took keen hold, held up in 7th, good headway on outside over 1f out, sustained run to press leader inside final furlong, chased winner final 100 yards, just outpaced
steadied start, took keen hold, held up last, still plenty to do when not clear run well over 1f out until weaved through entering final furlong, ran on to lead final 100 yards
close up in 5th, effort on outside 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, kept on until headed and outpaced final 100 yards
tracked leading pair, went 2nd 6f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
soon led, headed 7f out, dropped to 3rd 6f out, driven along well over 3f out, lost place 3f out, driven on inside well over 1f out, no impression
took keen hold, tracking leaders, headway to lead 7f out, ridden over 1f out, headed 1f out, weakened final furlong
led early, tracked leaders on inner, effort on outside 3f out, ridden when not much room over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold held up in 6th, effort on inside and ridden over 1f out, plugged on one pace inside final furlong
Nonrunner
Conor Dore's ILIE NASTASE has plenty of weight to carry but the six-year-old comes into this in good form having won twice during the winter at Kempton and Wolverhampton and he can give weight away to his rivals and win again with the main threats rated as Corran Ard and Hurakan. The David Evans-trained gelding has won his last two starts in Kempton claimers and he has every chance of completing a hat-trick but is likely to find this tougher at the weights than those races and he may have to settle for minor honours. Stan Moore's Hold The Bucks won well when landing a seller here last month but he disappointed at Wolverhampton last time and may now be best watched, while Farncombe has struggled since winning a claimer over course and distance in November and faces no easy task at the weights. Dichoh has shown improved form of late but has a bit to find with the selection on running at Kempton in January and of more interest may be Tim Vaughan's Corran Ard, who is better than he showed in a Southwell claimer last month. Ilie Nastase has the best recent form of the nine runners though and he should be hard to beat.
Ilie Nastase (FR) 10-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd near finish, 3rd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Gallantry (8-6) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Hurakan (IRE) 5-4 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden and headway over 1f out, led 1f out, stayed on, won at Kempton 1m 3f clm stks (6) pol in Feb beating Solarias Quest (8-11) by 1l, 7 ran.
Dichoh 10-3 (9-4) In rear, reminders over 4f out, headway to go 3rd 2f out, switched right 1f out, pressed winner inside final furlong, not quicken near finish, 2nd of 6, hd behind Kipchak (8-8) at Lingfield 7f Claimer (0-75) (4yo+) (6) pol in Jan.
Corran Ard (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) In touch, ridden and weakened 4f out, eased final 3f, last of 6, 35l behind Doubnov (9-12) at Southwell 1m 4f clm stks (6) fbs in Feb.
Hold The Bucks (USA) 10-1 (9-5) Tracked leading pair, lost place over 5f out, weakened over 2f out, 10th of 11, 12l behind Well Of Echoes (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcp (0-58) (6) pol.
Shared Moment (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Always towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, beaten when hung right over 2f out, 8th of 9, 9l behind Seasonal Cross (9-6) at Salisbury 1m hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Sep.
Felicia 12-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader 2f out, led 1f out, headed final strides, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Binnion Bay (8-11) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-52 (6) pol in Dec.
Farncombe (IRE) 5-2 (8-13) Tracked leaders and keen, challenged over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened 2f out, 6th of 7, 16l behind Magnitude (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 4f App sell stks (6) pol in Feb.
Ghaill Force 100-1 (9-0) Very slowly into stride, always behind, tailed off, last of 15, 25l behind Norman The Great (10-2) at Newbury 1m 2f ladies hcp 0-70 (5) gf in May.
