slowly into stride, in rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on to take 3rd inside final furlong
led for 2f, settled 3rd, ridden to chase winner 2f out, no impression
slowly into stride, held up in rear, good headway on outside 4f out, led over 2f out, soon clear
in touch, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase leading pair 2f out, soon no impression
led after 2f, ridden and headed over 2f out and soon weakened
slowly into stride, driven in rear 4f out, never a factor
tracked leader 7f out to 3f out, weakened inside final 2f
in touch until weakened over 2f out
led to post, chased leaders until weakened 3f out
An interesting maiden with many open to improvement, however we will go with the solid form choice here and that is Ameeq, Measured Response and Madhavi look to be the main dangers. Gary Moore's four-year-old rarely runs a bad race and put in another excellent effort last time when a close up fourth behind the 70 rated Top Man Tee at Newbury. If transferring that form to the all-weather he will be hard to beat. Measured Response ran well on his only visit here last year and this lightly raced gelding can be expected to get involved in the finish. Madhavi has the course and distance form and must be considered for each-way purposes. The best of the rest could be Port n' Starboard, but our idea of the winner is Ameeq.
Dubai Ace (USA) 14-1 (9-0) Prominent over 7f, 12th of 14, 11l behind Bobby Charles (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stk (D3) pol.
Kirkstone (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Chased leader after 1f to well over 1f out, weakened quickly and slightly hampered entering final furlong, 9th of 10, 7l behind Olihider (8-5) at Ascot 7f 2yo hcp (B) frm in Sept '03.
Port 'n Starboard 6-1jt-fav (9-2) Always behind, 12th of 14, 15l behind Red Birr (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Ernmoor 33-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, lost place after 1f, soon behind, last of 11, 29l behind Actuality (9-0) at W'hampton 7f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Nov.
Height of Spirits 100-1 (9-0) Set strong pace, ridden and headed over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, 6th of 9, 32l behind Zeeba (8-9) at Brighton 1m 4f mdn stk (5) gs in Oct.
Samuel John Peploe (IRE) 40-1 (9-0) Slowly away, always behind, 12th of 13, 31l behind Alamiyan (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd in May.
Wavertree One Off 20-1 (9-0) Behind, headway over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, 5th of 14, 2l behind Danse Spectre (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Dec.
Blaenavon 40-1 (8-9) Held up, some headway 4f out, soon weakened, 8th of 11, 29l behind Kyles Prince (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol in Dec.
Linden Lime 8-1 (8-9) Led early, in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 9l behind Almanshood (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn stk (5) pol in Dec.
Ameeq (USA) 9-2 (9-0) Prominent, led over 4f out, headed 3f out, kept on again inside final furlong, 4th of 15, 3l behind Top Man Tee (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gs in Oct.
Measured Response 11-1 (8-6) Mid-division, pushed along and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 17, 8l behind Bailieborough (8-11) at Pontefract 1m hcp (5) gs in Sept.
Madhavi 7-1 (8-9) In touch, chased leaders 2f out, weakened 1f out, 9th of 14, 4l behind Danse Spectre (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Dec.
