made all, asserted 2f out, pushed out inside final furlong, always readily holding runner up
awkward leaving stalls, took keen hold, soon pressing winner, lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, chased winner over 2f out, closed under pressure inside final furlong, always readily held
held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, switched right and headway over 1f out, soon outpaced
slowly into stride, in rear, closed briefly over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, took keen hold, went 3rd 2f out, outpaced by front pair from over 1f out
Nonrunner
A top quality claiming race in which narrow preference is for ILIE NASTASE ahead of Caprio and Dvinsky. There should be a decent pace on here which will suit the selection, a winner over a mile here last month. He has since run a fair enough race at Lingfield but returned to this track he may prove hard to beat as the class-act in the race. Caprio is not straight-forward but he brings some solid form to the table, albeit at Wolverhampton recently. Whiskey Jack's last three runs have been poor, Dvinsky is a gutsy front-runner but this extra furlong tends to stretch him if taken on for the lead, whilst Little Pete has struggled in handicaps of late hence the drop in grade. Gone Hunting has a little to find with Caprio on their Wolverhampton clash, whereas Charlie Delta has a lot to do at the weights but normally gives his running. An open heat, where Ilie Nastase can serve up an ace.
Caprio (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Held up, kept on from over 1f out, 3rd of 9, 4l behind Red Somerset (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Whisky Jack 40-1 (9-1) Headway to track winner over 5f out until 2f out, last of 12, 36l behind Smalljohn (8-10) at Wolverhampton 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Little Pete (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) Broke well, steadied to mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Steel Stockholder (8-4) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Jan.
Gone Hunting 11-2 (8-13) Tracked leader, driven over 3f out, ridden 2f out, lost place 1f out, no extra, 3rd of 5, 4l behind Caprio (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f clm stks (6) pol in Jan.
See Elsie Play 14-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, switched left soon after start, effort over 1f out, no impression, 8th of 11, 11l behind Intolerable (9-0) at Lingfield 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Jun.
Charlie Delta 12-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, lost place over 2f out, 5th of 7, 6l behind Interchoice Star (9-3) at Wolverhampton 6f sell stks (6) pol in Jan.
Ilie Nastase (FR) 9-4fav (9-5) Led, ridden over 1f out, edged left final furlong, headed well inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Plush (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f clm stks (6) pol.
Dvinsky (USA) 11-8fav (8-13) Tracked leader, led over 1f out, soon strongly challenged, kept on strongly, won at Kempton 6f Claimer (0-75) (4yo+) (6) pol in Jan beating Misaro (8-9) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
