raced keenly, mid-division, headway 3f out, hung left from over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, eased when no extra towards finish
held up, not much room over 3f out, soon ridden, no impression
in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, headway 3f out, not much room over 2f out, ran green, no impression final furlong
led, headed 7f out, stayed prominent, regained lead over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, not much room entering final furlong, one pace after
prominent, led 7f out, headed over 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on well
prominent, hung right on bend over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders until hung left and weakened over 3f out, tailed off
in touch, pushed along 5f out, losing place when hampered over 2f out, no danger after
held up, headway over 3f out, ridden and close up 2f out, not much room over 1f out, soon switched right, ran on towards finish
Inchlaggan showed enough on his return at Nottingham recently to suggest that a race of this nature would be within his compass and the Barry Hills-trained colt gets the vote to gain a deserved success with the main threats looking to be Coastal Command and Flavius. The last mentioned is bred to be useful and Sir Michael Stoute has made a decent start to the campaign so he has to be considered, particularly if the market speaks in his favour. Peter Chapple-Hyam's Feeling was pulled up after his bit slipped when making his debut in Italy and could be anything, while Demisemiquaver is another bred to be useful but should want further. Luca Cumani's Mad Rush showed some promise on his debut and has claims although a more solid chance is probably held by Coastal Command, who ran rather green on his Kempton debut and may have improved since that run in December. Inchlaggan certainly has the best form on offer though and he looks the one that they all have to beat.
Coastal Command 9-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, behind, headway when hampered just inside final 2f, kept on same pace afterwards, 4th of 12, 5l behind Messiah Garvey (9-3) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Dec.
Feeling (IRE) Sadler's Wells colt, half-brother to several winners from 5f-1m.
Firestorm (IRE) 40-1 (8-8) Behind, kept on final 2f, never dangerous, 8th of 16, 7l behind Doubly Guest (8-13) at Pontefract 1m 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Oct.
Flavius (IRE) Montjeu colt, half-brother to 1m2f winner Trueno.
Inchlaggan (IRE) 12-1 (8-10) Led after 1f, ridden and headed over 2f out, regained lead over 1f out, headed last 100 yards, no extra towards finish, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Hannicean (8-10) at Nottingham 1m 2f mdn stk (5) gf in Apr.
Macaroni Gin (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Led, ridden over 2f out, kept on until headed, no extra towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Centenary (9-3) at Newcastle 1m 2yo mdn (5) gd in Sept.
Mad Rush (USA) 5-1 (9-3) In touch, hampered over 2f out, stayed on to take moderate 3rd, 3rd of 8, 5l behind Fever (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo mdn aut (6) gf in Apr.
Beseech (IRE) Danehill filly, half-sister to winners from 7f-1m3f.
Demisemiquaver Singspiel filly, half-sister to several winners from 1m-1m2f.
Driving Miss Suzie 66-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, no headway, weakened 2f out, 11th of 14, 13l behind Gyroscope (9-0) at Windsor 1m 3yo mdn fll (5) gf in Apr.
Honorable Love 25-1 (8-9) Dwelt and behind, headway 3f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 15, 5l behind Jeer (9-3) at Ripon 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Apr.
