ridden leaving stalls, led after 1f, driven and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in rear, well beaten final 2f
mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, soon well beaten
tracked leader, led over 2f out, quickened clear over 1f out, impressive
led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on for 3rd from over 1f out, no chance with winner
held up in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up towards rear on outside, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, chased winner from last bend but soon well held
It’s difficult to see past WISSAHICKON if anywhere near his best. John Gosden’s colt goes from strength to strength and has beaten stablemate Court House the last twice including when landing the odds in the Winter Derby over track and trip last time with Pactolus and Master The World further behind. The latter finished runner-up to Victory Bond in last year’s renewal but even the Haggas charge has plenty to find on these terms with the likely short-priced favourite while Matterhorn’s winning streak came to an abrupt end with a poor effort in Listed company Kempton last month. The consistent Executive Force looks up against it at this level and so does the French raider Roc Angel.
Court House (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) 2nd of 7, 3 1/4l behind Wissahickon (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) pol in Feb.
Executive Force 11-4 (9-9) 3rd of 6, 3/4l behind Collide (9-8) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Apr.
Master The World (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) 3rd of 9, 3 1/4l behind Mootasadir (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Matterhorn (IRE) 5-6fav (9-0) 7th of 9, 10 1/4l behind Mootasadir (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Pactolus (IRE) 12-1 (9-9) last of 13, 8 3/4l behind Zwayyan (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Roc Angel (FR) (9-3) 3rd of 12, 2 3/4l behind Skalleti (8-13) at Chantilly 1m stks pol in Mar.
Victory Bond 14-1 (9-0) 5th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Mootasadir (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Wissahickon (USA) 1-4fav (9-0) won at Lingfield 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) pol in Feb beating Court House (9-0) by 3 1/4l, 7 ran.