chased winner, ridden over 1f out, always just held inside final furlong, kept on
chased leaders, shaken up over 1f out, ridden and unable to get on terms final furlong
made all, raced wide until switched to inside rail final bend, ridden over 1f out, holding 2nd inside final furlong, ran on well
Last year’s winner TONE THE BARONE has beaten both of today’s rivals recently. Stuart Williams’ charge finished in front of Alligator Alley when runner-up over track and trip a week ago and also when scoring at Wolverhampton before that. Kiwano has something to find with the selection on form at Kempton in January when attempting to make all.
Tone The Barone 10-3fav (9-2) Towards rear, shaken up over 3f out, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Kimngrace (8-11) at Lingfield 5f lst stks (1) pol in Feb.
Alligator Alley 7-2 (9-2) Slowly away, midfield, shaken up over 3f out, kept on over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Kimngrace (8-11) at Lingfield 5f lst stks (1) pol in Feb.
Kiwano (FR) 5-1 (9-4) Raced wide early, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd soon after, weakened into inside final furlong, last of 5, 6 1/4l behind Annaf (9-4) at Kempton 6f stks (2) pol in Jan.