held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden entering final furlong, kept on to lead towards finish
chased leader, ridden and weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, soon headway, one pace
slowly into stride, in rear, headway over 1f out, one pace
held up towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
towards rear, never dangerous
towards rear, headway well over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
towards rear, effort over 1f out, never dangerous
towards rear, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on, headed towards finish
mid-division, headway over 1f out, ridden and kept on same pace
chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong
Nonrunner
With a good record at this track and off a fair rating CROSS THE LINE should do that in front of the others in a wide open handicap with Sapphire Prince and Resplendent Nova putting in late bids to deny him. Returning from nearly a year out the selection goes well fresh and only found a couple too good off this mark last time. Both of his last starts, the pair of them over course and distance, have a solid look about them and a similar effort again might be good enough. Both Sapphire Prince and Resplendent Nova do their best work late in the day so both might have causde a quandary to the assessor after narrow wins last time. Out of the pair Sapphire Prince looks the biggest danger, who on his turf form is really well weighted. Whodunit beat home a next time up winner when in second place last time out and based on his penaultimate start when he was a very taking winner there could be more to come but with him up in the weights again we prefer the profile of Cross The Line.
Striding Edge (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Behind until ridden, and kept on from over 1f out, never nearer, 4th of 12, 6l behind Handsome Falcon (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Oct.
Best In Class 20-1 (9-5) In touch, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened, 13th of 14, 19l behind Franco Is My Name (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Cross The Line (IRE) 5-2fav (8-12) Held up in close 4th, tracked leading pair 2f out, chased leader approacing final furlong, not quicken final 50 yards, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Marajaa (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Apr.
Aflaam (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Dwelt, slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 9, 13l behind Satwa Moon (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Outofoil (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Chased leader, driven over 2f out, soon ridden and lost place, weakened final furlong, 10th of 14, 9l behind Franco Is My Name (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Whodunit (UAE) 10-1 (8-7) Led, ridden over 1f out, kept on until headed and no extra final 100 yards, 2nd of 14, 1 3/4l behind Franco Is My Name (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
All About You (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Held up, shaken up and ran wide entering straight, always in rear, 9th of 11, 10l behind Dajen (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Resplendent Nova 3-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, challenged leader over 1f out, driven to lead post, won at Southwell 7f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Feb beating Fulford (8-6) by shd, 9 ran.
Pedasus (USA) 28-1 (8-2) Took keen hold, always in rear, 10th of 11, 17l behind Bazergan (9-7) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Aug.
Having A Ball 25-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened final furlong, 9th of 14, 9l behind Franco Is My Name (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Jazacosta (USA) 12-1 (8-13) Chased leader, led 3f out, headed 2f out, chased winner to over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 10, 11l behind Global Conquest (8-11) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Esteem Lord 40-1 (8-8) Always towards rear, 7th of 11, 8l behind Ocean Legend (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Sapphire Prince (USA) 4-1 (8-4) Tracked leading pair, ridden 2f out, ran on strongly to lead post, won at Lingfield 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol beating Hypnotist (9-1) by hd, 8 ran.
Street Devil (USA) 11-1 (8-13) Held up mid-division, pushed along halfway, headway over 1f out, soon every chance, weakened final furlong, 4th of 10, 4l behind Pendragon (8-4) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
