prominent, pushed along to maintain position after 3f, dropped to midfield halfway, ridden and headway on outside over 3f out, chased leader over 1f out, ran on final furlong, just held
pressed leader, led after 2f, ridden clear over 1f out, reduced advantage inside final furlong, held on
restrained in midfield, progress on outside to press leader after 6f, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
keen towards rear, rapid headway on outside 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, faded close home
held up in rear, well behind when ridden over 2f out, some late headway
led narrowly, headed after 2f, lost place halfway, in touch when ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked leading pair, ridden over 2f out, faded final furlong
held up in touch, ridden and lost place 3f out, switched wide over 1f out, stayed on strongly final furlong
midfield, towards rear 4f out, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
never better than mid-division
Uncle Bernie, a winner here last year, could figure if fully wound-up but isn’t getting any younger. REECELTIC has solid claims as he stays this trip even though he’s been racing mainly over 1m4f so he gets the nod ahead of Love Poems, who has had a break since third off this mark at Chelmsford in November. Ayda, Henry The Fifth and Schwartz could all figure on their best form but have been out of sorts.
Love Poems (IRE) 4-1 (9-10) Close up, lost place halfway, wide and headway 2f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 7, 3 1/4l behind Beggarman (10-2) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Reeceltic 4-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden and headway on inner approaching final furlong, ran on towards finish, 4th of 12, 4l behind Pablo Prince (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Ayda (FR) 17-2 (9-3) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, well beaten and edged left over 1f out, last of 12, 12 3/4l behind Batocchi (9-3) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Uncle Bernie (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Slowly away, towards rear, headway 4f out, tracked leaders 2f out, ridden and faded inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 10 3/4l behind Wemyss Point (9-3) at Pontefract 2m 6f hcp (5) gf in Apr.
Yaazaain 25-1 (11-2) Prominent, ridden and outpaced before 2 out, soon weakened tamely, 15th of 17, 25 1/2l behind Love Actually (11-8) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp (5) gs in Jan.
Blue Beret 50-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 8th of 9, 8 3/4l behind Donya (8-11) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Severus Alexander (IRE) 66-1 (9-2) Off the pace towards rear, no headway when hung right over 2f out, 10th of 11, 18 1/4l behind Smart Boyo (8-7) at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Henry The Fifth (IRE) 28-1 (8-13) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, no impression, well beaten from over 1f out, 11th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Batocchi (9-3) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Schwartz (IRE) 17-2 (9-0) Raced in mid-division, ridden and outpaced at 2f, made no impression, 10th of 12, 13 3/4l behind Morani Kali (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Dancing Master (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Always towards rear, 10th of 12, 7 3/4l behind Jenny Ren (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Feb.
Blue Galaxy 50-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on outside 7f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 11, 7 1/2l behind Miss Sligo (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3f stks (6) pol in Feb.
