raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on one pace
keen tracked winner, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
made all, ridden and ran on
dwelt keen in touch in rear, pushed along and some headway 3f out, weakened final furlong
raced wide close up, dropped to rear over 4f out, wide and effort over 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong
Sycamore went up 5lb for landing a Class 5 Southwell handicap but is still 4lb out of the handicap. Stablemate Crackling was well beaten from this mark at Newcastle on Friday while Fox Power, who won a Listed contest in 2019, ran poorly when last seen at Nottingham in October and has changed stables. Headingley won a Class 4 handicap at Chelmsford in November and his recent runs have been at a higher level than this. He looks the main threat to HAFEET ALAIN, a triple winner in the UK before heading to Hong Kong where he flopped. He's gradually returned to form and his latest runs here and at Kempton put him in the driving seat.
Hafeet Alain (IRE) 9-4jfav (9-4) Chased leaders in 5th, headway to lead just inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner final 100 yards, 2nd of 8, 1l behind La Tihaty (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Headingley (IRE) 6-1 (8-12) Led, pushed along 3f out, jinked right and headed approaching final 2f, kept on same pace, 3rd of 4, 7 3/4l behind Palavecino (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Fox Power (IRE) 20-1 (9-13) Slow into stride, towards rear, ridden 2f out, never on terms, 10th of 15, 14 1/4l behind Rogue Bear (9-8) at Nottingham 1m hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Crackling (IRE) 125-1 (8-7) Led, headed halfway, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 14 1/2l behind Tyrrhenian Sea (9-3) at Newcastle 1m hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Sycamore (IRE) 11-2 (9-0) In touch, headway to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Mr Sensible (9-7) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.