Black Tor Figarro slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear, headway 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on

Shaftesbury held up, headway to lead over 1f out, headed and unable to quicken inside final furlong

King Bathwick prominent, chased leader 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

Tasheba chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong

Double On Red led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

Dusk mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out

Natural Rhythm prominent, raced keenly, ridden over 4f out, not much room and weakened over 3f out

Any Given Day slowly into stride and went right start, held up, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out

Desiderio raced keenly, tracked leader until ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

Ogmore Junction held up, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out

A modest handicap and, with the pace fair, this proved quite a test for these three-year-olds. The winning time was 1.18 seconds slower than the previous older-horse 66-80 handicap. They tended to race middle to stands' side in the straight.

BLACK TOR FIGARRO showed just moderate form in three runs over 1m as a two-year-old but, stepped up significantly in trip on his return from a near five-month break, he landed a bit of a touch on his handicap debut. He never really travelled that well and was off the bridle about four out, but his rider never gave up and he stayed on very strongly in the straight.

This one gives the impression he will be suited by even further.

Shaftesbury came from well off the pace and looked a real threat around two furlongs out, but his effort just flattened out a touch close home. He is still a maiden, but showed enough to suggest he can win a similar race at some point.

Tasheba, who had not shown much prior to winning his maiden at Yarmouth on his final start last year, ran a respectable race under topweight on his return from nearly six months off the track.

Double On Red looked to have most of these in trouble at the top of the straight, but she found little for pressure after heading over to the stands' rail. This trip seemed to stretch her stamina.

An improved effort could have been expected from Dusk considering that he was stepped up significantly in trip on his return from six months off, but he was well held.

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