soon pressing leader to over 2f out, weakened rapidly
held up, not clear run briefly 2f out, ran on inside final furlong
chased leaders to well over 1f out, soon weakened
led to over 1f out, edged left under pressure, ran on well close home
behind, switched left over 1f out, ran on
mid-division to halfway, soon weakened, tailed off final 2f
dwelt, soon recovered into mid-division, driven to chased leaders over 1f out, no extra under pressure
mid-division, chased leaders over 2f out, ridden and losing place when slightly hampered well over 1f out
in touch, driven over 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off
chased leaders to over 2f out, weakened
close up, driven over 2f out, soon weakened
mid-division, no headway under pressure final 2f
held up and behind, slightly hampered halfway, good headway over 3f out, switched left and challenged, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven out
slowly into stride, behind, kept on under pressure final 2f, never dangerous
Not a particularly competitive line up for this low graded with few coming in to this in good form. An exception is Anyhow who has been kept busy of late and was successful off 49 in a Lingfield all-weather handicap earlier in the month and was slightly unlucky at Thirsk last time (races off same mark of 62 here). Katiypour became disappointing when with Sir Michael Stoute and his fortunes have not improved for current connections. The five-year-old is still without a win to his name and was well behind on his latest outing over hurdles in January. Moyne Pleasure would have claims at his best but is not well drawn so the vote goes to It's Our Secret. The Mark Tompkins-trained six-year-old was a well-supported favourite on his return at Nottingham but could finish only fifth having held every chance two out. He'll strip fitter for the outing and still looks on a fair mark so must have every chance in a weak contest.
