pulled hard, soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace
close up, pushed along 2f out, kept on same pace
in rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway 2f out, led entering final furlong, soon pressed, all out, gamely
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden to press winner entering final furlong, no extra close home
dwelt, close up, ridden and outpaced 3f out, tailed off
Angel Time landed a claimer over course and distance last time by no less than 17 lengths with heavy ground given as the reason for the dramatic improvement. This is a tougher assignment though and she may struggle to back that run up, United Force disappointed last time and was subsequently gelded, but had shown considerable promise on his two previous starts and now sports cheekpieces for this turf debut with Ryan Moore obviously an eye-catching booking. Strategia and Frequent Flyer should come on for recent reappearance runs but HOUR BY HOUR is taken to defy topweight. His best efforts have come on the soft and he showed a really gutsy attitude on his first run of the season when going down narrowly at Pontefract. The extra furlong should not prove inconvenient.
Hour By Hour 5-1 (8-9) Led after 1f, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied close home, 2nd of 7, nk behind Wen Moon (9-0) at Pontefract 6f hcp (3) sft in Apr.
Strategia (ITY) 11-2 (9-8) Keen led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace, 4th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Alpha Crucis (9-6) at Windsor 1m hcp (5) sft in Apr.
United Force (IRE) 7-2 (9-7) Close up, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 11 3/4l behind Canberra Legend (9-7) at Newcastle 1m stks (3) pol in Feb.
Hello Arthur 7-1 (8-12) Held up, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, no extra final furlong, 4th of 5, 6 1/4l behind Burdett Road (8-12) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Carvetii (IRE) 13-2 (9-9) Raced far side, chased leader 1f, remained handy in 3rd, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 11, 10 1/2l behind Another Baar (9-0) at Ripon 6f hcp (5) sft in Apr.
Angel Time (IRE) 50-1 (8-9) Raced alone in centre, prominent, led halfway, ridden 2f out, ran on, won at Leicester 6f stks (4) hvy in Apr beating Tondeuse (9-4) by 17l, 6 ran.
Frequent Flyer (IRE) 9-4fav (9-2) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 11, 19 1/2l behind Timeless Melody (9-11) at Leicester 7f stks (5) hvy in Apr.