tracked leading pair, headway on outside to chase leaders 3f out, chased winnner over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
soon steadied to 5th, headway on outside 3f out, wide straight, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, took 3rd close home
soon tracking leading trio, ridden and unable to quicken over 2f out, rallied on inside over 1f out, disputing 2nd inside final furlong, no extra and lost 3rd close home
led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, chased winner until over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up last, good headway on inside 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, led well over 1f out, in command final furlong, driven out
took keen hold, chased leader until 3f out, weakened over 2f out
DREAM OF FORTUNE saves his best for this C&D and is taken to reverse recent form with a couple of today's rivals. Behind Mighty Clarets at Wolverhampton last time, he meets the latter on much better terms here and can also take revenge on Edgeworth who narrowly beat him at this track earlier. Layla's Dancer was placed in much better company on the turf last summer and makes her all-weather debut with Jamie Spencer booked and Lean Machine is not out of it judged on his latest good effort here.
Mighty Clarets (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, every chance well over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon strongly challenged, just held on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec beating Strike Force (9-2) by shd, 10 ran.
Layla's Dancer 8-1 (8-6) With leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 13th of 14, 36l behind Bagber (8-12) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Oct.
Dream of Fortune (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, switched left to challenge inside final furlong, soon no impression, 6th of 10, 2l behind Mighty Clarets (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Pinsplitter (USA) 14-1 (9-1) Soon crossed over to lead, ridden and joined 2f out, soon headed, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 11l behind Rustic Deacon (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Edgeworth (IRE) 11-10fav (8-9) Steadied start, held up in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, soon challenged, led narrowly over 2f out, ridden and headed narrowly over 1f out, kept on and every chance final furlong, just held near finish, 2nd of 5, shd behind Lord Lansing (8-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f clm stks (6) pol in Dec.
Lean Machine 5-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and hard pressed over 1f out, headed just inside final furlong, kept on, not pace of winner, 2nd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Necessity (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Mister Green (FR) 33-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f, last of 10, 11l behind Anne Of Kiev (9-6) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.