in rear, soon pushed along, ridden 4f out, weakened over 3f out, tailed off
took keen hold early and led 2f, tracked leaders, ridden and unable to quicken 1f out, well held by front trio inside final furlong
mid-division, reminders and dropped rear 6f out, weakened 3f out
held up in rear, pushed along and 6th over 3f out, soon ridden, lost touch over 2f out
held up, headway 8f out, 3rd and ridden over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, soon well held
slowly into stride, soon prominent, led 10f out, ridden over 2f out, hard pressed from over 1f out, found extra to draw away final 100 yards
took keen hold, mid-division, soon in touch, went 3rd 3f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
prominent, chased winner over 9f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, outpaced by winner final 100 yards
This can go to ROANSTAR. He ended last season with a respectable third over today's trip at Newbury and the runner-up Valid Reason has since boosted the form with a win. Andrew Balding's yard has registered a couple of winners recently including Tweedledrum, who beat runner-up Rasam Aldaar over 1m3f here. The latter is likely to improve for the outing and looks a real threat especially as he had today's rival Gawaarib five-lengths behind in fourth. Major Domo will need to step up on last year's form and bumper runner-up Pearl Mountain is making her belated debut on the Flat.
Two Tone 40-1 (8-9) Dwelt pulled hard, headway to chase winner after 1f until ridden 6f out, soon weakened, behind final 4f, last of 7, well behind Mush Mir (10-1) at Southwell 2m hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Feb.
Roanstar 20-1 (8-2) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out stayed on to press for 2nd inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 3rd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Oldrik (9-1) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sep.
La Bambagini 66-1 (9-3) Awkward leaving stalls and slowly into stride, soon ridden along and outpaced, last of 10, 25l behind Loch Fleet (8-5) at Lingfield 1m mdn auc stks (6) pol in Feb.
Mistress Shy 66-1 (9-7) Tracked winner until ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 26l behind Absolute Princess (8-1) at Southwell 1m mdn auc stks (6) fbs in Mar.
Pearl Mountain (IRE) 33-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, pushed along 8f out, ridden over 5f out, weakened over 3f out, 9th of 15, 37l behind Ericht (11-5) at Huntingdon 1m 6f NH flat (6) gs in Jan.
Gawaarib (USA) 3-1 (8-8) Tracked leader, steadied back 8f out, reminders over 4f out, outpaced over 3f out, rallied final furlong, 4th of 8, 7l behind Tweedledrum (9-9) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Mar.
Major Domo (FR) 33-1 (9-3) Raced wide in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, not pace to challenge, 4th of 11, 10l behind Dordogne (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 1f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Sep.
Rasam Aldaar 11-8fav (8-8) Held up, improved to track leaders 7f out, ridden to chase leader 2f out, led over 1f out, driven and headed 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Tweedledrum (9-9) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Mar.