always towards rear, made no impression
towards rear, shaken up over 3f out, headway inside final furlong, kept on and went third towards finish
took keen hold, led, soon headed but prominent, pushed along over 3f out, soon weakened
towards rear of midfield, pushed along and some headway over 3f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, always doing enough
prominent, soon led, shaken up over 3f out, headed inside final furlong, soon weakened
prominent, shaken up home turn, no extra and weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, shaken up over 3f out, kept on inside final furlong but lost two places towards finish
never better than midfield, pushed along home turn, kept on one paced inside final furlong
Later Darling won at Kempton with Largo Bay well beaten while Renardeau returned from a lengthy absence with a third at the same fixture. But ZHANG FEI drops down a grade having been beaten only a length over track and trip last time and won off today’s mark on the Turf last summer. Forge Valley Lad finished in front of Chateau D'if when scoring over 1m2f here but has a more difficult task in this.
Crescent Lake 22-1 (12-7) 9th of 14, 14 3/4l behind Vera Verto (12-2) at Leopardstown 1m 2f sft in Oct.
Renardeau 80-1 (10-0) Slowly away, held up in mid-division, effort and switched left over 2f out, not clear run well inside final furlong, switched left and kept on, 3rd of 9, 1l behind Later Darling (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Victory March (IRE) 7-1 (10-0) Disputed 3rd on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f, 5th of 6, 16 1/4l behind Buxted Too (9-13) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Zhang Fei (FR) 5-1 (9-9) Held up in 6th, headway out wide chasing leaders over 4f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Tudor (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Forge Valley Lad 10-3jfav (9-9) Went left start, led 1f, tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, driven out, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Sundayinmay (9-6) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Later Darling 5-2fav (9-7) Edged left start, made all, driven over 1f out, edged slightly right well inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Land Of Eagles (9-1) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Largo Bay (USA) 5-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Later Darling (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Chateau D'if (FR) 18-1 (9-8) Led after 1f, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, edged left inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Forge Valley Lad (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Murhib (IRE) 25-1 (9-12) In touch, pushed along 2f out, weakening when short of room over 1f out, 10th of 12, 7l behind Capricorn Prince (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Borntobealeader (IRE) 33-1 (9-11) Slowly away, towards rear, ridden and kept on final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 11, 8 1/4l behind Dubai Jeanius (9-5) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
