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-50 (6) fbs.
Annibale Caro 22-1 (8-11) Soon led, clear over 7f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 7th of 15, 17l behind Star of Angels (9-2) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Oct.
Countrywide Luck 14-1 (8-9) Chased leader until 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 9, 26l behind Wait For The Will (8-11) at W'hampton 1m 4f app sll (6) pol.
Key Partners (IRE) 4-1 (8-13) Led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, outpaced by winner final furlong, 2nd of 4, 6l behind Exit to Luck (9-12) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Feb.
Pur Star (FR) (9-13) pulled up in race won by Promo D'alienor (9-6) at Challans 1m 4f Non-Thoroughbred gd in Oct '06, 8 ran.
Veneer (IRE) 28-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon behind, 10th of 13, 10l behind Faraday (8-7) at W'hampton 1m 1f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Mar.