led early, always prominent, ridden to lead just over 1f out, ran green, ran on
soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened 3f out
held up, headway 5f out, hung right on bend over 2f out, edged left and pressed winner inside final furlong, soon hung right, not run on
slowly into stride, raced keenly in rear, headway and hung left over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, stayed on
raced keenly, prominent, went 2nd over 6f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed just over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
A nice little novice event here and we like the look of Orpen Fire, Hilbre Court and King Kenny could be the main rivals. The selection was allowed to go off a t a masive price when winning here on debut, coming from slightly off the pace to stay on well to land the the spoils. The extra distance here should not be a problem and a double looks on the cards. Hilbre Court is also one from one, having gained a similar succes over the mile trip at Lingfield. He, like the selection is open to improvement and should be thereabouts again. King Kenny was a little green on his debut and in the end did well to finish a close up fourth behind Speedy Dollar at Doncaster . He will know more about it this time and looks a threat to all. The best of the rest could be Celtic Strand, but Orpen Fire can put her course experience to good use and she gets our vote.
Hilbre Court (USA) 14-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, behind, good headway on outside halfway, chased leaders over 1f out, led 1f out, driven and stayed on, won at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn auc (5) pol in Oct beating Colorado Springs (8-12) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Celtic Strand (IRE) 7-2 (9-3) Made all, ridden over 2f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, won at Redcar 1m 2yo mdn auc (6) gd in Oct beating Long Distance (9-3) by a hd, 11 ran.
It's My Day (IRE) 5-1jt-fav (9-3) Bumped start, behind, ridden over 3f out, stayed on steadily from over 1f out, not reach leaders, 8th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Points of View (9-7) at Lingfield 7f 2yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
King Kenny 33-1 (9-0) Held up, ridden along and headway over 1f out, edged left and right inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 4th of 14, 2 1/2l behind Speedy Dollar (9-0) at Doncaster 7f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Oct.
Zhebe 22-1 (9-0) Took keen hold in rear, no chance when hung right 2f out, soon eased, last of 10, 14l behind Foolin Myself (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (4) gd.
Orpen Fire (IRE) 33-1 (8-6) Chased leaders, led over 1f out, ran on, won at W'hampton 7f 2yo mdn auc (6) pol in Oct beating Elusive Lady (8-2) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Pragmatism 6-1 (9-3) Led, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, 5th of 15, 8l behind Whistledownwind (9-3) at Newbury 1m 2yo mdn (4) gs in Oct.
