slowly into stride, held up off the pace in last trio, stayed on between horses inside final furlong, went 3rd close home
chased leaders, went 3rd over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, weakened into 5th towards finish
held up in rear, headway out wide over 1f out, strong run into 2nd inside final furlong, led towards finish, won going away
chased leaders on inside, went 2nd 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, no impression when lost modest 2nd 100 yards out, weakened into 4th towards finish
chased leader, led 3f out, clear when ridden inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner towards finish
led until 3f out, pushed along and lost 2nd 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
held up off the pace in last trio, never on terms
chased leaders out wide, weakened over 2f out
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AXEL JACKLIN has been in fine form at Wolverhampton though has done most of his winning here. He returns to 7f for Chelsea Banham’s in-form yard and is preferred to Royal Heart. The latter also returns to today’s trip for the first time since scoring at Kempton where he had Chetan back in fifth while Harbour Storm slides further down the weights and Eastern Star is still looking for a first win on the all-weather.
Breckland 10-1 (9-6) Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 9th of 12, 8 1/2l behind Pedestal (8-10) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Axel Jacklin 7-4fav (9-6) Prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, bumped and headed inside final furlong, rallied and edged right close home, just held, 2nd of 9, hd behind Q Twenty Boy (9-10) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Power On (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) Close up, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 12, 10 1/4l behind Al Qaasim (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Royal Heart (FR) 6-1 (9-5) Raced keenly towards rear, headway when not clear run and switched left to inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge, 4th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Intervention (10-1) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Harbour Storm 11-4fav (9-2) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on towards finish, 4th of 12, 5l behind Pablo Del Pueblo (9-4) at Lingfield 6f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Chetan 9-1 (9-2) Dwelt in touch, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong, 5th of 12, 2 3/4l behind Royal Heart (9-2) at Kempton 7f stks (6) pol in Jan.
On The Nose 80-1 (8-5) Chased leaders, pushed along 5f out, ridden well over 2f out, gradually weakened, 7th of 9, 16 1/4l behind Sam Bellamy (9-0) at Brighton 1m hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Nozieres 100-1 (10-0) Always towards rear, 10th of 11, 10 1/4l behind Strike Me A Pose (11-0) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Eastern Star (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Led, ridden and headed entering final furlong, fading inside final 50 yards, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Hackbridge (9-8) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Feb.