led, edged slightly right on bend over 9f out, headed 3f out, not much room over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, ridden when not much room over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never dangerous
tracked leader until 7f out, switched right over 3f out, ran on from over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, ridden out
tracked leaders, ridden to lead 3f out, headed over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
held up in rear, ridden when hampered on inside over 2f out, stayed on to take 4th inside final furlong, no impression on leaders
held up, headway on outside to press leader 7f out, driven to lead over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong
slowly into stride, soon in touch racing keenly, not much room over 1f out, weakened over 1f out
NonRunner
Widnes won a lower grade contest over track and trip last month but Paddy A is preferred having scored at this level at Kempton recently and raised only 2lb. Attain failed in a bid for a hat-trick of course and distance wins when only sixth on his latest start and finishing behind runner-up Smiley Bagel. Another bold bid looks assured from the latter but GOLDEN NECTAR (NAP) wasn’t beaten far in third when stepped up to 1m3f at Kempton and she gets the nod dropping down in class with Paddy Bradley’s 5lb claim further helping her cause.
Golden Nectar 20-1 (8-12) Led 2f, tracked leader until 7f out, handy 3rd, chased winner and kept on same pace final furlong, lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Exceeding Power (9-9) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Earthly (USA) 16-1 (8-4) Tracked leader 4f, tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 6, 12 1/4l behind Al Hamdany (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Smiley Bagel (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) Led over 1f, settled 3rd over 10f out, handy 3rd, 2nd again over 2f out, stayed on well in closing stages, just failed, 2nd of 9, shd behind Cayuga (9-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Iballisticvin 7-2 (9-7) Keen prominent 2f, steadied back and in touch, pushed along and weakened 2f out, 7th of 10, 15l behind Attain (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Attain 8-1 (9-0) Led over 10f out until over 6f out, chased leader until over 2f out, ridden and every chance on inside over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Cayuga (9-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Paddy A (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, driven to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, edged left, held on well, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Apr beating Dangerous Ends (9-7) by hd, 12 ran.
Fanoulpifer 5-2 (9-4) Slowly away raced awkwardly, in touch, headway on outer to track leaders over 3f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on to go 3rd near finish, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Cayuga (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 5f stks (6) pol in Apr.
Widnes 4-1 (9-10) Held up, wide and headway 2f out, led inside final furlong, pushed out, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Karam Albaari (9-5) by 1/2l, 10 ran.