keen, close up, led over 6f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
close up, edged right 2f out, led entering final furlong, pushed clear
reluctant to leave stalls and lost 10 lengths, keen, headway to mid-division 10f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to take 3rd well inside final furlong
keen, prominent, chased leader briefly over 2f out, weakening when not much room 2f out
held up in rear, headway on outside approaching 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on same pace
Nonrunner
WYETH can build upon a recent success over course-and-distance but Sir Liam and Dramatic Solo are sure to have their supporters. Admittedly, Wyeth never quite achieved the half-brother, George Washington did, he won his first ever race on the all-weather last December under a canny ride from his amateur pilot and can go well here. Sir Liam won a plating contest at the track last time out. They weren't hanging about on that occasion and the time figure looks decent. Dramatic Solo is relatively unexposed over this trip but that was a modest effort at Wolverhampton under a penalty. Dallool is better known as a modest hurdler but had shown ability many moons ago for Michael Jarvis. El Dececy is stepped up massively in trip. Up In Arms has clearly had training troubles but with the cost of training expenses as they are, he must be showing something at home for connections to persevere. Black Tor Figaro was entitled to need his reappearance after a long time off. Wyeth is in receipt of our recommendation in the last.
Dramatic Solo 4-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 11, 23l behind Riguez Dancer (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan.
Wyeth 11-4fav (11-2) Prominent on inside, headway and led entering final 2f, soon in command, clear over 1f out, ridden out comfortably, won at Lingfield 2m amt hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Cragganmore Creek (10-3) by 4 1/2l, 14 ran.
Up In Arms (IRE) 5-1 (9-6) Held up, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous, 4th of 5, 17l behind Merrion Tiger (9-6) at Southwell 2m hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Dallool 14-1 (10-3) Rear of mid-division, ridden in moderate 9th and no impression 2f out, kept on one pace, 9th of 15, 15l behind Carlesimo (10-5) at Wexford 1m 5f clm gf in Jul.
Black Tor Figarro (IRE) 14-1 (10-7) Led, headed 8f out, ridden and weakened over 4f out, last of 12, 23l behind Mustajed (10-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f amt hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Mulaazem 16-1 (9-10) Tracked leader, ridden 4f out, driven and one pace from over 2f out, 5th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Prairie Hawk (9-5) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Sir Liam (USA) 8-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, chased leader over 2f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Lingfield 2m sll hcp (6) pol in Jan beating Vanquisher (9-1) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
El Dececy (USA) 11-2 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 5, 5l behind Resplendent Alpha (9-4) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
