held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd well inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, switched right 2f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, never nearer
keen, raced wide mid-division, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
held up in last place, wide into straight entering final 2f, soon ridden, stayed on to snatch 3rd near finish
keen, in touch, ridden over 2f out, led 1f out, soon clear
mid-division, improved 2f out, effort to go 3rd 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden 3f out, led 2f out, headed 1f out, kept on
close up, tracked leader halfway, eased approaching 2f out, short of room soon after, virtually pulled up final furlong
dwelt in rear, ridden and headway well over 1f out, kept on same pace
soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
dwelt, soon in touch and wide, ridden and edged left 2f out, weakened 1f out
MURRIN can defy top weight to score while Marmooq could also feature and Sotik Star could be an each way play in a wide open contest. The likes of Forbidden and Ghufa look a little high in the handicap these days while the selection looks to be carrying a competitive weight. A winner off this mark in the summer he also took victory on his penultimate start off a rating just three pounds lower and showed this burden is still within his scope last time. Marmooq was half a length ahead of the selection two starts back but failed to build on that next time up. He has a chance to confirm the form but the pick does looked to have improved. Sotik Star has a great record here and could take advantage of bottom weight to get into the prize money. He won off a mark seven pounds higher on turf and on today¿s terms has every chance at a bigger price. Lopinot is looking to follow up after victory last time but his five pound weight rise looks big enough but he should at least figure, however we side Murrin who looks best treated.
Murrin (IRE) 4-1 (9-4) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden to press winner entering final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Kipchak (8-13) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Grey Boy (GER) 16-1 (9-3) Towards rear, headway on inside over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 13, 8l behind Moves Goodenough (9-2) at Bath 1m app hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Forbidden (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, hung left from well over 1f out, ran on to take 2nd well inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Pab Special (8-13) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.
Royal Envoy (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, no extra final 2f, 4th of 8, 9l behind More Time Tim (9-0) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Feb.
Bee Stinger 6-4fav (9-4) Held up, improved to 3rd over 3f out, ridden to chase leader 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 2 1/2l behind Inch Lodge (8-11) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Sew'n'so Character (IRE) 15-2 (9-1) In touch and keen, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 9l behind Brouhaha (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Ghufa (IRE) 5-2fav (9-0) Towards rear, not clear run 2f out, soon ridden, ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Vinces (8-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Kabeer 40-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, lost place over 5f out, hampered on rail over 3f out, stayed on from over 1f out, never dangerous, 5th of 11, 6l behind Mr Macattack (9-10) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Lopinot (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Held up mid-division, headway halfway, soon hard ridden and headway, stayed on well, won at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Pab Special (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Flying Applause 16-1 (9-4) Led, headed and weakened quickly over 3f out, 6th of 7, 19l behind Inside Story (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Feb.
Marmooq 5-1 (8-13) Prominent, chased leaders 2f out, stayed on final furlong, took 2nd final strides, not troubled winner, 2nd of 11, 2l behind Super Frank (9-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Sotik Star (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, soon tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 11, 6l behind Kipchak (8-13) at Lingfield 1m sll (6) pol in Jan.
