slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, headway under pressure over 1f, kept on into 3rd well inside final furlong, no chance with front pair
disputed lead, led narrowly 3f out until hung left and headed 2f out, chased winner until 1f out, soon no extra
slowly away, behind, some late headway
mid-division on outside, headway over 3f out, hung left over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, weakened over 2f out
prominent, chased leading pair 3f out, challenged 2f out, led narrowly 1f out, headed and no extra final 100 yards
chased leaders, weakened 2f out
slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear, never a factor
slight lead until narrowly headed 3f out, led again 2f out, narrowly headed 1f out, rallied gamely to regain lead final 100 yards, won going away
Despite having an extra 11lbs to carry after romping to victory last time out we give TRANS SONIC the chance to follow up by landing this handicap that's ahead of Elusive Flame while Mozayada is worth considering for place money. Racing off bottom weight the selection has looked on form for his new stable in three runs and was back to somewhere approaching his very best when making all to win by eight lengths over course and distance last time. The handicapper has taken note of that but he's won under heavier loads in the past and looks worth chancing again. Elusive Flame is a bit of a monkey but did win three times last year. There has been more signs of encouragement in two recent efforts and with his yard going so well it might be dangerous to rule him out. Mozayada is a bit of a course specialist and while nowhere near the form of his purple patch here last season he is off a better mark these days and could get into the prizes. Ours is more than capable of springing a surprise so has to be given a second look while Full Speed is another for the shortlist off a nice mark for his first go on this surface. It looks a tight contest on paper but if up to the task again Trans Sonic looks the one to beat.
Ours (IRE) 13-2 (8-9) Held up, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 6, 5l behind Full Toss (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f cnd stks (4yo+) (3) pol.
Snow Bay 6-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 10l behind Vainglory (8-8) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Jan.
McConnell (USA) 33-1 (8-8) Towards rear, no real progress from over 1f out, 9th of 13, 6l behind Audemar (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-90) (3) pol in Jan.
Full Speed (GER) 12-1 (9-7) Held up, good headway on inside over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 12th of 18, 14l behind Trip The Light (9-5) at York 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.
Elusive Fame (USA) 17-2 (8-12) Prominent, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 11, 1l behind Ours (8-12) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-80 (4) fbs in Jan.
Mozayada (USA) 14-1 (9-4) Chased winner until over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 5, 12l behind Ishiadancer (8-11) at Wolverhampton 7f fll hcp (0-75) (5) pol.
Elusive Warrior (USA) 4-1 (8-7) Led early, with leader, led narrowly over 3f out until 2f out, handy until weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 10l behind Tin Cha Woody (8-8) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-80 (4) fbs.
Toby Tyler 10-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, held up, always in rear, 6th of 8, 16l behind Flying Silks (8-11) at Pontefract 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Aug.
Trans Sonic 14-1 (8-8) Made all, clear over 1f out, won at Southwell 1m hacp 0-70 (5) fbs beating Ansells Pride (9-2) by 8l, 10 ran.
