held up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish
tracked leading pair, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, driven and hung left towards finish
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
steadied start, held up in rear, driven and short lived effort over 1f out
raced wide in rear, ridden 2f out, ran on strongly final furlong, gaining on winner when not clear run towards finish
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
Elysian Prince ran into all sorts of trouble last time but had won over 1m2f at Lingfield before that. Alcatraz disappointed on his latest start having gone close here on a couple of occasions earlier while both Safira Menina and Light Of Air are upped a grade having placed on their latest outings. TANGRAMM has won seven times so far on the all-weather surfaces in 17 starts. He needs a bit more off his current mark but may well find it and Dean Ivory’s charge gets the nod to return to winning ways.
Tangramm 7-1 (9-7) Towards rear, ridden 1f out, soon headway, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Count Montecristo (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Elysian Prince 3-1 (8-8) Soon led, headed 9f out, tracked leader until 5f out, chased leaders, pushed along when not much room on inside over 2f out, weakened soon after, 7th of 10, 16l behind Sennockian Star (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Instant Karma (IRE) 8-1 (11-9) Held up towards rear, headway tracking leaders when bumped approaching 3 out, weakened quickly before next, tailed off and pulled up before last, at Kempton 2m 5f hcp (3) gd in Dec.
Giantstepsahead (IRE) 12-1 (9-9) Led and set strong pace, ridden and headed over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out,, 10th of 12, 8 1/2l behind Persun (9-7) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Alcatraz (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Dwelt, in last pair, switched left over 2f out, went modest 4th over 1f out, no impression, 4th of 6, 5 1/4l behind Kingthistle (8-5) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Bostonian 8-1 (11-0) Held up mid-division, in 5th before 3 out, one pace, 8th of 10, dist behind Seedling (11-0) at Plumpton 2m mdn (5) sft in Nov.
Safira Menina 11-1 (9-4) Towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, took 3rd near finish, no impression with front pair, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Langlauf (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Light Of Air (FR) 7-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, stayed on from over 1f out, unable to challenge and lost 2nd inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Amanto (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (5) pol in Feb.