pulled hard in mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, headway on inside over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, slightly lost place 5f out, outpaced in 6th over 2f out, plugging on when not clear run over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up towards rear, hanging left when switched right inside final 2f, headway chasing leaders stayed on inside fin al furlong, went never nearer 3rd close home
held up towards rear, headway and wide on home turn, hard ridden and stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led final strides
keen, slight lead over 3f, tracked leader, led again 5f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
steadied start, held up in rear, headway and hung left over 1f out, stayed on into never nearer 6th towards finish
steadied start, held up in last pair, never a factor
held up, headway on outside into mid-division, 5f out, chased leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead towards finish, headed last strides
tracked leaders on inside, weakened rapidly 3f out, soon behind, eased
keen, pressed leader 3f, tracked leaders, led 5f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, ridden to lead again inside final furlong, headed and lost 2 places towards finish
tracked leaders, went 2nd 7f out, led over 6f out until 5f out, chased leader until ridden to lead again over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened well inside final furlong
Music Major remains 3lb higher than when winning this race last year and Pivotal Flame is raised in class after landing a course and distance double. Mullarkey finished just in front of Unit of Assessment when fourth at Chelmsford and the latter was beaten a neck by Ban Shoof here earlier. Ryan Moore rides the latter but THE THIRD MAN is still preferred. Henry Spiller’s charge should be sharper today given he was having his first start since 2016 when a close-up fourth at Chelmsford and is taken to confirm running with Lazarus.
Narjes 11-2 (9-6) Slowly into stride, wide and headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out until close home, 3rd of 8, 3l behind Lady Perignon (9-10) at Lingfield 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Jan.
Mullarkey 5-1 (9-6) Chased leaders on outside, pushed along over 3f out, wide straight, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to, 4th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Captain Pugwash (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Music Major 9-2 (9-3) Held up in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, faded towards finish, 6th of 8, 5l behind Cayuga (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Unit of Assessment (IRE) 4-1fav (9-4) Headway from outside to lead over 8f out and set steady pace, pushed along over 2f out, came centre in straight, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, wandered and weakened final 100 yards, 5th of 13, 4 1/4l behind Captain Pugwash (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
The Third Man 25-1 (9-0) Led, set steady pace until quickened over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, faded closing stages, 4th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Shamrokh (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Lazarus (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, never troubled leaders, 6th of 8, 5 3/4l behind Shamrokh (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Thahab Ifraj (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, soon lost place, tailed off, last of 6, dist behind Azam (9-1) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Ban Shoof 2-1fav (9-13) Keen led 1f, close up, pushed along and went 3rd over 2f out, ridden to press winner inside final furlong, not quicken and lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Oregon Gift (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Pivotal Flame (IRE) 6-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, held on gamely, all out, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Rowlestonerendezvu (8-13) by ns, 14 ran.
Ready (IRE) 16-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never on terms, weakened final 100 yards, 6th of 13, 7 3/4l behind Bell Heather (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Maraakib (IRE) 9-2 (10-9) Fly leaped start, in rear, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on and never dangerous, 6th of 7, at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Moneyoryourlife 4-1 (9-6) Tracked leader until 8f out, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 11, 6l behind Bamako Du Chatelet (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
