held up in last, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, readily
chased leaders, shuffled back over 3f out, headway over 1f out, weakening when short of room final furlong
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on same
led, hard driven over 1f out, soon challenged, headed inside final furlong, no extra
steadied start, keen on outside, chased leaders, weakened well over 1f out
reared start, prominent, every chance inside final furlong, not pace of winner
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Chevallier won this in 2017 but has found both Mr Scaramanga and Apex King too good over track and trip recently and this looks between last year’s winner Goring and OH THIS IS US. The latter pair were both beaten by Hathal on their respective latest starts in conditions races but Richard Hannon’s charge will be sharper for his first outing since October and won carrying top weight at Chester the last time he raced in handicap company. Goring beat Mr Scaramanga in this last year and should go close again while the unpredictable Arcanada beat Chevallier here in between poor efforts. The unexposed Main Street was well beaten in Listed company on his first start for David Elsworth but is fancied to finish much closer now handicapping for the first time.
Oh This Is Us (IRE) 9-2 (9-8) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Hathal (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (2) pol in Feb.
Goring (GER) 13-8 (9-1) Soon tracking leaders and keen, went 3rd over 2f out, stayed on into 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 2 3/4l behind Hathal (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (2) pol in Jan.
Main Street 20-1 (9-0) Held up in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and beaten over 1f out, 7th of 8, 10 1/4l behind Wissahickon (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Feb.
Chevallier 8-1 (9-6) Broke well, led early, held up in touch on inside, switched right and pushed along over 2f out, hard ridden and kept on towards finish, 4th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Mr Scaramanga (9-0) at Lingfield 1m hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Mr Scaramanga 20-1 (9-0) Keen early, always close up, pushed along to lead and edged left 1f out, held on well, won at Lingfield 1m hcp (3) pol in Jan beating Insurgence (9-0) by hd, 10 ran.
Apex King (IRE) 13-2 (8-2) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m hcp (2) pol in Jan beating Breden (9-7) by 1l, 6 ran.
Arcanada (IRE) 7-4fav (9-5) Led early, chased leader, ridden 3f out, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 5, dist behind Hathal (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (2) pol in Feb.