in touch, headway over 2f out, effort inside final furlong, led close home
dwelt in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong
dwelt in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, nearest finish
in touch, headway 2f out, no impression after
led, soon clear, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied to lead again inside final furlong, headed close home
in touch, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
held up, wide and headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
tracked clear leader until ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
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Contrast won off a higher mark last season while Traveller was winning on the all-weather earlier this year. Our Charlie Brown has yet to race over this far having done all his winning to date over 7f though Dutch Coed scored over track and trip last summer. But the latter hasn’t raced since October and a chance is taken ZIHAAM has come on for a recent outing at Pontefract as Roger Fell’s charge is another course and distance winner and is back on a winning mark.
Zihaam 7-1 (9-2) Prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened from 2f out, 8th of 12, 10 1/2l behind Highwaygrey (9-3) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Bollihope 16-1 (8-11) Dwelt wide and headway to track leader 5f out, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 4 3/4l behind Desert Lion (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Dutch Coed 33-1 (9-3) Behind, struggling over 4f out, soon lost touch, tailed off, last of 13, dist behind Kannapolis (9-8) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Contrast (IRE) 14-1 (8-10) Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Queen Constantine (8-10) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Ideal Candy (IRE) 40-1 (8-11) Led until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 14, 14 3/4l behind Valley of Fire (9-2) at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Traveller (FR) 28-1 (9-5) Bumped start, chased leaders, kept on inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 3rd of 13, 4 3/4l behind Ginger Max (9-2) at Redcar 7f hcp (6) gd in Jun.
Our Charlie Brown 15-2 (9-6) Switched left after start, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on well towards finish, never nearer, 3rd of 12, 2 3/4l behind Three C's (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (6) pol in Jun.
Osmosis 9-1 (9-7) In touch in mid-division, driven 3f out, weakened 2f out, 7th of 9, 17 3/4l behind Charlie Arthur (9-9) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Gloryella 100-1 (9-0) Soon mid-division, outpaced when switched outside over 6f out, tailed off 4f out, 7th of 8, dist behind Dolly McQueen (9-0) at Southwell 1m 3f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Flood Defence (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Pulled hard, tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra closing stages, 5th of 6, 6l behind Merry Vale (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp fll (5) pol in Mar.
Frankster (FR) 16-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, driven into 2nd over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Country'n'western (11-7) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) sft in Oct.