led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up behind, headway on outer over 2f out, soon ridden, led 1f out, kept on
chased leader, ridden 2f out, headed over 2f out, headed final furlong, rallied inside last, kept on
held up, weakened 3f out
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on approaching final furlong
outpaced and always behind
took keen hold, in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong
held up behind, weakened over 2
chased leaders, weakened 3f out
held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
chased leaders, weakened over 2f out
prominent, ridden to go briefly 2nd 2f out, weakened inside last
Quite a competitive little handicap to bring the card to a close, with honourable mentions for Champaign Sands, Spark Up and Seldemosa, but we go for topweight Rare Coincidence to follow up his course and distance win from earlier in the week. Roger Fisher's gelding goes well here, with his optimum trip. A 6lb penalty will make it more difficult, but he ran on strongly last time and looks worth catching again for a quick repeat. Champaign Sands, gets plenty of weight and won over course and distance in banded company last time. This, however, is a different proposition and others with more class are preferred. Seldemosa would be one of those. Tony Culhane gets on well with the Selkirk filly, who likes it here and continues to please trainer Malcolm Saunders. She is in good heart and might cause the selection most problems, while Spark Up also has some ability and gets the trip, but should find a couple too good, including our choice, Rare Coincidence.
Rare Coincidence 10-1 Prominent, led 6f out, driven clear over 1f out, ran on, won at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp pol beating Acuzio by 2 1/2l, 13 ran.
Quincannon (USA) 16-1 Held up rear, headway and not clear run 2f out, kept on, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Aswan at W'hampton 7f hcp pol.
Seldemosa 6-1 In rear, headway from over 1f out, nearest finish, 4th of 13, 2l behind Blue Patrick at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp pol.
Spark Up 11-4fav Slowly into stride, outpaced, headway over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, soon on left, ran on inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 1 1/2l behind David's Symphony at W'hampton 6f stk pol.
Argent 5-1 Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 3rd of 6, 5l behind Eboracum at Hamilton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (E) gs in Aug.
Champain Sands (IRE) 8-1 Held up, keen in rear, good headway over 2f out, led 1f out, kept on, won at W'hampton 1m 1f app stk (H5) pol in Mar beating Coolfore Jade by a hd, 12 ran.
Grande Terre (IRE) 20-1 Led, ridden 3f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, chased leaders until no extra towards finish, 4th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Temper Tantrum at Lingfield 1m hcp (F4) pol in Mar.
Endless Peace (IRE) 12-1 In touch, outpaced 3f out, rallied approaching final furlong, not reach leaders, 3rd of 11, 3 1/2l behind Sir Bond at W'hampton 1m 1f stk pol in Mar.
