Monsieur Jamie has done all his winning at Southwell so far and Earlsmedic is creeping up the weights despite not winning. He had Dasho and Requisite behind when runner-up here last time, while Garstang is 10lb higher than when scoring over 7f here last month. Both Sulis Minerva and TORRES DEL PAINE are bidding to land hat tricks here and share similar levels of form. However, the former recorded his double at Lingfield while the latter won twice last month over C&D. Jimmy Fox's charge just edges it on that basis and gets the nod.
Dasho 12-1 (8-13) Led, headed 2f out, kept on and lost 2nd place well inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 4l behind Whaileyy (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Monsieur Jamie 8-1 (8-11) Dwelt, in rear, ridden well over 1f out, never dangerous, 7th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Even Stevens (9-7) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-95 (3) fbs in Jan.
Requisite 10-1 (9-2) Slowly away, in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 6l behind Whaileyy (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Chevise (IRE) 20-1 (8-11) Raced keenly in mid-division, effort on inner over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 9l behind Maverik (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Roodee Queen 25-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 6l behind Dorback (8-13) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Sulis Minerva (IRE) 6-1 (8-12) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, ran on to lead inside final furlong, driven out, won at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan beating The Strig (9-1) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Earlsmedic 8-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, kept on to take 2nd entering final furlong, 2nd of 12, 4l behind Whaileyy (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Torres Del Paine 11-8fav (8-13) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Kempton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan beating Haadeeth (8-9) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Garstang 6-1 (9-11) Mid-division, headway to chase leading pair over 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, soon joined, headed well inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, shd behind Fleetwoodsands (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jan.
