raced wide mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
in touch, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, driven to challenge winner inside final furlong, not quicken and lost 2nd near finish
slow into stride, pushed along and close up after 1f, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong
raced wide tracked leaders, went 2nd over 6f out, led 5f out, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened final furllong
keen tracked leader, tracked leaders over 6f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, driven and headed inside final furlong, no extra
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, never near leaders
in rear, never a factor
led, headed 5f out, lost place over 3f out, eased final 2f, tailed off
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A tasty handicap on an otherwise mundane card with Leicester winner Fabricate returning to action off a 4lb higher mark. Winterlude is proving versatile as regards trip and won over 2m recently having scored over 1m2f at Lingfield in January. He beat Vettori Rules last time and is closely matched with Barye on earlier running. Haines is another recent winner over 2m while Plutocracy is upped in class after going close over track and trip. Progressive hurdler Red Tornado has won on the Flat in France but is probably using this as a primer before a tilt at the County Hurdle at Cheltenham and another chance goes to COHESION (NAP). The latter has ran well in tough handicaps behind Watersmeet and Pinzolo recently and subsequent winners have come out of both races.
Winterlude (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Held up in 4th, headway on inside over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven out final furlong, kept on, won at Kempton 2m stks (2) pol in Feb beating Vettori Rules (8-10) by 1 3/4l, 5 ran.
Fabricate 9-2 (9-3) In touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, every chance from over 1f out, driven to lead final 75 yards, ran on, won at Leicester 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Oct beating Passover (9-2) by shd, 8 ran.
Barye 7-1 (9-11) Held up in touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, modest 5th inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Natural Scenery (8-10) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Cohesion 3-1 (8-13) Tracked leading trio on outside, disputing 3rd 5f out, kept on in 3rd inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 3rd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Watersmeet (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f stks (2) pol in Feb.
John Reel (FR) 8-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden and one pace inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Hamelin (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Mistiroc 20-1 (9-7) Led, ridden entering final furlong, soon headed, no extra, 6th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Hamelin (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Haines 16-1 (9-6) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon edged left under pressure, stayed on well, won at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (2) pol in Feb beating Byron Flyer (9-0) by nk, 11 ran.
Red Tornado (FR) 3-1fav (11-12) Mid-division, lost place 3 out, soon outpaced and behind, well beaten before 2 out, 7th of 8, 36 3/4l behind Hassle (11-0) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp lst (1) gd in Sep.
Plutocracy (IRE) 5-1 (9-9) Soon led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Hot Beat (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Vettori Rules 13-2 (8-10) Tracked leader, took keen hold when pressed for 2nd 7f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, no impression with winner, 2nd of 5, 1 3/4l behind Winterlude (9-2) at Kempton 2m stks (2) pol in Feb.
Castilo Del Diablo (IRE) 4-1 (9-13) In touch, pushed along over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 5th of 7, 1 3/4l behind Tartan Bute (9-3) at Lingfield 2m hcp (4) pol in Mar.
