soon tracked leaders, led over 1f out, kept on well
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, no extra and lost 3rd place towards finish
slowly into stride, in rear and outpaced, headway over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to take 3rd place towards finish
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on and no impression on winner
tracked leaders in 4th, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders in 3rd, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
EASTERN DRAGON was ending a long losing run when successful at Wolverhampton last week but, despite a penalty, is still well treated on past form so should follow up. Candesta has been very disappointing lately and Powerfulstorm has yet to show much of note. Sixties Queen is also hard to fancy but Basingstoke has been showing up well on Fibresand and Tapeta, though his record on Polytrack is abysmal.
Eastern Dragon (IRE) 15-8fav (9-1) Mid-division, headway and edged left over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, readily, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Caledonia Laird (9-12) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Powerfulstorm 40-1 (9-5) Led, headed 2f out, soon weakened, last of 11, 19 1/4l behind On The Tiles (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Candesta (USA) 14-1 (9-7) Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 13, 5l behind Zed Candy Girl (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Basingstoke (IRE) 4-1 (9-1) Prominent, ridden to press winner when edged left over 1f out, no impression final 100 yards, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Mr Christopher (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Bickershaw 100-1 (9-5) Held up, lost touch over 3f out, 5th of 7, 30 1/4l behind Miss Giler (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Sixties Queen 25-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, lost place over 3f out, 7th of 8, 21l behind Celtic Artisan (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Feb.