slowly into stride, soon tracking leading trio, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, kept on towards finish
chased winner, pushed along and every chance 2f out, hard ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, kept on one pace in 3rd
raced keenly, tracked leading pair on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, never able to challenge
held up in rear, pushed along and effort on inside 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong, never involved
made all, shaken up inside final 2f, ran on gamely, unchallenged
Karl Burke's horses are in top form and Lord Of The Lodge should make a bold bid to continue the run with race conditions in his favour. He's top-rated here and almost ran to that mark when just failing to make all over the trip at Wolverhampton on Boxing Day. EDRAAK is now just 3lb lower after a very convincing victory over 7f here last month and track experience may just swing this his way. Apollo One has a penalty for a Listed success at Lingfield but he's won first-time-back for the last two year's so the lack of a run won't be a problem. Fernando Rah has won three of his eight races though needs to step-up again as does Fivethousandtoone.
Apollo One 5-2jfav (9-7) Led duo towards near side, joined main group and close up when ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 5 3/4l behind Imperial Yellow (8-9) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Edraak (IRE) 13-2 (9-4) In touch, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Kempton 7f hcp (2) pol in Dec beating Bellosa (9-6) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.
Fernando Rah 4-1fav (9-1) Mid-division, travelled well approaching 2f out, pushed along before 1f out to lead, won easily, won at Southwell 5f hcp (3) pol in Dec beating Zarzyni (9-7) by 3l, 13 ran.
Fivethousandtoone (IRE) 11-4 (9-7) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, kept on, went 3rd well inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Tommy de Vito (8-6) at Kempton 6f hcp (2) pol in Oct.
Lord Of The Lodge (IRE) 11-2 (9-3) Led, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, kept on, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Soldier's Minute (9-3) at Wolverhampton 6f stks (2) pol in Dec.