held up in rear, ridden and effort over 1f out, no extra final furlong
raced wide close up, effort 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden 2f out, headed and kept on inside final furlong
dwelt, soon mid-division, came wide and slightly outpaced well over 1f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish
held up in last place, switched right well over 1f out, soon ridden, ran on to lead inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
Titan Triumph has been in good form of late, winning four races on the bounce before losing no caste in defeat when chasing home one of today's rivals Red Somerset here last month; a 3lb rise since then looks harsh and a better bet may be MAJURO. Kevin Ryan's five-year-old deserves to get his head in front having been narrowly beaten in three starts since winning at Southwell in September. The return to Polytrack holds no fears for the son of Danetime and, with the yard's runners in good form, he looks worth chancing. Alan McCabe's Capricorn Run came good over seven furlongs at Kempton last time and, while he gets a mile, seven furlongs is probably his ideal trip. Red Somerset is closely matched with Titan Triumph on their recent running and has to be considered along with Richard Hannon's Orchard Supreme, who is better than he showed in a better race at Kempton last time. This looks a decent race and Majuro is taken to win it.
Orchard Supreme 15-2 (9-0) Chased leaders on inside, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 9l behind Premio Loco (9-0) at Kempton 1m lst stk (1) pol.
Red Somerset (USA) 10-11fav (9-0) Tracked leader, led well over 1f out, ridden and headed close home, 2nd of 7, nk behind Wasp (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Jan.
Majuro (IRE) 6-5fav (8-10) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 4f out, ridden to lead 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Nightjar (8-4) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-100 (2) fbs in Jan.
Internationaldebut (IRE) 9-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, ridden 2f out, never troubled leaders, 7th of 9, 6l behind Formation (8-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.
Titan Triumph 3-1 (8-6) Took keen hold towards rear, good headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, gaining final strides, just failed, 2nd of 9, shd behind Red Somerset (8-2) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Jan.
Opus Maximus (IRE) 4-1 (8-9) Chased leaders in 4th, ridden 2f out, soon beaten, 5th of 9, 4l behind Capricorn Run (8-10) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.
Capricorn Run (USA) 11-2 (8-10) Held up in rear, driven along 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to lead final 100 yards, driven out, won at Kempton 7f hcp 0-100 (2) pol beating Tamagin (9-4) by 1l, 9 ran.
