keen early, close up, headway to lead inside final furlong, edged left and ran on
raced wide close up, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong
in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
rider lost iron leaving stalls for 3f, always in rear
keen early, towards rear, wide and ridden 2f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, never nearer
headway to lead over 6f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra
led, headed over 6f out, ridden to lead again approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace
raced wide towards rear, pushed along 2f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong, nearest finish
in rear, pushed along 2f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer
Mr Mac finished in front of the less exposed Headley George when scoring over track and trip back in November but ran below par here when last in action. HUNTERS STEP is preferred having missed out by only a nose over course and distance on his first outing for Gay Kelleway’s yard and is taken to go one better in this and confirm running with Six Til Twelve and Chica Del Dia in the process. Waqaas was narrowly beaten over 7f at Wolverhampton recently but Al Verde has more scope with a recent outing under his belt.
Mr Mac 9-2 (9-7) Dwelt held up, wide and pushed along over 3f out, ridden and some late headway final furlong, 6th of 12, 8 1/2l behind Dutugamunu (9-6) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Chiavari (IRE) 40-1 (11-4) Held up in mid-division, weakening when hampered 3 out, last of 8, dist behind Panic Attack (11-9) at Newbury 2m hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Hunters Step 8-1 (9-5) Held up, briefly short of room 2f out, switched right and ridden, ran on well inside final furlong, just denied, 2nd of 11, shd behind Violet's Lads (9-6) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Al Verde 80-1 (9-4) Towards rear, ridden over 3f out, last over 1f out, ran on strongly final furlong, 6th of 14, 3l behind Apollinaris (9-2) at Lingfield 7f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Waqaas 17-2 (9-5) Keen held up, wide and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on to press winner towards finish, 2nd of 11, hd behind Desert Dream (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Six Til Twelve (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) Held up in rear, pushed along 2f out, ran on well to take third inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Violet's Lads (9-6) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Harlequin 33-1 (9-4) Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 14, 6 1/2l behind Apollinaris (9-2) at Lingfield 7f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Pearl Spectre (USA) 11-1 (9-0) Led, headed over 4f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, 9th of 10, 13 1/2l behind Momtalik (9-0) at Southwell 1m stks (6) pol in Jan.
Headley George (IRE) 25-1 (8-10) Towards rear, pushed along and headway inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 6th of 12, 3 3/4l behind Mr Mac (9-5) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Chica Del Dia 22-1 (8-12) Prominent, ridden 2f out, no extra, 6th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Violet's Lads (9-6) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.