steadied start, held up in rear, smooth headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well
tracked leaders, effort on inside over 1f out, soon no impression
raced freely tracking leader, lost place well over 1f out
chased leaders, under pressure over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
led until over 1f out, soon ridden, faded final furlong
in touch, chased leaders over 2f out, hard ridden to go 2nd inside final furlong, kept on well towards finish, never reached winner
PRIME EXHIBIT defied unfavourable terms to separate a couple of higher rated rivals when runner-up in a seller here during the week. A similar effort should see him back to winning ways in this lesser company. Dansili Dutch can be forgiven a poor effort on the Fibresand as he landed a double at this track in November while the veteran Violent Velocity remains on a decent mark compared to his best form. Classy Trick was placed in a Class 7 event here last month and is preferred to Benandonner on that form.
Prime Exhibit 5-2 (9-4) Raced keenly, pressed leader, led 5f out, ridden and pressed over 1f out, headed entering furlong, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 4, 1 1/2l behind Saharia (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f sell stks (6) pol.
Violent Velocity (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) In touch, headway over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 14, 2l behind Camerooney (9-3) at Musselburgh 1m 1f sell hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Oct.
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.
Brown Pete (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Dwelt headway on outer over 6f out, in touch, ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out, 11th of 12, 15l behind The Ginger Berry (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Classy Trick (USA) 11-2 (9-5) Led, headed narrowly over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, lost place inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 6l behind Ellaal (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Dec.
Benandonner (USA) 9-2 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden and one pace over 1f out, never on terms, 8th of 11, 5l behind Galilee Chapel (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-52 (6) pol in Nov.