held up off the pace in rear, headway and wide home turn, edged left over 1f out, carried right and ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, not pace to challenge
off the pace in last pair on inside, pushed along and outpaced halfway, soon behind
wore hood to post, led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened and lost two places towards finish
chased leading pair, pushed along halfway, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, not pace to challenge
quickly away, raced wide chasing leader, led inside final furlong, soon shaken up and hung right, ran on well
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THE DEFIANT bids for a four-timer having already beaten all of today’s opposition. He had the measure of Equally Fast, Doc Sportello and Lothian when successful over course and distance last time and beat Hey Ho Let's Go at Kempton before that.The latter went on to score here a fortnight ago and looks the main threat.
Equally Fast 8-1 (9-5) Prominent, led over 3f out, headed halfway, chased winner, pushed along over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 4th of 9, 1 1/4l behind The Defiant (9-1) at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Doc Sportello (IRE) 22-1 (9-6) In touch, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 5th of 9, 1 1/2l behind The Defiant (9-1) at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
The Defiant 3-1jfav (9-1) Dwelt raced wide, headway to lead halfway, ridden over 1f out, ridden out, won at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Blissful Song (9-4) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Lothian 3-1jfav (9-6) Led, headed over 3f out, tracked leaders, pushed along and weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 3 1/4l behind The Defiant (9-1) at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Hey Ho Let's Go 11-2 (9-7) Quickly away, hung badly right turning in, hung right and ran on for hand riding inside final furlong, unchallenged, won at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Kath's Toyboy (9-9) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
Hooray Henry 11-1 (8-13) Slowly away, held up, headway over 4f out, lost position over 2f out, hung left and dropped to rear over 1f out, last of 10, 35 1/4l behind Tawaafoq (8-7) at Chepstow 6f hcp (5) sft in Apr.