reared slightly start, chased leaders, hard driven when faultered over 3f out, ridden and effort on inside over 1f out, one pace final furlong
chased leaders on outside to over 3f out, soon outpaced and behind, weakened well over 1f out
made all, driven well over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on well final 75 yards
dwelt, in rear, effort to chase leaders on inside well over 1f out, no impression final furlong
Nonrunner
Just the six runners turn up for this sprint handicap and part of the reason far that might be the presence of LEWYN in the contest as Kevin Ryan's charge is on red hot form and gets our call ahead of the consistent Duke Of Rainford and handicap debutante Fair Passion. A winner of his last two races including in taking style on his last start the pick has only lost twice at this venue in five outings. If running up to the form of his last two runs his nine pound mark hike is unlikely to stop the hat-trick being landed. Duke Of Rainford has held his form well since scoring over course and distance in January whilst giving the impression he needs a favour from the handicapper before scoring gain; the pick also holds him on their last meeting. Fair Passion has been progressive in three maiden starts and while he doesn't look thrown in at the weights on his first handicap run he should be a live contender with more progress likely. Maldon Prom is another for the short-list but this trip hasn't been his forte and his last run leaves him with something to prove so out of the six runners Lewyn is a confident selection.
Lewyn 9-4fav (9-4) Went right start, soon chased leader, led on outside 1f out, soon clear, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb beating Duke Of Rainford (8-4) by 3 1/2l, 7 ran.
Maldon Prom (IRE) 11-4 (8-7) Awkward leaving stalls and rider lost iron 4 1f, held up in 4th, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 4, 4 1/2l behind Love Delta (8-12) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Jan.
Dazeen 16-1 (8-10) Held up, ridden halfway, no impression, last of 8, 11l behind Love Delta (9-7) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.
Fair Passion 11-8fav (8-8) Pulled hard, led over 3f out, pressed from 2f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong, always holding rival, won at Southwell 5f mdn auc stks (6) fbs in Feb beating Verinco (9-13) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Duke of Rainford 4-1 (9-3) Held up, headway over 1f out, ran on to take 3rd final 100 yards, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Ballyvonane (8-8) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Micky's Knock Off (IRE) 3-1 (8-10) Held up in touch, ridden to challenge 2f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Blue Neptune (8-7) at Wolverhampton 5f 3yo clm stks (5) pol.
