with leaders, soon led, ridden over 2f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish
held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
tracked leader, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened
led early, tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, just held on
slowly away, in rear, headway on outer well over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on and just held near finish
dwelt, in touch, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
Four recent C&D winners to consider in a competitive handicap. FLYING POWER gets the nod as beat the re-opposing Ascendant and The Lock Master with a subsequent winner further behind last time and looks to have the strongest form. Mica Mika scored here a fortnight ago but has yet to win off today's higher mark while the veteran Kames Park popped up in a lower-grade race last week. Renegotiate looks a bigger threat as he recorded a cosy win here earlier in the week, though this is tougher under a penalty.
Art History (IRE) 100-1 (8-5) Prominent, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, last of 23, 40l behind Art Scholar (8-7) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Nov.
Flying Power 4-1fav (9-5) Close up, ridden to lead when hung badly inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec beating Ascendant (9-5) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Ascendant 6-1 (9-7) Mid-division, outpaced over 4f out, switched right and headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never troubled leaders, 3rd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Mica Mika (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
The Lock Master (IRE) 17-2 (9-8) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 3f out, soon hung right, weakened over 2f out, last of 11, 20l behind Mica Mika (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Mica Mika (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Tracked leader, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec beating Alazan (8-11) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Kames Park (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, held up behind, driven and headway inside final 2f, stayed on well on outside to lead towards finish, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-62 (6) pol beating Annelko (9-5) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Renegotiate 3-1fav (9-1) Made virtually all, stayed on well, ridden out, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol beating Cosmic Halo (9-1) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.