steadied start, raced keenly in rear, headway and wide home turn, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach winner
tracked leader until over 8f out, handy 3rd, reminders 4f out, led on rail inside final 3f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, hung left and weakened towards finish
raced in 4th on inside, pushed along over 2f out, headway soon after, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 8f out, pushed along over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in last pair, headway tracking leaders over 2f out, led and hung left inside final furlong, soon ridden and stayed on, all out
soon led, pushed along 3f out, soon headed, chased leader until over 2f out, ridden and weakened quickly turning in
Think Champagne went close over track and trip before disappointing behind the winner Margaret Beaufort back at this venue. The latter is 4lb higher for this while Secret Contact needs to find a bit more off her current mark. Duveen and DAME SARRA failed to threaten over shorter trips here on their respective handicap debuts but there is plenty of stamina in the latter’s pedigree and this extra distance should bring improvement from Ed Dunlop’s filly.
Secret Contact (FR) 9-1 (9-1) Held up, ridden 2f out, ran on well late, 4th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Uncle Matthew (9-6) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Think Champagne (IRE) 11-10fav (9-9) Hampered slightly start, held up in 4th, pushed along over 5f out, ridden over 4f out, edged right over 2f out, hung left 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 6 1/4l behind Margaret Beaufort (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Duveen 22-1 (9-9) Bumped start, held up towards rear, not much room over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Looe P Looe (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Dame Sarra 22-1 (9-4) Awkwardly away, mid-division on inside, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden, chased leaders and no impression over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 11, 6 3/4l behind Strike Alliance (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Margaret Beaufort 9-2 (8-12) Held up in rear, switched right over 2f out, soon switched left and closed, led over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Sexy Rexy (9-6) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
A Little Respect (IRE) 28-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, held up and always towards rear, 10th of 11, 13 1/4l behind Cinnodin (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Feb.