held up in rear, ridden 2f out, headway 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
held up in touch and keen, switched right well over 1f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, held close home
took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish
tracked leader and keen, led over 1f out, soon ridden, held on close home
Lastkingofscotland has been in fine form over 7f but is prone to the odd slow start and that could cost him back over this shorter trip. April Fool has made all to win his last three starts over longer trips, but that leaves him vulnerable to a fast finisher like Frequency, who never recovered after running into trouble at Wolverhampton last time. ROCHE DES VENTS won his maiden at Lingfield last May and was aimed high in a couple of subsequent starts. Richard Hannon's colt makes a belated reappearance here and might just be good enough. Northern Dare was engaged to run in the 4.30 at Lingfield yesterday.
Lastkingofscotland (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) Slowly away, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Bowmaker (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Northern Dare (IRE) 9-4fav (9-11) Prominent, reminders soon after start, hanging left on bend over 3f out, lost place over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 7th of 11, 4l behind Sherjawy (9-0) at Kempton 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan.
April Fool 15-8fav (8-12) Made all, ridden over 2f out, just held on, won at Kempton 7f 4yo clm stks 0-70 (5) pol beating Maze (9-0) by shd, 9 ran.
Frequency Evensfav (9-13) Dwelt, held up in rear, slightly hampered halfway, wide into straight 2f out, ridden over 1f out, not trouble leaders, 5th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Restless Bay (8-7) at Wolverhampton 6f sell stks (6) pol.
Roche Des Vents 40-1 (8-6) Outpaced and always towards rear, 17th of 25, 15l behind Temple Meads (8-6) at Newbury 5f 2yo aut (2) gd in Jul.