tracked leaders, pushed along 6f out, weakened over 2f out
held up in rear, took keen hold, headway on inside over 2f out, stayed on one pace final furlong
held up, ridden and effort over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, headway over 3f out, switched left well over 1f out, soon led, clear inside final furlong, stayed on
led early, prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
soon led, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
last to break, in rear and sometimes niggled along, ridden 5f out, headway over 1f out, went 2nd and stayed on inside final furlong, unable to trouble winner
soon tracking leader, ridden and weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out
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COORG is upped a further 8lb after landing a hat-trick of course victories. Two of those have come over track and trip and he was untroubled to score by over three lengths last time so gets the nod again. Zakatal has won at Wolverhampton since falling victim to the selection while King Olav won a claimer at the same track last week. Daisy Boy won over 1m5f here last time and can figure but Duke Street is 6lb higher than when scoring over today's trip at Beverley in August.
Brassbound (USA) 16-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders, pressed leader over 8f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon headed, weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 8 1/4l behind Cotton Club (10-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Excellent Puck (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Led, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, kept on, 4th and held near finish, 4th of 6, 1/4l behind Coillte Cailin (9-3) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
U S Navy Seal (USA) 5-1 (9-6) Held up, in touch in rear, headway 2f out, ridden to chase winner when edged right approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 6, 2 1/2l behind Play Nicely (8-13) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Albahar (FR) 20-1 (11-3) Tracked leaders, driven to chase winner after 3 out to before next, soon ridden, well held after, 6th of 13, 21 1/4l behind Debdebdeb (11-8) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) sft in Jan.
Duke Street (IRE) 11-8 (11-5) Led until jumped slowly and narrowly headed 1st, led after next until 3rd, chased leader until ridden before 2 out, 2nd again soon after, hit 2 out and last, no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 3 1/2l behind Darebin (10-12) at Sandown 2m (4) sft in Nov.
Daisy Boy (IRE) 11-8fav (9-10) Pushed along briefly leaving stalls, made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Scrafton (9-3) by 1l, 5 ran.
Zakatal 9-2jfav (9-12) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, not much room 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 11, 3 1/4l behind Spiritoftomintoul (9-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
King Olav (UAE) 2-1fav (8-12) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f stks (5) pol in Jan beating Astra Hall (8-10) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.
Oratorio's Joy (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Held up, headway on inner over 1f out, soon every chance, kept on one pace, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Cotton Club (10-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Coorg (IRE) Evensfav (9-4) Slowly into stride, switched right and headway to lead after 3f, ridden over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Megara (9-2) by 3 3/4l, 6 ran.
