held up in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, led 2f out, comfortably
chased leader, pushed along over 3f out, every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, driven and headed 2f out, edged left 1f out, kept on, no impression on winner
chased leaders, pushed along 5f out, every chance 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up, headway over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, rallied inside final furlong, went 2nd briefly, kept on
PRESSURE SENSITIVE didn’t beat much at Bangor in the autumn but impressed with the way he travelled that day and showed a willing attitude when out under pressure. He can only improve and should have strengthened up over the winter. Brayhill, Wasastylequeen and Tom Cody are having a first run under Rules with the latter pair also holding entries yesterday but Hidor De Bersy could be interesting being stoutly bred and a half-brother to six winners.
Pressure Sensitive (IRE) 11-4 (11-0) Held up in rear, smooth headway to chase leader over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, led narrowly over 1f out, kept on gamely final furlong, just prevailed, won at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 1f (5) hvy in Oct beating Mexico (11-0) by nk, 8 ran.
Brayhill (IRE) (11-11) Mid-div, 6th 1/2way, prog to 4th 2out, eff to chall bef last where gd jmp, ko best run-in, won at Rathcannon 3m sft in Nov beating Monty Guiry (11-11) by 3l, 10 ran.
Readysteadybeau (FR) 25-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear on inside, headway over 5f out, outpaced 3f out, well held 3rd over 1f out, 4th of 8, 16 1/4l behind Bucko's Boy (10-12) at Hexham 2m (5) gs in Oct.
Bollin Phoenix 66-1 (10-8) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 5f out, weakened 2f out, 10th of 14, 15 1/4l behind Punxsutawney Phil (10-8) at Newcastle 2m (5) pol in Feb.
Court At Slip (IRE) Court Cave gelding out of Lady Fame.
Tom Cody (IRE) 5-4fav (11-7) Trckd ldrs; chall 15; wknd 2 out, 6th of 13, 23 3/4l behind For Fitz Sake (11-7) at Alnwick 3m mdn sft in Dec.
Wasastylequeen 6-4fav (10-6) A.p; led app 2 out; rdn out, won at Sandon 2m 5f mdn gd in Apr beating Exit Plan (12-0) by 2 1/4l, 4 ran.
Hidor De Bersy (FR) Nidor gelding out of Tropulka God.