slow into stride towards rear, short lived effort entering final furlong
close up, ridden and headway entering final furlong, no extra towards finish
raced wide, tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden and kept on, same pace final furlong
in rear, ridden over 1f out, never nearer
tracked winner, ridden and unable quicken inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home
made all ridden out
in touch, ridden and headway entering final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd close home
Fayez finished last at Wolverhampton on his latest start having won over track and trip before that while Towerlands Park remains 7lb higher than when scoring at Kempton last month. It remains to be seen how General Hazard copes with a further 4lb rise as he bids for a hat-trick while Eltezam went close at Chelmsford earlier but is upped in class today along with Easy Tiger. A prolific winner in France including on the all-weather, MING DYNASTY (NAP) ran well for a long way over 1m4f here on his debut for Marco Botti. He drops down a grade for this and could make a bold bid.
Ming Dynasty (FR) 5-1 (9-8) Keen, held up, switched wide and headway to lead halfway, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, 5th of 8, 5l behind Hajaam (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Fayez (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never dangerous, last of 12, 13 1/4l behind Battle Of Marathon (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Towerlands Park (IRE) 11-4fav (9-3) Chased leaders, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd place towards finish, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Battle Of Marathon (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Captain Cat (IRE) 100-1 (8-7) Raced far side held up, never involved, 19th of 34, 10l behind Dolphin Vista (8-10) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
General Hazard (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, just held on, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Dec beating Enfolding (9-2) by ns, 12 ran.
Easy Tiger 3-1 (9-7) Led 1f, close up, ridden and headway inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 11, 2l behind Goring (9-6) at Lingfield 1m hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Eltezam (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Prominent, led over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, not quicken inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 1 1/2l behind Dance Teacher (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Dec.