behind, outpaced 3 out, weakened before next, tailed off
in touch on outside, tracked leader before 3 out, every chance next, soon ridden and one pace, lost 2nd approaching last, no impression in 3rd flat, dropped to 5th near finish
led, blundered and joined 4th, headed before 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up before next
mid-division, headway on inside before 3 out, ridden next, went 2nd approaching last, kept on, always held
behind, driven to chase leaders on inside before 3 out, weakened next
raced keenly, in touch, joined leader 4th, led before 3 out, ridden next, headed between last 2, 4th and one pace last, kept on flat, went 3rd near finish
mid-division, lost place 4 out, soon behind
took keen hold, tracked leader to 4th, in touch, lost place 3 out, soon weakened
behind, headway 3 out, soon ridden and one pace, stayed on flat, just failed for 3rd, no impression
chased leaders, dropped to mid-division, 4th, chased leaders under pressure 3 out, weakened next
mid-division in touch, headway before 3 out, driven to lead between last 2, soon clear, stayed on well, eased towards finish
Cockney Sparrow was beaten at odds of 1/6 at Catterick last time having justified favouritism over this track and trip earlier. She should get back to winning ways but could be a little erratic on the Flat and won't offer much of the way of value in this. Elenika has a poor strike rate and is probably having a confidence-booster having been pulled up over fences at Kempton over Christmas but LIFE AND SOUL is interesting. He won three times on the level and made a promising start over timber when only finding the useful Only Orsenfoolsies too strong. He didn't quite get home over 2m4f here next time but the form of that race has worked out well and Donald McCain's charge could be the one to be on today. Flaming Arrow can improve on his third at Musselburgh while Figaro is worth noting for future reference.
Burns Night 11-2 (9-8) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 5th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Ishikawa (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Nov (flat).
Elenika (FR) 11-2 (11-6) Held up in last pair, struggling 11th, soon weakened, pulled up 3 out, in a race won by Rajdhani Express (11-6) at Kempton 2m 4f nov hcp chs 0-130 (3) hvy in Dec, 8 ran.
Figaro 16-1 (8-6) Led, headed over 4f out, soon weakened, last of 16, well behind Ile De Re (9-3) at Newcastle 2m hcp (2) hvy in Jun (flat).
Flaming Arrow (IRE) 9-2 (10-11) Held up mid-division, headway before 2 out, kept on to take 3rd place near finish, 3rd of 14, 7l behind Waltz Darling (11-0) at Musselburgh 2m mdn hdl (5) gs in Dec.
Jimmie Brown (USA) 40-1 (10-7) Held up in rear, headway over 7f out to chase leaders, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 17l behind Standintheband (10-11) at Carlisle 2m 1f NH flat (6) hvy in Dec.
Life And Soul (IRE) 5-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders, went 2nd from 4 out, one pace from 2 out, 5th of 21, 24l behind Minella Forfitness (11-4) at Doncaster 2m 3f mdn hdl (5) gd in Feb.
San Cassiano (IRE) 50-1 (11-4) Held up towards rear, outpaced before 7th, no impression after, 5th of 8, well behind God's Own (11-11) at Musselburgh 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Feb.
Tukitinyasok (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) With leader, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 11th of 12, 9l behind Rosie's Lady (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Jan (flat).
Tinkwood (IRE) 50-1 (10-7) Held up in rear, behind 7th, tailed off, 8th of 12, 44l behind Whispering Gallery (11-9) at Wetherby 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) sft in Feb.
Wayne Manor (IRE) 20-1 (10-7) Held up mid-division, went 5th 3 out, went poor 4th 2 out, one pace, 5th of 9, 23l behind Deepsand (10-7) at Ayr 2m mdn hdl (5) hvy in Feb.
Cockney Sparrow 1-6fav (11-3) Tracked leader, led before 4th, soon clear, jumped right 3 out, headed 2 out, about a length down when mistake last, stayed on towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Miss Conduct (10-10) at Catterick 2m Fillies Juvenile Hurdle (4yo) (4) sft in Jan.
Court Red (IRE) 10-1 (11-1) Held up towards rear, pushed along 6f out, soon tailed off, 5th of 9, well behind Hellorboston (11-1) at Sedgefield 2m 1f NH flat (6) hvy in Dec.
