chased leader until pushed along halfway, weakened quickly
steadied start and keen, waited with in rear, good headway between horses inside final furlong, went 2nd final 100 yards, strong challenge near finish, just failed
held up off the pace in last pair, headway near side rail over 1f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong
raced keenly chasing leaders no extra in 4th final furlong
raced keenly, held up off the pace towards rear, headway far side of group over 1f out, never going pace to reach leaders
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
raced keenly tracking leaders near side of group, led over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on gamely, all out
INDIAN SOUNDS will be sharper for last month’s fourth over track and trip. Cheekpieces are applied for this and Paul Midgley’s charge gets a speculative vote to end a long losing run off his current mark. Modular Magic is another that has slipped down the weights and he ran well at Southwell last time while Kraken Power finished in front of Wee Fat Mac when third here last week and drops back down to the minimum trip.
Indian Sounds (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Motawaazy (9-8) at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Modular Magic 4-1 (9-11) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 1 1/2l behind Murbih (9-4) at Southwell 5f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Idoapologise 9-1 (8-11) Hung right, prominent, led 4f out, headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Laheg (9-9) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Wee Fat Mac 2-1fav (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 4th of 11, 1 1/4l behind Bungle Bay (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Ruggles 12-1 (9-3) Rear mid-division, ridden 2f out, no real progress, 8th of 14, 4 3/4l behind Our Absent Friends (9-8) at Newcastle 5f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Another Angel (IRE) 25-1 (9-7) Led and soon 3 lengths clear, pushed along and reduced lead 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, soon weakened, 6th of 9, 9l behind Jems Bond (9-6) at Newcastle 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Kraken Power (IRE) 9-4fav (9-6) Close up, not clear run over 1f out and shuffled back to last, pushed along and ran on towards finish, 5th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Catherine Chroi (9-6) at Newcastle 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.