led, headed over 6f out, shaken up 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, hampered and squeezed out inside final furlong, 3rd and well held after
went left start, led over 6f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders, raced keenly, effort on outside over 1f out, challenged entering final furlong, possibly led briefly, stayed on, just held
a little awkwardly away, held up in last, headway from 2f out to lead over 1f out, edged right and joined inside final furlong, held on gamely
CARDSHARP is penalised 7lb for last summer’s Listed success but still edges this at the weights. Mark Johnston’s charge arrives in good form having won a handicap over today’s trip at Lingfield earlier this month and is preferred to both Crossing The Line and Glendevon. The former struggled in a conditions' race last time having won at Chelmsford earlier while the latter drops back down to 7f having placed over 1m2f on a couple of occasions at the end of last year. Giogiobbo was a prolific winner on the all-weather when trained in France but has yet to threaten for new connections.
Cardsharp 5-2fav (9-9) Led, headed over 2f out, led again inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Mar beating Gallipoli (8-7) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Giogiobbo 50-1 (9-5) Keen in mid-division, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 7 1/4l behind Merhoob (9-1) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Glendevon (USA) 11-4fav (9-9) Pulled hard, held up in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 9 3/4l behind Greatest Journey (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Crossing The Line 11-4jfav (9-0) Soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, weakened final 110 yards, last of 7, 9l behind Island Of Life (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f fll stks (2) pol in Jan.