chased leaders, pushed along and weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 3f out, faded inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
led, headed 2f out, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong to take 3rd place
mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on well
mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace
held up towards rear and keen, never a factor
outpaced behind, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous
Street Force completed a double at Wolverhampton with his latest success but stablemate PHILBA is preferred. The latter has a hike in the weights to contend with having won with plenty in hand here three weeks ago but should go close again. Patriotic has a shout off an 8lb lower mark than when second here in March but prolific course winner Ace Master is 7lb higher than his latest victory on the Fibresand. Shootingsta and Lawyer make their debuts on this surface but their respective yards get plenty of winners at this venue and both are worth a second look.
Townsville 12-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, driven forward to chase leaders, weakening when hampered over 1f out, last of 10, 17 1/2l behind Librisa Breeze (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Street Force (USA) 9-4fav (9-7) Chased leaders, 2nd over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Dec beating Black Truffle (8-12) by 3l, 11 ran.
Clubland (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Raced wide in touch, effort over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 9, 5 3/4l behind Hoofalong (9-1) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Shootingsta (IRE) 14-1 (8-13) Led, ridden 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 11, 4l behind Afjaan (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Lawyer (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Always towards rear, 11th of 13, 9 3/4l behind Shady Mccoy (9-3) at Newmarket 7f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Patriotic (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, led well over 1f out until ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 6 1/2l behind Field Of Dream (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (6) pol in Nov.
Foolaad 7-1 (8-13) Outpaced and behind, 7th of 9, 9 1/2l behind Snow Cloud (9-2) at Southwell 5f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Philba 5-2fav (9-5) Chased leader, led over 2f out, kept on well, won at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Nov beating Billy Bond (8-13) by 3 1/2l, 11 ran.
Black Dave (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 9 1/4l behind Street Force (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Curzon Line 66-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 14, 16 3/4l behind Dutch Breeze (9-1) at Catterick 7f hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Best Tamayuz 3-1jfav (9-7) Towards rear, ridden over 4f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 5 1/4l behind Royal Holiday (9-6) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Ace Master 6-1 (9-4) Close up, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 12th of 13, 10 1/2l behind Whozthecat (9-3) at Thirsk 6f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
