slowly into stride, held up, headway over 3f out, never on terms
slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, headway over 1f out, never on terms
held up, headway under pressure over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on strongly
chased leaders, driven before halfway, weakened over 2f out
led, headed over 2f out, soon hung left, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, wandered under pressure inside final furlong, headed closing stages
towards rear, pushed along halfway, never a factor
chased leader, hard driven halfway, switched right to challenge over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
dwelt, always behind
BIG SHOES won at Wolverhampton last month with Frivolous Prince, Footlight and Never Say all behind and has obvious claims on that form. But he's not the most confident of selections given trainer Charles Hills has not had a three-year-old winner here in the last 14 attempts. Ada Misobel was runner-up here in November though still beaten six lengths and Boom Junior was also well beaten when third over track and trip in January. Pursuit Of Time makes his Fibresand debut and may finish closer now handicapping.
Pursuit Of Time 66-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, outpaced over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 8 1/4l behind Ultimate Star (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Big Shoes (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon prominent, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Dark Illustrator (9-5) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Footlight 9-2 (9-5) Prominent, pushed along over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge, 4th of 9, 1l behind Big Shoes (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Threeinoneday (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, towards rear, took keen hold, headway 6f out, ridden, hung right and no impression over 2f out, 10th of 13, 9 3/4l behind Ripoll (9-3) at Kempton 1m (6) pol in Nov.
Ada Misobel (IRE) 40-1 (8-12) Close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 12 3/4l behind Specialv (9-7) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Never Say (IRE) 6-1 (8-13) Held up towards rear, driven over 1f out, ran on final 100 yards, never nearer, 6th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Big Shoes (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Frivolous Prince (IRE) 11-4fav (8-12) Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 3rd of 9, 3/4l behind Big Shoes (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Boom Junior 20-1 (9-1) Led until over 7f out, remained prominent, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 7, 11 1/2l behind New Abbey Angel (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Mozimba 20-1 (8-6) Took keen hold, chased leaders, pushed along and lost place halfway, tailed off and eased over 1f out, last of 6, 31 1/2l behind Ada Misobel (8-6) at Catterick 7f stks (6) sft in Aug.
