held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong
in touch, pushed along halfway, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
in touch, led 3f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, kept on final furlong
prominent, effort over 2f out, one pace final furlong
mid-division, effort over 3f out, soon behind
towards rear, pushed along halfway, never near to challenge
led, hung right when headed 3f out, soon beaten
towards rear, was never a factor
towards rear, driven halfway, some late headway, never near to challenge
towards rear, was never on terms
towards rear, effort over 2f out, no impression
prominent, ridden over 2f out, chased winner final furlong
Distant Country is on his third trainer since landing a claimer for Lynda Ramsden in March and, like Far Note, may struggle to concede weight away all round so preference is for White Bear. The selection has run to a similar level of form in two starts on sand in maidens this winter and should appreciate the drop to the bottom grade. Owed should be able to reverse running earlier this month with Far Note on the revised terms and has to be considered along with Musical Gift, who has been running well over further and hails from the in-form Paul Blockley stable. Kevin Ryan's runners in this grade are always worthy of respected so Coleorton Dane cannot be dismissed lightly along with Karl Burke's Hows That. Queue Up and Smith N Allan Oils both appear to have gone downhill in their careers of late and a safer bet looks to be White Bear, who is taken to make the most of the drop into selling company.
Far Note (USA) 9-2 (8-11) Made virtually all, clear halfway, ridden and ran on, won at Southwell 6f sll (6) fbs beating Owed (9-7) by 3/4l, 14 ran.
Owed 6-1 (9-7) Chased winner, ridden 2f out, kept on, 2nd of 14, 3/4l behind Far Note (8-11) at Southwell 6f sll (6) fbs.
Hows That 20-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden halfway, never dangerous, 11th of 13, 17l behind Lucius Verrus (8-8) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) fbs.
Coleorton Dane 20-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 16th of 17, 21l behind Cross The Line (8-8) at York 1m 3yo hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Musical Gift 4-1fav (9-3) Led over 6f out, ridden 2f out, headed no extra well inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Adobe (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f stk (7) pol.
Queue Up 5-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 14, 11l behind Sweet Pickle (9-2) at Southwell 7f sll (6) fbs in Nov.
Smith N Allan Oils 25-1 (9-3) Pressed leader, hung right over 2f out, and wide into straight, weakened quickly, last of 9, 17l behind Indian Steppes (9-0) at Lingfield 7f stk (D2) pol in Mar.
White Bear (FR) 10-3 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 14, 4l behind Middle Eastern (9-0) at Southwell 6f mdn stk (5) fbs in Nov.
