with leaders, shaken up to lead over 2f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong
slowly into stride, headway 5f out, ridden to chase leading pair 3f out, one pace final 2f
keen, led, headed over 5f out, weakened over 3f out
keen, close up, led over 5f out, ridden and headed over 3f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, always towards rear
held up, ridden over 3f out, some headway 2f out, never dangerous
held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on, never dangerous
with leaders, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong
Nonrunner
Hows That has an obvious chance at the weights and, with the stable of Karl Burke in such good form, he gets the vote ahead of Moon Mischief and White Star Magic. The last mentioned showed that this was his level when a close up fourth behind Lateral Thinker at Wolverhampton last time and has to be respected if handling this surface. Dishdasha drops in class but needs to step up on previous form to trouble the principals and of more interest may be stablemate Concert Time for who the booking of Neil Callan takes the eye. Maureen's Lough has claims if fit enough following an absence but a bigger threat is likely to come from Moon Mischief. Nick Littmoden's filly is another that is well treated on official BHB ratings and takes a drop in class but Hows That holds solid claims on the form shown when landing a claimer here over a mile in November and on that form he looks to be the one that they all have to beat.
