slowly into stride, soon chased leaders on outside, 2nd over 8f out until ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in 5th on inside, pushed along and unable to quicken 2f out, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, never a factor
held up in rear, headway on outside chasing leaders over 3f out, hung right and ridden 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
held up in rear, good headway on inside and chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, led final 50 yards, all out
took keen hold in mid-division, switched left 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace in 4th inside final furlong
led after 1f, ridden over 1f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied into 2nd again last strides, just held
tracked leaders, hung right briefly over 2f out, 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed 50 yards out, no extra in 3rd last strides
held up towards rear, headway on inside 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, led for 1f, tracked leader, settled 3rd over 8f out, weakened inside final furlong
NonRunner
Though possibly a couple of pounds too high at present, course and distance winner Bird For Life has to go on the short-list as she’s been knocking on the door around here again lately. Veteran Munsarim would have each-way claims in a race like this and Wolverhampton fourth Thahab Ifraj takes a further drop in grade. Hong Kong Joe did better here last time but was behind Wally's Wisdom before that. XHALE hasn’t run on the Flat for a very long time but he’s been kept busy over hurdles and Ian Williams may have found a decent opportunity for him here.
Thahab Ifraj (IRE) 50-1 (8-11) Held up in last pair, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, went 4th close home, 4th of 10, 5 1/2l behind Cape Banjo (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Xhale (FR) 11-1 (10-4) Tracked leaders, went 3rd from 3 out, ridden before 2 out, kept on same pace, 5th of 12, 13 1/4l behind Lord County (11-1) at Doncaster 2m 1f hcp (5) sft in Jan.
Takeitfromalady (IRE) 50-1 (9-9) Rear of mid-division, never a factor, no impression early straight and no extra 1f out, 12th of 14, 16 3/4l behind Indian Tomahawk (9-5) at Dundalk 1m 3f hcp pol in Jan.
Roy Rocket (FR) 12-1 (9-6) Always towards rear, 10th of 12, 5 3/4l behind Wally's Wisdom (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Bird For Life 8-1 (8-9) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon chased clear leader, ridden over 1f out, closed inside final furlong, led post, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Oregon Gift (10-2) by ns, 9 ran.
Munsarim (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Held up, headway 2f out, chased leader inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 5th of 13, 4l behind Famous Dynasty (9-6) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
General Brook (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Led over 8f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 11th of 14, 6 3/4l behind Outrath (9-2) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (7) pol in Feb.
Hong Kong Joe 16-1 (8-7) Took keen hold, tracked leaders, went 2nd 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no chance with winner, lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Udogo (9-3) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Garcon De Soleil 16-1 (10-0) Raced wide close up, ridden to chase clear winner over 1f out, one pace and lost 2nd just inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 10 3/4l behind Relevant (11-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Joshlee (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) In touch, outpaced over 3f out, 6th of 8, 10 3/4l behind Gustavo Fring (9-5) at Southwell 5f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Wally's Wisdom 6-1 (9-4) Awkwardly away, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f, 5th of 9, at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
