slowly into stride, held up last but in touch, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, took 3rd towards finish, dropped to 4th last strides
tracked leader on inside, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, narrowly headed well inside final furlong, rallied to regain lead last strides
raced wide tracking leaders, ran very wide on bend 2f out, lost place and not recover
tracked leaders on inside, effort on inside into 3rd 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, challenged inside final furlong, led narrowly well inside final furlong, headed final strides
took keen hold tracking leading pair until 2f out, soon ridden and not quicken, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd last strides, not reach leading duo
led until 2f out, soon ridden and lost 2nd, chased leading pair, well held when no extra and lost 2 places towards finish
ALEDAID beat little to land the odds over 6f at Kempton last month but hardly broke sweat in doing so. He should stay 7f this year and is preferred to Bow And Arrow. The latter disappointed when a well-beaten second over a mile last time but scored over today's trip earlier while Period Piece has joined a new trainer having landed a claimer at Dundalk recently. Course winner Marmalad has the beating of Them And Us on collateral form while Grand Spirit ended last year with a convincing maiden win at Brighton and Luca Cumani's colt should go on to better things this season.
Grand Spirit (IRE) 6-4fav (9-5) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon clear, won at Brighton 7f 2yo mdn (4) gd in Aug beating River Dart (9-5) by 4l, 8 ran.
Bow And Arrow 10-11fav (9-7) Tracked leaders, keen early, pushed along halfway, rallied to challenge over 1f out, never a threat, 2nd of 4, 7l behind Thanksgiving Day (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Aledaid (IRE) 1-2fav (8-11) Made all, quickened clear over 1f out, ran on strongly, won at Kempton 6f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar beating Cockle Town Boy (9-0) by 6l, 6 ran.
Period Piece (IRE) 10-11fav (9-0) Chased leaders in 3rd, pushed along to lead under 2f out, ridden clear 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, won at Dundalk 7f 3yo mdn clm stks pol in Mar beating Doppler Effect (8-10) by 1 1/4l, 11 ran.
Them And Us (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd place towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Cascading Stars (8-7) at Kempton 7f 2yo hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Marmalad (IRE) 7-2 (9-7) Led, headed narrowly 5f out, led again 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, faded inside final furlong, 3rd of 5, 6l behind Greatest Journey (8-8) at Lingfield 1m (3) pol in Dec.
