slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, close up over 1f out, on pace
held up, pulled way through on outside after 2f, weakened 2f out
broke well, tracked leader and keen, close up over 1f out, no extra near finish
soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed 1f out, faded close home
keen in mid-division, pushed along 2f out, soon beaten
towards rear, switched right and headway over 1f out, ran on well to take 2nd close home
in touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on
mid-division, slightly hampered after start, kept on final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2f ot, soon chasing leader, led 1f out, ridden out
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
A couple of inexperienced jockey's who may feel they have soemthing to prove under the pressure of this finale, and so it is with a sense of trepidation that we give the vote to Dream Forest ahead of Al Rayanah. The selection may turn out to be the best of a bad bunch as he has shown ability in the past but he will need to perform much better than when last seen at Lingfield. He should find this step up in trip in his favour and now off a mark of 50, he should get competitive. Weet Yer Tern and Bobering both warrant respect as course and distance winners, along with Floodlight Fantasy who ran well last time in a poor race at Brighton and his sole win came at this track. Shosolosa is one of the more consistent in the lineup, whilst Treasure Isle returns from an absence and his stable are shrewd. Al Rayanah will be popular but he is yet to prove that he wants this trip and he doesn't always want to go past his rivals, whilst Haoin An Bothar steps up in trip again for this next jaunt across the Irish Sea. An open, and rather terrible finale, with Dream Forest given the nod.
Haoin An Bothar (IRE) 9-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, 4th 3f out, led 2f out, joined over 1f out, soon headed and no extra, 3rd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Rookwith (9-9) at Dundalk 1m hcp 0-60 std.
Al Rayanah 7-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, headway over 2f out, soon chasing winner, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 9, 2l behind Wodhill Schnaps (9-3) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Sparky Vixen 20-1 (8-9) Held up in touch, driven to challenge over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 14, 3 1/2l behind Pegasus Prince (8-10) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-50 (6) fbs.
Dream Forest (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Led 1f, tracked leader after, ridden and weakened 2f out, 11th of 12, 10l behind High 'n Dry (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Mar.
Weet Yer Tern (IRE) 6-1 (8-9) Steadied start, held up, ridden 4f out, headway on inside 2f out, soon held, 9th of 11, 10l behind Western Roots (8-4) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (6) pol.
Shosolosa (IRE) 40-1 (7-11) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, edged left over 1f out, headway final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 10, 2l behind Shunkawakhan (8-8) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcap (6) pol.
Floodlight Fantasy 16-1 (8-5) Tracked leaders, going easily 2f out, led over 1f out, pushed clear, easily, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol beating Mixing (8-11) by 4l, 13 ran.
Bobering 16-1 (8-7) Mid-division, headway on inside over 3f out, stayed on same same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Faraday (8-7) at W'hampton 1m 1f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Mar.
Treasure Isle 16-1 (8-2) Behind, some headway over 3f out, weakened from 2f out, 12th of 13, 22l behind Heights of Golan (8-11) at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Oct.
Northstar Express (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Always towards rear, never on terms, 11th of 13, 16l behind Straight Face (9-6) at Kempton 7f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Mar.
