raced keenly, tracked leader, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, hard pressed and headed well inside final furlong, lost 2nd final strides
in touch, effort 2f out, soon ridden, not quicken and weakened over 1f out
prominent, ridden an effort 2f out, soon one pace and no impression over 1f out
led, ridden and headed narrowly over 1f out, stayed pressing leader until faded well inside final furlong
steadied start, took keen hold, held up, ridden over 1f out, not troubled leaders, just kept on one pace
held up behind mid-division, lost touch well over 2f out, soon in rear, and eased over 1f out, tailed off
settled towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, led final strides
raced keenly in touch on inside, ridden to press leader 1f out, led well inside final furlong, caught final strides
held up in rear, plenty to do from 2f out, headway and stayed on strongly final furlong, not reached leaders nearest finish
HAWAANA won well last time and he can score again at the main expense of Silaah and Everybody Knows. The selection was returning from a break when winning last time out, and the reality is that he is still very well treated on the pick of his old form. He should strip fitter this evening and he sets the standard for the others. Silaah is proven on this surface which is a big plus and he was a little unlucky when last seen out here in November behind Dazzling Bay. Everybody Knows only found Trafalgar Square too good last time at Lingfield and a reproduction of that effort should see him thereabouts at the finish. Stanley Goodspeed was returning from a break here last month and he looks sure to come on for the run so he is not out of this either. However, we will stick with Hawaana who looks primed for another big run.
Silaah 2-1fav (9-1) Steadied start, held up, headway over 2f out, not much room on rail just over 1f out, soon switched left, stayed on to take 2nd close home, not reached winner, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Dazzling Bay (8-9) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Stanley Goodspeed 10-1 (9-4) Soon well off the pace in rear, ran on inside final furlong, never troubled leaders, 4th of 8, 5l behind Al Gillani (9-1) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Mar.
Hawaana (IRE) 5-2 (9-2) Bustled along and soon chasing leader, hard ridden to lead over 1f out, driven final furlong and ran on well, won at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar beating Gazboolou (9-2) by 2l, 7 ran.
Everybody Knows 9-1 (9-4) Chased leader, led halfway, driven over 1f out, headed and unable to quicken final 100 yards, 2nd of 13, 1l behind Trafalgar Square (9-3) at Lingfield 7f hcap (5) pol in Jan.
Papillio (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Took keen hold, held up, ridden headway and hung right over 1f out, keeping on when nowhere to go well inside final furlong, finished full of running, 6th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Tartan Gigha (8-11) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar.
Greystoke Prince 8-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, driven over 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 13, 11l behind King's Wonder (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Obe Royal 8-1 (8-12) Held up in rear, headway on outside over 4f out, pushed along over 3f out, soon weakened, last of 10, 12l behind Downhill Skier (8-2) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Purus (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Pulled hard, pressed leaders on outside, weakened over 2f out, last of 12, 14l behind Randama Bay (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Lucullus 8-1 (9-3) Held up in touch, ridden and weakended 2f out, last of 8, 9l behind Benedetto (8-12) at Warwick 7f 3yo hcp (5) sft in Jul.
