close up, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
slowly away outpaced
in touch, ridden and headway entering final furlong, quickened to lead inside final furlong, ran on
raced wide chased leaders, effort 3f out, weakened 2f out
pressed leader, ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong
led, ridden 2f out, edge right over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace
BURNING THREAD has run well in a couple of subsequent starts since scoring at Kempton in December. David Elsworth's charge gets another chance in this having finished ahead of Desert Command and Taajub recently and also has the beating of Diamond Charlie on collateral form. Secret Glance ended last year early when landing a double over 6f with a victory at Pontefract in August and is 5lb higher on his return while Archie Stevens returns to the minimum trip for the first time since scoring at Wolverhampton in December and also races off a 5lb higher mark.
Burning Thread (IRE) 18-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 4th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Pensax Lad (9-6) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Desert Command 4-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, driven and stayed on to go 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Uptight (8-9) at Southwell 5f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Secret Glance 5-1 (9-4) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, hard pressed, ran on, won at Pontefract 6f hcp (4) gd in Aug beating Eternitys Gate (9-8) by nk, 9 ran.
Taajub (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on over 1f out, never on terms, last of 7, 6 1/4l behind Mythmaker (9-5) at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Mighty Zip (USA) 15-2 (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 13, 10 1/4l behind Nuno Tristan (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Diamond Charlie (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, always behind, last of 7, 4 1/4l behind Jebediah Shine (9-7) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Archie Stevens 12-1 (9-0) Went right start, led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Searchlight (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.