in touch, carried right and lost place after about 1f, headway 2f out, led inside final furlong, pricked ears, stayed on
led early, tracked leader, edged right after about 1f, led again final bend, edged left over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd last stride
chased leaders, carried right after about 1f, driven over 3f out, edged right and outpaced final bend, rallied inside final furlong, went 2nd last stride
slowly into stride, headway over 8f out, pushed along over 3f out, not much room briefly just off final bend, no extra well inside final furlong
Gilded Moon was staying on over an extended 1m1f at Wolverhampton but didn't stay 1m4f at Southwell on Friday. DOWNTOWN DUBAI has shown his best form over a mile, running on over that trip at Kempton and Southwell so should get off the mark. The Pug showed some slight improvement here last week without really looking like winning while Probable faded in a 7f Chelmsford claimer last month and Al Ghanim has shown nothing.
Gilded Moon 4-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, no chance with very easy winner, dropped to 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 8, 7 1/4l behind Haaland (9-13) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Downtown Dubai (IRE) 11-4 (9-11) Broke well, in touch in mid-division, driven and effort over 2f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Attrazione (9-9) at Southwell 1m (6) pol in Dec.
The Pug (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Chased winner, pushed along and wide home turn, soon ridden hung left and lost 2nd, went 2nd again entering final furlong, no chance with winner and lost 2nd final 110 yards, 3rd of 5, 4l behind Haaland (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Probable 11-1 (8-4) Raced wide prominent, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 7l behind Evolicatt (8-6) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Al Ghanim 200-1 (9-7) Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, soon well beaten, last of 9, 15l behind Bolster (9-7) at Leicester 1m stks (4) gf in Oct.