prominent, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
awkward start, always behind
in touch, outpaced before halfway, headway over 1f out, never nearer
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, never on terms
slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, never dangerous
chased leaders, effort over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace final furlong
in touch, smooth headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven clear, easily
led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
prominent, hard ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, faded final furlong
Quality Art was just beaten over this trip at Kempton three weeks ago and finished a length-and-a-half ahead of the front-running Johnny Splash, The latter is a pound better off but that might not be enough to turn the tables. Dorback is hard to catch right nowadays but has won on Polytrack, unlike the returning Trending. DISHY GURU wasn't disgraced at Kempton after winning over course and distance a month ago. He's not badly treated back here and can resume winning ways as Ceelo has become disappointing and sports headgear for the first time.
Dorback 33-1 (9-4) Broke well, soon short of room and dropped to rear, not a factor after, 8th of 10, 7l behind Ex Ex (9-7) at Kempton 6f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Trending (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, under pressure over 2f out, soon beaten, 6th of 9, 5l behind Gregori (9-7) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Ceelo 5-1 (9-7) In touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 6l behind Foie Gras (8-9) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Mar.
Quality Art (USA) 5-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, headed near finish, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Novabridge (9-7) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Mar.
Alhaarth Beauty (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 5th of 7, 7l behind Drawnfromthepast (9-9) at Lingfield 6f sell stks (6) pol in Mar.
Danzoe (IRE) 16-1 (9-1) Always towards rear, 8th of 9, 6l behind Megaleka (8-8) at Lingfield 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Dishy Guru 4-1 (8-9) In touch, pushed along halfway, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Secret Millionaire (9-4) at Kempton 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar.
Johnny Splash (IRE) 5-1 (8-13) Keen led, ridden when headed over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Novabridge (9-7) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Mar.
Purford Green 100-1 (9-7) Tracked winner, ridden 2f out, kept same pace final furlong, 4th of 6, 2 1/4l behind Rock N Rouge (8-9) at Lingfield 5f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.