soon led, headed over 10f out, settled 3rd 7f out, effort on inside 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, lost two places towards finish
raced keenly, held up in rear, rapid headway out wide chasing leaders over 3f out, rider dropped rein briefly over 2f out, soon hung right, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, dropped to 4th post
held up in last pair, headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd post, not pace to challenge
tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
soon tracking leader, led over 10f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner
held up in 5th, outpaced home turn, soon beaten
raced in close 3rd, went 2nd 7f out, led inside final 2f, ridden and edged right over 1f out, stayed on well
The consistent BLAZEON FIVE has finished runner-up in all three starts since completing a hat-track. He’s finished ahead of First Emperor, Hydroplane and Grandmaster Flash in the process and Roger Teal’s charge can deservedly get his head back in front. Novel Legend returns to action having gone close at Newmarket in October while Sarsons Risk has won over hurdles since placed on the Flat at Newcastle last autumn.
Blazeon Five 5-1 (9-11) In touch with leaders, shaken up over 2f out, headway over 1f out, went second inside final furlong, ran on but no match for winner, 2nd of 12, 2l behind Duty Of Care (10-2) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Hydroplane (IRE) 11-1 (10-7) Tracked winner until 2nd, tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, weakened before next, tailed off, last of 7, 37 1/2l behind Sonigino (11-3) at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp (2) gd in Feb.
Grandmaster Flash (IRE) 50-1 (10-0) Held up off the pace in rear, never a factor, 9th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Duty Of Care (10-2) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Vazir (FR) 33-1 (9-2) Soon switched right, held up in last pair, never involved, 8th of 10, 5 1/4l behind Aztec Empire (9-1) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) pol in Feb.
First Emperor 11-8fav (9-2) Mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, unable to trouble winner, kept on, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Golden Rules (10-0) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Sarsons Risk (IRE) 10-1 (11-0) Raced keenly, led, fell 3 out, at Kempton 2m (1) gd in Feb.
Novel Legend (IRE) 2-1fav (9-2) In touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, led towards finish, headed close home, 2nd of 11, nk behind Malakahna (9-8) at Newmarket 2m hcp (4) gs in Oct.
