close up in 4th, ridden and headway entering final furlong, driven and unable to quicken near finish
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
tracked winner, ridden and wide into straight 2f out, effort and every chance inside final furlong, just held
made all, pushed along 2f out, ridden and edged right inside final furlong, driven out
There is not much between these at the weights with Amour de Nuit coming out best. But he drops back in trip on his return having shown progressive form over 2m last year. Mymatechris lost his way after winning at last year’s All-Weather Championships and has his first start since June while Nearly Caught and FIRST MOHICAN (NAP) were both well beaten in testing ground in the same Listed contest at Nottingham last time. But the latter had won a decent handicap over today’s distance at Wolverhampton in December and Alan King’s charge gets the vote on that form.
First Mohican 7-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, ridden 3f out, one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 14 1/4l behind Frosty Berry (8-10) at Nottingham 1m 6f lst stks (1) hvy in Apr.
Mymatechris (IRE) 33-1 (9-9) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 15th of 17, 18 1/4l behind Arab Dawn (9-2) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp stks (2) gf in Jun.
Nearly Caught (IRE) 9-2 (9-1) Led, ridden 3f out, headed 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, 5th of 9, 16l behind Frosty Berry (8-10) at Nottingham 1m 6f lst stks (1) hvy in Apr.
Amour de Nuit (IRE) 20-1 (8-11) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon lost 2nd, chased leaders, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 7l behind Flying Officer (9-7) at Ascot 2m Grp 2 (1) gs in Oct.