held up, headway on outer to lead over 4f out, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, kept on one pace
keen led 1f, tracked leaders, lost place over 4f out, outpaced over 3f out
pulled hard in rear, headway to moderate 4th 2f out, never troubled leaders
went right start, led after 1f, steadied pace 6f out, headed over 4f out, tracked leader, ridden and every chance 1f out, stayed on near finish
keen close up, headway to track leader 2f out, led 1f out, idled inside final furlong but always doing enough to hold 2nd
tracked leader, ridden and weakened 2f out
Southern State has been a losing odds-on favourite the last twice and today's rival Broughton Sands finished just ahead of him when runner-up over C&D last time. Red Shuttle also failed to land the odds when second at Wolverhampton recently, while Thunderonthemount and Sondray are hard to fancy. Megan's Motivator won a bumper at Exeter on her racecourse debut in October, but JUHD was well beaten in a Listed NH Flat Race at Cheltenham last time. However, he'd landed an all-weather bumper at this track previously and George Baker's grey can return to winning ways on his first start in this code.
Red Shuttle 4-7fav (9-6) Tracked leaders, went 2nd travelling well approaching final 2f, led narrowly approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Belle Josephine (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol.
Thunderonthemount 100-1 (10-0) Pushed along in touch, weakened 3f out, soon eased, last of 7, 46l behind Doggerbank (8-9) at Warwick 1m 5f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul '09.
Maher (USA) 14-1 (9-1) In touch, ridden and hung right over 2f out, soon driven, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 13, 7l behind Green Wadi (9-8) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Southern State (USA) 4-5fav (9-3) Keen led 1f, chased leading pair, close 3f out, edged left and slightly hampered 2f out, ridden to go 3rd 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 3l behind Kayalar (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 5f mdn stks (5) pol.
Broughton Sands 6-1 (8-12) Close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd post, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Kangaroo Court (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Sondray 9-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, tracked leaders in 4th, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 9l behind Shirataki (9-3) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-68 (6) pol in Jan.
Juhd (IRE) 14-1 (11-2) Prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 15, 16l behind The New One (11-2) at Cheltenham 1m 6f 4yo NH flat (Listed) (1) gs in Jan.
Megan's Motivator 2-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 3f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Exeter 1m 5f 3yo nhf (6) fm in Oct beating Balaklava (10-12) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
