in touch, chased leaders over 4f out, every chance over 1f out, hampered inside final furlong, kept on same pace
made all, hard ridden when challenegd from over 1f out, stayed on gamely
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on wide outside to chase leaders after 3f, driven over 5f out, weakened over 3f out
tracked leader, lost place well over 5f out, soon towards rear, rallied approaching final furlong, never a threat
held up, switched right and headway on wide outside over 2f out, every chane when hung left under pressure inside final furlong, kept on well closing stages
held up, took closer order over 4f out, chased leaders over 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
TIN FANDANGO finished ahead of True Destiny here back in November and both have won since. The latter beat Demophon over today’s trip at Kempton in February but the former has the more recent form with a victory over 2m at Lingfield. Mark Usher’s charge beat Singing The Blues on that occasion and that form also gives him the measure of Tour de Paris, who has been running well over 1m6f at Wolverhampton. There is little between Alabaster and Dazzling Rock on collateral form though the top weight has a fitness advantage and can make the frame once again.
Alabaster 5-2fav (9-11) Prominent, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Seinesational (9-9) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Dazzling Rock (IRE) 7-2 (9-2) Led, headed and bumped 2f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, lost 2nd towards finish, 5th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Seinesational (9-0) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Final Choice 33-1 (8-4) Slowly away in rear, progress 10f out, close up, short lived effort over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 7, 14 1/2l behind Mixboy (9-9) at Southwell 2m 2f hcp (3) pol in Apr.
Tin Fandango 12-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and ran on, won at Lingfield 2m hcp (5) pol in Apr beating Singing The Blues (9-6) by 2l, 11 ran.
True Destiny 7-2 (9-6) Mid-division on inside, smooth headway tracking leaders over 2f out, ridden inside final 2f, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on to lead final 100 yards, won at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Demophon (8-7) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Tour de Paris (IRE) 3-1fav (9-8) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders inside final 2f, ridden and stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, always held, 2nd of 11, 1l behind Singing The Blues (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Demophon 14-1 (8-9) Prominent, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, 6th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Ebqaa (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Winter Spice (IRE) 4-1 (11-8) Tracked leaders, ridden before 10th, weakened after 3 out, 5th of 7, 31 1/2l behind Worthy Farm (11-10) at Taunton 3m hcp (4) gd in Nov.