made all, veered left 2f out, clear inside final furlong, stayed on well
held up, closed 8f out, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway over 6f out, outpaced over 3f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
tracked winner until over 6f out, weakened 5f out, tailed off
held up in touch, chased winner over 6f out, every chance 3f out, no impression final furlong
held up in rear, headway over 5f out, weakened 4f out, tailed off
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 6f out, tailed off, pulled up after
Houseparty didn't really fire at Newbury after going close on his debut at Newcastle but this looks less competitive and he should be thereabouts. Lataradud was far from disgraced on his reappearance at Kempton but stablemate Numerology was well beaten on his only start at Towcester last October and Dungeness weakened quickly at Hereford in January. Alan King has a good record with his bumper horses here and DESERT ROBE's dam was a decent hurdler. This son of Desert King wouldn't need to be anything special to score on his racecourse debut.
Lataradud (IRE) 25-1 (11-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, unable to challenge, 4th of 16, 1 1/2l behind Valdez (11-11) at Kempton 2m n h flat (6) std in Feb.
Dorceus 28-1 (10-9) Took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 18l behind Brigadier Miller (11-0) at Huntingdon 2m NH flat (6) gs in Jan.
Farmer Matt (IRE) Zagreb gelding out of Ashville Native.
Numerology 6-1 (10-9) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, soon beaten, weakened 1f out, 3rd of 5, 21l behind Dirty Bertie (10-11) at Towcester 1m 5f mdn NH flat (6) fm in Oct.
Desert Robe Desert King gelding out of Hot 'n Saucy.
Dungeness 9-1 (10-7) Held up in touch, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, tailed off, 5th of 8, well behind Up To Something (10-9) at Hereford 2m 1f NH flat (6) sft in Jan.
Hidden Fox Kadastrof gelding out of Hidden Smile.
Houseparty 7-2 (10-7) Held up towards rear, headway before halfway, chased leaders 4f out, hung left from 3f out, weakened approaching final 2f, 10th of 17, 17l behind My Inheritance (10-9) at Newbury 1m 4f 4yo nhf (6) sft in Jan.
