dwelt, towards rear, headway and switched left 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, lost place 5f out, ridden and switched right 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong
in touch, ridden and led 2f out, pressed until ran on close home
close up on inside, ridden 2f out, switched right over 1f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, always towards rear
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
close home, led 5f out, headed 2f out, pressed winner until no extra inside final furlong
prominent for 5f
soon led, headed 5f out, hampered 4f out, weakened quickly
held up in touch, tracked leaders 2f out, soon ridden, no impression final furlong
towards rear, headway on outside 4f out, chased leaders over 2f out, kept on one-paced
held up in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
The lightly raced Pure Mischief is open to further improvement but is becoming expensive to follow and, despite coming down the weights, he is passed over on this occasion. Golden Fortuna has clearly had her problems and has not been seen on the racecourse since flopping on her handicap debut at Kempton last July. Bravura has been well placed to land two handicaps at Lingfield during the winter but faces no easy task under top weight. Uhoomagoo has claims on his placed efforts on the al-weather in February but the vote goes to Pup's Pride who ran well enough behind the well treated Down To The Woods last month to suggest he can figure in a race of this nature.
