made most, ridden over 1f, edged right and stayed on inside final furlong
raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong
unruly stalls, dwelt in rear, outpaced after 3f, tailed off
in touch in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway under pressure approaching final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd near finish
keen tracked winner, ridden over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong, lost 2nd near finish
close up, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
Nonrunner
The progressive Hammer Gun was due to run at Southwell yesterday and would carry a double penalty in this if successful. He beat LONDON (NAP) a neck over a mile here last time but the latter looks set for a return to winning ways having won off a higher mark when trained in Ireland last year. Space War went close over 6f here recently while Order Of Service just missed out at Southwell and Let's Twist found only one too good at Newcastle. Out Of The Ashes never looked like catching the winner when second at the latter track but Be Royale could go well back over 7f today.
London (FR) 5-1 (9-3) Led, driven 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, headed final strides, 2nd of 6, nk behind Hammer Gun (8-10) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Out Of The Ashes 9-1 (9-11) Led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Fingal's Cave (9-11) at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Let's Twist 8-1 (9-6) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on, no extra towards finish, 2nd of 11, 1l behind Inaam (9-5) at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Capolavoro (FR) 3-1 (9-2) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 5, 3 1/2l behind Mehdi (9-2) at Newcastle 7f stks (5) pol in Feb.
Higher Court (USA) 10-1 (9-7) Hampered start tracked leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Major Valentine (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Space War 2-1fav (10-12) In touch, headway over 1f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, not quicken close home, 3rd of 8, nk behind Athassel (11-4) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Hammer Gun (USA) 8-1 (8-10) Chased leaders in 4th, driven over 2f out, ridden and headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on well under pressure inside final furlong, led final strdes, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Mar beating London (9-3) by nk, 6 ran.
Order Of Service 20-1 (9-5) In touch, wide into straight 3f out, headway 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 7, nk behind Glorious Asset (8-9) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Chetan 8-1 (9-6) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, switched right and effort over 1f out, never on terms, 6th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Fujin (9-7) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Be Royale 7-2 (9-7) Raced wide close up in rear, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 9l behind Beau Mistral (8-12) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp fll (5) pol in Jan.