held up, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden to chase winner just over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
always close up, shaken up to lead 2f out, soon ridden, ran on well
led early, close up, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
held up last, niggled along and struggling over 1f out
soon led, pushed along and headed 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Six Strings debuts on the surface but stablemate Call Out Loud has previous form at the track if back to his best. The remainder are new to the Fibresand but James Tate has plenty of winners here and a chance is taken on the progressive POWER LINK. The latter ended the year in fine form and is taken to defy a 4lb rise for winning over today’s trip at Wolverhampton last time. Raydiance ran well for third in a tougher contest at Newcastle recently and Captain Jameson may well take to the track having gone close in heavy going at Catterick in October.
Power Link (USA) 13-8fav (9-6) Tracked leaders, headway on outside over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, edged left, ridden out final 100 yards, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (3) pol in Nov beating Young Fire (9-2) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Raydiance 13-2 (8-7) Prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Above The Rest (9-3) at Newcastle 7f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Captain Jameson (IRE) 11-2 (9-6) Keen tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, kept on one pace, 5th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Typhoon Ten (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Call Out Loud 80-1 (9-7) Led until well over 2f out, soon lost place, 12th of 14, 13 3/4l behind My Target (9-0) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Six Strings 20-1 (9-7) Slowly away and switched right start, keen held up, ridden and headway inside final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 12, 4 3/4l behind Busby (9-6) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Nov.