tracked leaders, led 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, weakening when edging left
towards rear, headway on inside over 2f out, ridden and not clear run over 1f out, kept on one pace
towards rear, effort on outside 3f out, no impression
tracked leaders, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, one pace
held up in touch, led approaching 1f out, ran on well
led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
in touch, ridden 3f out and one pace
steadied start, switched right and rapid headway on inside over 1f out to join leaders, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
always in the rear
Bowl Of Cherries is preferred to Fantasy Defender and Kathleen Kennet. The selection finally got his head infront last time out and while one accepts that this occured in a banded stakes race, we take the view that the headgear did the job and keep our fingers crossed that a similar story unfolds. Fantasy Defender was well punted last time out at Wolverhampton but he has had 18 runs on the all-weather without success and it is hard to enthuse. Kathleen Kennet ran second to handicap good thing, Atlantic Story on her most recent outing,and is worth another chance over eight furlongs. Sprinkle showed evidence of some ability when with Ralph Beckett but the jury is out since joining new connections. Shergael is tried in headgear while King Of Knight is dropped in trip. Paso Doble is on a long losing run. Bowl of Cherries gets the nod in a moderate affair.
Kathleen Kennet 10-1 (8-8) Chased leader, effort and every chance over 1f out, hung badly left to stands' side rail, just held on for 2nd, 2nd of 13, 5l behind Atlantic Story (8-11) at Kempton 1m hcap (6) pol in Nov.
King of Knight (IRE) 14-1 (8-13) In touch, chased leaders over 1f out, unable to quicken final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Picador (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcap (6) pol.
Sprinkle 14-1 (8-13) Raced centre, held up, headway, hung right over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 16, 21l behind Bodden Bay (8-10) at Leicester 7f sll hcp (6) gs in Oct.
Paso Doble 8-1 (10-6) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, driven and stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 13, 3l behind Astronomical Odds (11-5) at Southwell 1m amt hcp (6) fbs in Nov.
Bowl of Cherries 7-1 (8-12) In touch, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven and kept on final furlong, won at Southwell 1m banded stk (7) fbs in Nov beating Wodhill Schnaps (9-0) by a nk, 14 ran.
Fantasy Defender (IRE) 6-4fav (9-0) Prominent, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 11, 1l behind Bobering (8-7) at W'hampton 1m 1f banded stk (7) pol.
Colonel Bilko (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Mid-division on outside, ridden over 2f out and soon beaten, 12th of 14, 14l behind Binnion Bay (8-9) at Kempton 7f banded stk (7) pol.
Filliemou (IRE) 200-1 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened quickly, 11th of 12, well behind Regal Velvet (8-12) at Bath 1m 2f mdn fll (5) gf in Sept.
