held up, improved 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, headed towards finish
held up in touch, headway when carried wide entering straight well over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on to lead final strides
led, ridden halfway, hung badly right entering straight well over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leader, left in lead over 1f out, soon headed, no extra
tracked leader, ridden when carried wide entering straight well over 1f out, stayed on to take 3rd inside final furlong
slowly away, held up in last place, reminders halfway, effort when not clear run, switched left over 1f out, kept on same pace
Ninth House gets the confident vote in this claimer with Desert Dreamer and Count Ceprano rating the main dangers. The selection is well in with all of his rivals than as if this was a handicap was a fair second behind Highland Harvest last time out and need only reproduce that effort to win this. Desert Dreamer rates the main danger on his latest sixth behind Bazroy but he has not gone on as expected and will need to improve for the fitting of first time cheek pieces if he is to score. Count Ceprano was third behind Waterline Twenty last time and is another with place claims but he is hard to win with. Dvinsky and Sir Douglas are others with place claims but would be better off with the selection if this were a handicap and Ninth House will be very hard to beat.
Desert Dreamer (IRE) 10-1 (8-8) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on strongly from over 1f out, nearest finish, 6th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Bazroy (8-13) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Ninth House (USA) 7-1 (8-9) Keen, held up towards rear, switched right over 1f out, soon ridden, ran on to take 2nd, never nearer, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Highland Harvest (8-6) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Sir Douglas 16-1 (8-9) Pushed along to lead soon after start, headed over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 9, 3l behind Xpres Maite (8-12) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan.
Count Ceprano (IRE) 9-4 (8-8) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge approaching final furlong, every chance until no extra close home, 3rd of 5, 3/4l behind Waterline Twenty (9-2) at Kempton 1m clm (6) pol in Jan.
Dvinsky (USA) 10-1 (9-2) Disputed lead, every chance approaching final furlong, no extra, 4th of 9, 2l behind Royal Envoy (8-3) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan.
Rafferty (IRE) 14-1 (8-4) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out and faded, 4th of 7, 1 1/2l behind Jessica Wigmo (8-10) at Lingfield 7f app hcp (6) pol in Jan.