dwelt, held up, ridden on outside and outpaced 2f out, stayed on final furlong
tracked leader, ridden to lead 2f out, driven and strongly pressed inside final furlong, held on near finish
held up in rear, effort and shaken up over 2f out, soon beaten
took keen hold, tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
keen hold in touch, outpaced over 2f out, driven and one pace after
took keen hold, tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, no impression after
held up in rear, ridden and hung right 2f out, no impression after
raced wide in rear, effort and ridden on outside 3f out, hung badly left to stand rail over 2f out and soon beaten
Top Mark gets the confident vote here with Samarinda and Katiypour rating the main dangers. The selecton won well last time when beating Night Curu and although rising in the weights he again has conditions to suit and he looks the one to be on. Samarinda rates the main danger on his best form but he ran as if the handicaper had caught up with him last time out and looks opposable on that basis. Katiypour was a fair fourth behind Sailor King last time and is another with place claims but he is hard to win with . Of the remainder Bee Stinger looks vulnerable under top weight while Don Pietro is sure to have come on for his latest start but for the winner we return to Top Mark.
Bee Stinger 5-1 (9-4) Always behind, last of 11, 20l behind Barney McGrew (8-8) at Goodwood 7f hcap (4) gd.
Top Mark 5-1 (9-7) Made all, shaken up over 2f out, withstood strong challenge, won at Kempton 1m 2f app hcp (4) pol beating Night Cru (9-12) by a shd, 7 ran.
Samarinda (USA) 12-1 (8-9) Took keen hold in mid-division, headway on outside 3f out to chase leaders 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 16, 6l behind Hassaad (8-13) at Ascot 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gf in May.
Blues In The Night (IRE) 16-1 (9-1) Held up, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 11, 3l behind Sailor King (8-12) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Don Pietro 7-1 (9-2) Took keen hold, held up and always in rear, 11th of 15, 10l behind Habshan (9-5) at Newbury 1m hcap (4) gf.
Coleridge (AUS) 9-2 (9-4) Held up, ridden 3f out, effort over 1f out, no impression, 5th of 7, 6l behind Peruvian Prince (8-11) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcap (5) pol in Dec.
Katiypour (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) In touch on inside, effort and every chance 2f out, soon ridden, held well inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 2l behind Sailor King (8-12) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Royal Amnesty 16-1 (10-0) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, 13th of 17, 13l behind Napoletano (9-0) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.