pulled hard, held up, headway and squeezed through between horses over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong to lead close home
chased leader 1f, remained prominent, every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home
chased leaders out wide, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up in last pair, headway out wide chasing leaders halfway, hung right inside final 2f, weakened final furlong
led on rail after 1f, pushed along 3f out, headed soon after halfway, weakened quickly
led 1f, chased leader, led again soon after halfway, strongly pressed throughout final furlong, headed and not pace of winner close home
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Shamlaan defied a 10lb rise for scoring at Lingfield in November with a victory at Wolverhampton and has been given a break. He's up another 6lb and INCOME, who has been in fine form on the all-weather, gets the nod in receipt of 13lb. Sir Henry Cotton's all-weather double came over 6f and he was unlucky in-running over that trip at Wolverhampton while Lovely Mana couldn't handle soft ground at Nottingham after scoring at Newcastle. Josies Kid's victory at York came on soft going.
Shamlaan (IRE) 9-4 (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Al Ameen (9-0) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
Josies Kid (IRE) 13-2 (8-12) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Boonie (8-12) at Nottingham 5f stks (3) gs in Apr.
Arboy Will 66-1 (8-12) Chased winner who went clear over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, just held on for modest 3rd, 3rd of 9, 5 1/4l behind Live In The Dream (8-10) at Sandown 5f hcp (2) gf in Apr.
Lovely Mana (IRE) 7-4fav (9-6) Prominent, pushed along and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 7l behind Ballet Steps (9-1) at Nottingham 5f hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Apache Star (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Prominent, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 9 1/2l behind Ballet Steps (9-1) at Nottingham 5f hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Sir Henry Cotton (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Slowly into stride and awkwardly away, held up off the pace in last trio, headway between horses over 1f out, not clear run switched right and ran on inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Watchya (9-8) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Income (IRE) 5-4 (9-2) Raced keenly behind leader, edged left beginning turn for home, hit front and ridden before final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 4, 3/4l behind Resilience (9-9) at Kempton 5f hcp (4) pol in Mar.