keen close up, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, ridden over 4f out, outpaced over 2f out, kept on final furlong
raced wide early, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
held up, headway on inside from 3f out, stayed on final furlong
led, ridden over 2f out, caught post
raced wide held up, headway 3f out, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, stayed to lead post
pulled hard tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
Wolverhampton winner Petomic looks to have every chance judged on his recent form on the Polytrack and so does Peadar Miguel if he stays today's longer trip after scoring over a mile at Lingfield in February. But with Kayaan's sole victory coming over 1m4f and Boa returning from a lengthy lay-off, the vote goes to BRIGADOON. Beaten only a head on fast ground over today's distance at Lingfield in August, he has scope for improvement this year and Willie Jarvis won with a seasonal debutant at Beverley during the week.
Peadar Miguel 5-1 (9-6) Held up last, headway over 1f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, almost snatched 3rd, not reach leaders, 4th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Tewin Wood (9-7) at Kempton 1m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar.
Royal Defence (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, in rear from 4f out, soon pushed along and lost place, last of 6, 21l behind Edgeworth (8-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f clm stks 0-75 (6) pol in Mar.
Brigadoon 10-3 (9-0) In touch, ridden to chase leader briefly over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 8l behind Baralaka (10-0) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Sep.
Petomic (IRE) 13-2 (8-7) Steadied start, held up last, outpaced inside final 3f, headway on outside 2f out, stayed on to 3rd inside final furlong, no impression on leading duo, 3rd of 5, 2 1/4l behind African Cheetah (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Buddy Holly 10-1 (10-6) Reared start, mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 14, 10l behind Squad (10-6) at Lingfield 1m 4f am hcp (0-70) (5) pol in Feb.
Kayaan 7-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 8th of 14, 5l behind Sovento (9-3) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Oct.
Boa 3-1fav (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway 3f out, never reached leaders, weakened final furlong, 10th of 15, 12l behind Noah Jameel (8-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in May.
Tombellini (IRE) 20-1 (9-13) Outpaced, always behind, 9th of 12, 30l behind J R Hartley (8-12) at Southwell 7f mdn stks (5) fbs in Mar.