in touch, pushed along 2f out, ridden entering final furlong, ran on, nearest finish
raced wide in touch, ridden and weakened 2f out
made all, ridden over 1f out, driven out
in touch towards rear, pushed along 2f out, kept on same pace
close up, ridden over 1f out, no extra towards finish
tracked leaders, headway when short of room entering final furlong, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
raced wide tracked winner, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra towards finish
in rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway inside final furlong, ran on, nearest finish
Astral Beau was a 50/1 chance when making a winning debut over the trip at Leicester where she led a furlong out and stayed on strongly. But she has a penalty to carry which may just hand the initiative to BELUGA GOLD, who has been a very expensive failure the last twice including when long odds-on here a fortnight ago where he was headed on the line when conceding the winner 8lb. With his stable in excellent form, Fourth Time Lucky, not beaten far in any of last year's three races, is respected while Jumhoor, who cost 100,000gns as a yearling but just 6,000gns at the sales in October, is an interesting newcomer though Danny Tudhope is on board Flame Talon.
Astral Beau 50-1 (8-9) Raced wide held up, headway 2f out, led inside final furlong, soon edged left, pushed along and ran on, won at Leicester 7f stks (5) gs in Apr beating Pub Crawl (9-0) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.
Bastille 25-1 (9-5) Close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on same, 5th of 13, 3 3/4l behind Yellow Bear (9-5) at Thirsk 1m stks (5) sft in Apr.
Beluga Gold (IRE) 2-5fav (9-0) Led, ridden and edged left over 1f out, hung left and pressed inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 5, shd behind Wotever Next (8-9) at Catterick 7f stks (6) gs in Apr.
Billyb (FR) 66-1 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden well over 2f out, kept on one pace, 5th of 14, 5 3/4l behind Verona Star (9-3) at Newcastle 7f stks (4) pol in Oct.
Flame Talon (IRE) 11-1 (8-12) Carried right and hampered start, off the pace in last trio, pushed along out wide over 2f out, never on terms, 7th of 8, 11 3/4l behind Ex Gratia (9-9) at Southwell 6f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Fourth Time Lucky (IRE) 11-4 (9-5) Chased leaders, switched left over 2f out, ridden and closed over 1f out, ran on until no extra close home, 3rd of 13, 1 3/4l behind Dancing Reel (9-5) at Kempton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Jumhoor Night Of Thunder gelding out of Populist.
Gracelands Girl Iffraaj filly out of Stella Point.