led, pressed and headed just over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
held up 6th, headway on outer well over 1f out, led narrowly entering final furlong, no extra when headed inside final furlong
pressed leader, under pressure over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
in touch 4th, ridden to challenge 2f out, every chance, one pace from over 1f out
held up last, headway on inside 2f out, led narrowly just over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, soon lost 2nd
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened quickly 2f out
held up 5th in touch, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on steadily to lead inside final furlong, driven out
Nonrunner
BLOCKELY is the form pick to land this handicap with both Dayia and Eforetta worth noting. The selection has been in blinding form this winter and spring winning four times. He has risen eighteen pounds in the ratings as a result which is beginning to make life tough but he did run well off just a two pound lower mark at Yarmouth last time out so he still has every chance of being in the shake up once again. Dayia runs off the same mark as he did when finishing third at Folkestone last month. He was a winning on the all weather prior to that at Great Leighs back in December so is another that is added to the short list of possible winners. Eforetta is seven pounds higher in the weights for his latest success at Southwell. He does come into the this race in fine form, however he has never won anywhere but for Southwell and for that reason he is probably best watched. So for the winner we return to Blockley.
Alnwick 10-1 (8-13) Tracked winner to 6f out, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, no chance over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Judgethemoment (9-5) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Apr.
Dayia (IRE) 11-1 (9-12) Raced wide in touch, ridden 4f out, driven 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 12, 4l behind Isabelonabicycle (8-13) at Folkestone 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Apr.
My Friend Fritz 85-40 (9-7) Soon tracked leader, pushed along 4f out, ridden to lead 3f out, driven and edged left from over 1f out, held on towards finish, won at Southwell 1m 4f sell stks (6) fbs in Mar beating Russian Invader (9-1) by hd, 4 ran.
Wait For The Light 16-1 (8-10) Chased leader, until 5f out, close up, until ridden, hung right over 2f out and soon weakened, 6th of 8, 11l behind Phoenix Flight (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Mar.
Blockley (USA) 4-1 (9-7) Behind, driven and headway over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 9, ns behind No Rules (8-5) at Yarmouth 2m hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Apr.
Rutba 11-2 (8-13) Chased leader until entering final 2f, soon weakened, 11th of 12, 18l behind Isabelonabicycle (8-13) at Folkestone 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Apr.
Eforetta (GER) 7-1 (8-11) Held up in touch, headway over 4f out, led over 1f out, ran on well, won at Southwell 2m hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Apr beating Spiritonthemount (7-13) by 3l, 12 ran.
Hasanpour (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Towards rear, headway 3f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 10, 10l behind Mr Crystal (9-8) at Pontefract 2m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fm in Apr.