took keen hold, tracked leader 2f, remained handy in 3rd until pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, rallied to well held 3rd final strides
led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, lost 2nd well over 1f out, ridden and weakening when hung left from over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up, pushed along and headway 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, ridden and no impression inside final furlong, lost well held 3rd final strides
chased leaders, went 2nd over 6f out, pushed along 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and joined inside final furlong, headed and not quicken close home
tracked leaders, went 2nd well over 1f out, challenged and hung left and inside final furlong, nudged along to lead close home, cleverly
Staff Sergeant scored over a longer trip at Southwell last week and carries a penalty. Hail Promenader is upped only 3lb for winning here last month and makes more appeal than Ellaal, who beat Disco Dave in a Class 7 contest a fortnight ago. Delightful Sleep won here in November but has found DANSILI DUTCH too good at this track on a couple of occasions since. The latter gets the vote back on this surface after a below par effort on the Fibresand at Southwell.
Staff Sergeant 9-2 (9-2) Close up, headway to lead 3f out, ridden and hung left 2f out, driven and all out, won at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Dec beating Bavarian Nordic (8-13) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Hail Promenader (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Led 1f, chased leader until over 2f out, went 2nd again over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, edged right well inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec beating General Tufto (8-7) by nk, 5 ran.
Delightful Sleep 11-4 (9-6) Held up tracking leading trio on inside, squeezed through to 2nd over 3f out, ridden and no impression 2f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 8l behind Mrs Micawber (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Ellaal 5-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, driven and effort on outside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led and edged left inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Dec beating Disco Dave (9-7) by 3l, 13 ran.
Disco Dave (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, driven 2f out, ridden and effort on inside over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, no impression towards finish, 2nd of 13, 3l behind Ellaal (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Dec.
Dansili Dutch (IRE) 10-1 (9-1) In touch, ridden halfway, weakened 3f out, 12th of 13, 20l behind Mishrif (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp (0-65) (6) fbs in Dec.
Out Of Nothing 10-1 (9-10) Led until over 5f out, pushed along over 3f out, soon rallied, weakened final furlong, 5th of 12, 11l behind Boonga Roogeta (8-2) at Bath 1m 2f fll hcp (5) sft in Oct '12.
