made all, ridden approaching last, stayed on
tracked winner until ridden approaching last, rallied to go 2nd again close home
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner when not fluent last, hung right and became tired close home and lost 2nd
raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 2 out, soon outpaced
close up in rear, reminders 10th, ridden and outpaced 2 out
BANNIXTOWN GLORY won three out of four on good ground last year before a poor run on soft at Kempton in December. He missed a race at Ascot yesterday. for this and can get back to winning ways. Flemcara landed a Doncaster handicap at this level and has found stepping up in class just beyond him in subsequent starts. Rio Quinto was chasing back in 2019 and didn't reappear until December when beaten a long way over timber at Ayr but that should have blown some cobwebs away. Holdbacktheriver was well supported when falling at Chepstow but ran a shocker at Southwell next time.
Flemcara (IRE) 7-2 (10-1) Prominent, led 8th, ridden and headed 2 out, 3rd and no extra flat, 3rd of 10, 11 1/4l behind Brinkley (10-7) at Exeter 2m 7f hcp (2) hvy in Feb.
Bannixtown Glory (IRE) 8-1 (11-7) Prominent, led 6th, headed next, weakened approaching 2 out, 5th of 8, 32 1/2l behind Molly Ollys Wishes (11-2) at Kempton 3m 1f hcp (2) sft in Dec.
Rio Quinto (FR) 9-1 (11-12) Tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd after 3 out (normal 4 out), pushed along bypassing omitted next, ridden before 2 out, lost 2nd between last 2, weakened last, 4th of 8, 22 1/4l behind Baby Ticker (11-3) at Ayr 2m 4f hcp (3) hvy in Dec.
Fontley House (IRE) 9-1 (11-12) Held up in last trio, pushed along going out on final circuit, struggling in remote 4th after 3 out, weakened before next, tailed off, 7th of 8, dist behind Fawsley Spirit (11-11) at Market Rasen 2m 7f hcp (4) hvy in Jan.
Holdbacktheriver (IRE) 6-1 (11-10) Close up, reminders 12th, ridden 14th, mistake and dropped to rear next, pulled up approaching 3 out, at Southwell 3m hcp (4) sft in Feb.
