soon led, ridden and headed 1f out, weakened quickly inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway and not clear run over 1f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong and gaining towards finish
held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, good headway over 1f out, ran on strongly to lead well inside final furlong, all out
behind, headway when short of room and checked on inside over 1f out, stayed on well when clear inside final furlong
raced on outer, prominent, ridden and wide straight 2f out, no chance afterwards
towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, not reach leaders
chased leaders, ridden and wide straight, well over 1f out, no extra and weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader, every chance over 1f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, regained 2nd close home
in touch, driven to lead 1f out, headed and no extra well inside final furlong, lost 2 places near finish
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, no impression over 1f out
slowly into stride, pulled hard, raced wide and always in rear
Withdrawn
Creme Brulee is selected here ahead of Muktasb and Detonate. First-time blinkers might perk up Creme Brulee and he is a tentative choice here as his promise came when winning a maiden. He is often placed, and Muktasb could repeat the dose here. Plenty of the others need to improve by three or four pounds if they are to win although Blushing Russian is maybe open to some improvement at today's trip. Over To You Bert has remained competitive since winning, but he too falls into that category just referred to, while King Of Charm is lightly raced and has shown some promise and might favour going right-handed than when running at Kempton last time. Finally, Detonate would hold claims if getting back to last year's winter best and Alucica certainly showed improvement last time. For the selection, though, we will stick with Creme Brulee.
Muktasb (USA) 6-1 (8-12) Dwelt, soon chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 13, 7l behind Lady Bahia (9-0) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Balerno 5-1 (8-11) Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, no impression from over 1f out, 7th of 11, 4l behind Postmaster (8-11) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-50 (6) pol.
Orchestration (IRE) 7-2fav (8-12) Mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, soon hampered, not recover, 9th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Wiltshire (8-12) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-50 (6) pol in Feb.
Crafty Fox 20-1 (7-9) Tracked leader, driven to challenge over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Generator (8-13) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Lady Hopeful (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Held up in rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 10, 2l behind The Fisio (8-13) at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol.
Over To You Bert 4-1fav (8-3) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on but not pace to challenge, 4th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Postmaster (8-11) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-50 (6) pol.
King of Charm (IRE) 15-2 (8-9) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, led approaching final furlong, headed and no extra close home, 5th of 11, 3/4l behind Wiltshire (8-12) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-50 (6) pol in Feb.
Alucica 14-1 (9-0) Held up, headway and edged right over 2f out, ridden to challenge 1f out, not quite pace of winner, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Grand View (9-0) at Lingfield 6f stk (7) pol.