led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, quick move to track leader 4f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, just held on for 3rd
steadied start, held up last, hung right from well over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, almost snatched 3rd
held up in 5th, effort on inside over 1f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
raced keenly, tracked leaders, good headway on outside over 1f out, 2nd 1f out, stayed on to lead final 100 yards, soon clear and edged left
raced keenly, tracked leader 6f, handy, not clearest of runs on inside and switched left well over 1f out, headway between horses to lead over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner final 100 yards
OUR CHANNEL looks to have every chance of repeating last year’s success in this racing off a similar mark. He was up against it in Listed company behind Decorated Knight at Lingfield last time and will find this much easier. Both Manson and Captain Cat have proved best over shorter trips so far and neither arrive in good form while Abareeq has won over a mile here but hasn’t raced since November. Maiden winner Allumage missed the whole of last year and has her first start for new connections and Getback In Paris has joined Richard Hughes after a couple of outings over timber.
Our Channel (USA) 50-1 (9-0) Prominent on outside, led over 7f out, ridden 3f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 8, 16 1/4l behind Decorated Knight (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Feb.
Manson (8-13) 7th of 10, 8 3/4l behind Zarak (8-13) at Meydan 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) fm in Feb.
Captain Cat (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, soon tracking leading trio, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, last of 6, 6 1/4l behind My Target (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Allumage 20-1 (8-10) Held up in last pair, no real headway final furlong, 8th of 13, 7 3/4l behind Urban Castle (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 5f lst fll stks (1) pol in Oct.
Abareeq 14-1 (8-9) Held up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 14, 17 3/4l behind Pactolus (8-8) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Getback In Paris (IRE) 10-1 (10-12) Tracked leader, effort after 3 out, ridden and lost place when mistake next, soon weakened, 5th of 8, 26l behind Domperignon Du Lys (11-5) at Market Rasen 2m 1f (4) sft in Feb.