held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well
held up mid-division, outpaced 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up mid-division, outpaced 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong
held up towards rear, weakened over 1f out, never dangerous
led, pushed along 3f out, soon outpaced, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on final furlong
in rear, struggling from 4f out
The combination of Stan Moore and Ryan Powell are looking to score again with FOUR KICKS, whilst the improving gelding Sunny Future and the usually consistent Beaubrav will be looking to pick up the honours in this contest. Four Kicks is looking for a third win in a row having performed well at Brighton and Nottingham. We feel that off a favourable mark in this handicap he can kick on to another victory. Sunny Future off top weight may struggle to better his decent record of third and fourth in his last two runs at Bath. Beaubrav has won at the distance before back in April this year on the all-weather track at Lingfield. Hatch A Plan is a former course and distance winner, but the heavily raced nine year old will probably find the competition a bit too much to cope with. Catchmeifyoucan is likely to be caught out in this race and Duke of Normandy would be performing well against the form if he were to conquer all here. Lucy's Perfect and Hector Spectre have won over this kind of distance before but have not shown anything like that sort of performance recently. Four Kicks ticks our box in this race.
Sunny Future (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Chased leaders on inside, outpaced over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, stayed on to 3rd near finish, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Compton Blue (9-3) at Bath 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Beaubrav 7-2 (9-2) Steadied start, held up in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, 9th of 12, 5l behind Lytham (8-10) at Kempton 1m 3f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Apr.
Lindsay's Dream (8-9) 98th of 7, 17l behind Citybelle (8-13) at Lyon La Soie(FR) 1m 3f stks gd in Feb.
Golden Prospect 25-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out, 4th of 10, 6l behind Granny Mcphee (9-4) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Apr.
Hector Spectre (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Towards rear pushed along over 2f, never a factor, 10th of 11, 7l behind Peintre D'argent (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Apr.
Four Kicks (IRE) 5-4fav (8-12) Chased leader, led 6f out, made rest, kept on well final furlong, won at Brighton 1m 2f app hcp 0-60 (6) gf beating The Dial House (9-5) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.
Lucy's Perfect 8-1 (8-7) Chased leaders to over 2f out, weakened 1f out, 8th of 12, 11l behind Jezza (8-4) at Chepstow 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) gd.
Hatch A Plan (IRE) 33-1 (7-11) Held up in rear, not clear run on inside 4f out, soon switched right, never a factor, 12th of 16, 20l behind Make Amends (9-1) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Aspirational (IRE) 12-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 12, 7l behind Cote d'Argent (9-4) at Bath 1m 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
Catchmeifyoucan (FR) 25-1 (9-8) Always behind, 11th of 12, 33l behind Straight Face (10-6) at Salisbury 7f ldy hcp 0-65 (6) gs.
Duke of Normandy (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Keen, mid-division, weakened well over 2f out, 9th of 13, 31l behind Coolnaharan (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks 0-55 (6) pol in Nov.
