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Honesty Policy, who started the odds-on favourite, came out on top despite being unsuited by the run of the race and remains a useful prospect.
He was narrowly beaten on his hurdling debut by a Willie Mullins hot pot and confirmed that promise when opening his account at Navan last month, readily moving clear in the closing stages.
Honesty Policy didn't need to improve to follow up, but again left the impression he's capable of even better when circumstances allow, shuffled back on the home turn this time but finding plenty in the straight to be on top at the line. He will stay further than two miles, and is the type to progress again when exploring longer distances.
Timeform Eyecatcher: Saturday
ST JUST IN TIME
Runner-up, 2m1f handicap hurdle, Doncaster, Saturday 1 March
The omission of all flights up the straight likely wasn't to the advantage of many, particularly St Just In Time, who shaped encouragingly on his first start for Harry Derham.
He had joined a yard that do well with new recruits, and he duly showed improved form on his first start for the yard, travelling powerfully and only just failing to get up on the line.
St Just In Time again carried his head a little high, but he should have no trouble going one better before long, the yard having already shown a talent for improving previously quirky types, with Slugger being a prime example.
All Told caught the eye once more on Friday night – sent off at 28/1 on this third qualifying run for handicaps - and looks sure to leave this form well behind once switched to that discipline. Held up, he lost his place approaching the home turn before keeping on, not given at all a hard time by jockey Nathan Crosse.
Clearly there are plenty of well-bred individuals in the care of Joseph O’Brien, and though All Told isn’t really among the blue-bloods of the Coolmore operation, there are plenty of clues in his pedigree that suggest he will be better once stepping up in trip, his dam being a 1m2f AW winner and his sire Magna Grecia getting plenty of stayers for all he didn’t run over further than a mile in his curtailed career on the track.
Keep an eye out for All Told when he steps up in distance under a positive jockey booking, and when the market speaks in his favour.
Timeform Eyecatcher: Thursday
SPELLACY’S CROSS
Runner-up, 2m7f handicap chase, Clonmel, Thursday 27 February
Spellacy’s Cross is yet to get his head in front in 10 starts but it’s not for a lack of effort, the former Thomas Mullins-trained six-year-old finishing placed on his last three and only finding the thriving winner Maciver too good when touched off at Clonmel on Thursday in a result to view favourably in the context of the grade.
Spellacy’s Cross has made a promising start over fences and improved again upped in trip, going down only narrowly to a horse completing a hat-trick. Having raced close to the pace, he jumped on two out, and having been headed approaching the last, rallied well, only going down by a short-head.
He will stay further than 23f and is very much one to be interested in at this level.
Timeform Eyecatcher: Wednesday
ROCKOLA VOGUE
Runner-up, 2½m mares' handicap hurdle, Wetherby, Wednesday 26 February
Rockola Vogue was beaten a length and three quarters in second on her handicap debut but she did well to get so close given she still had in the region of 20 lengths to find on the winner four out.
Rockola Vogue had plenty to do but she stayed on well and ended up finishing 12 lengths clear of the third, leaving the impression that she's ahead of her opening mark.
She typically failed to jump with fluency, so that is an area in which she will need to improve, but she remains with potential and is one to be interested in.
Again, there were no Horse In Focus Flags awarded on a low-key day of racing, but Cemlyn can have her effort upgraded after she wasn't seen to best effect.
Cemlyn was sent off favourite back in novice company, and had already shown a level of form that would have entitled her to go close, but she was trapped very wide and failed to reproduce the pick of her previous efforts, weakening inside the final half furlong.
She had been runner-up to a progressive and well-treated rival when making her handicap debut at Southwell the time before.
No runner was awarded Timeform's Horse In Focus Flag on Monday but the lightly-raced Ray Gun appeals as one who could still have a bit more to offer.
Ray Gun was sent off an odds-on favourite at Wolverhampton after he had shown improved form to make a successful handicap debut at Kempton last week and, while he was unable to reward that support, there was no shame in finding a well-bred and much-improved rival in Gemmari too strong.
Ray Gun set out to make all and had an easy time of things through the first few furlongs, but he was pestered for the lead on a couple of occasions and had no answer to Gemmari's power-packed surge in the straight. It's still early days for Ray Gun who has made a positive start in handicaps and looks capable of better.
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