soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, always held
dwelt, held up in rear, no run from 2f out, switched left 1f out, kept on
held up, headway on outer approaching 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
dwelt, keen, held up in rear, headway on inside from 2f out to lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace
raced wide throughout, held up in rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on, not reached leaders
in touch, shaken up over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, soon in command
close up, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon headed and no extra
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
close up, ridden and outpaced entering final 2f, kept on final furlong
held up mid-division, lost place approaching 2f out
Nonrunner
Ciccone gets the vote in this handicap to open the card with Apache Fort and Blackmail rated as the main dangers. The selection ran a blinder last time when chasing home Time To Regret at Wolverhampton. That rival has since come out and run well in defeat so the form looks quite solid and this filly looks to have a really solid chance. Blackmail looks to main danger, although he has been a bit disappointing of late. However, there is no doubting that he would take all the beating if he could get anywhere near his best and with Eddie Ahern doing the steering he has genuine claims. Apache Fort won well last time but he has a penalty for that success and with the drop in trip also a negative we are happy to take him on. Andrew Balding's Voice Mail ran well last time and looks the best of the rest but we are happy to stick with Ciccone as our idea of the winner.
Blue Empire (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Led, headed 3f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong, 6th of 10, 7l behind Paso Doble (8-4) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Blackmail (USA) 20-1 (8-8) Prominent, weakened over 2f out, beaten when hampered and checked over 1f out, 9th of 14, 6l behind Wait For The Will (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Ciccone 7-1 (9-0) Held up, headway over 2f out, chased winner final furlong, hung left, ran on, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Time To Regret (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Rose Muwasim 7-1 (8-8) Prominent, led over 1f out, soon ridden, headed well inside final furlong, unable to quicken, 2nd of 5, 1l behind The City Kid (8-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo clm (6) pol in Dec.
Voice Mail 6-1 (9-2) Held up 5th, chased leaders over 2f out, no chance with winner over 2f out, kept to take 2nd near finish, 2nd of 8, 10l behind King of Music (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f sll (6) pol.
Red Sail 10-1 (8-5) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, one pace, 5th of 14, 2l behind One Night In Paris (9-1) at Kempton 1m fll hcp (6) pol.
Apache Fort 7-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway 7f out, led over 3f out, ridden cleart, won at W'hampton 1m 4f Stks (41-45) (7) pol beating Gallas (9-2) by 4l, 11 ran.
Myrtle Bay (IRE) 6-4fav (8-10) Led, raced wide after 5f, driven along over 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, headed post, 2nd of 10, shd behind Tuscany Rose (8-5) at Catterick 1m 6f 3yo sll (6) gf in Sept.
Native American 25-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 14, 9l behind Danzare (8-9) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (6) pol.
Oasis Sun (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, hard driven final furlong, held on, won at Kempton 1m 2f Stks (41-45) (7) pol beating Indigo Dancer (8-12) by a hd, 14 ran.
Indigo Dancer 6-1 (8-12) Mid-division, headway 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, closing at finish, just failed, 2nd of 14, hd behind Oasis Sun (9-0) at Kempton 1m 2f Stks (41-45) (7) pol.
Chimes At Midnight (USA) 100-1 (8-4) Held up in rear, ridden and weakened over 4f out, tailed off straight, 15th of 16, well behind Iktitaf (8-8) at Curragh 2m prm hcp sft in Oct.
