held up and always in rear
held up in 5th on inside, outpaced over 4f out, no chance after
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, every chance until winner went on inside final furlong, no extra soon after
held up in 6th, good headway on inside tracking leaders 5f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, led inside final furlong, stayed on but headed on line
led, driven along and strongly pressed over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon no extra
chased leaders on outside, jinked left 2f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, ended on near side rail inside final furlong, strong challenge towards finish, led post
Vibrance has won her last three over the course and distance and she will likely be a short price to complete the four-timer. Oisin Murphy takes over the reins and a further 5lb rise is not excessive but MOURIYANI showed improvement for the step up to 1m6f at Wolverhampton and may be capable of better still over another 2f – Laura Coughlan again takes off 7lb. Affluence won nicely over the trip at Chelmsford and Jam Session wasn’t disgraced on his return to action here at the start of the month.
Rydan (IRE) 33-1 (9-11) Held up in last pair, never a factor, 7th of 8, 15l behind Vibrance (8-12) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Jumping Cats 33-1 (8-0) Towards rear, ridden 3f out, never on terms, 6th of 8, 13 3/4l behind Land Of Oz (8-0) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Vibrance Evensfav (8-12) Tracked leaders, smooth headway on outside into 2nd over 2f out, led inside final 2f, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Jan beating Dance To Paris (9-7) by 1 3/4l, 8 ran.
Affluence (IRE) 10-1 (9-13) Held up towards rear, headway when not clear run over 1f out, soon switched right, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Ban Shoof (9-5) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Sarim (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Held up towards rear, headway into mid-division over 7f out, ridden and lost place 2f out, behind over 1f out, last of 10, 10l behind Olympic Conqueror (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Jam Session (IRE) 40-1 (8-9) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never on terms, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 7 1/4l behind All Yours (9-7) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Mouriyani (USA) 12-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, lost place 5f out, pushed along and headway over 1f out, stayed on to lead post, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Willkommen (9-1) by shd, 11 ran.