led, pushed along over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened quickly inside final furlong
slowly away, towards rear of midfield, shaken up over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden home turn, no extra inside final furlong
took keen hold, held up behind leaders, pushed along home turn, kept on inside final furlong but no match for first two
took keen hold, held up in rear, ridden over 3f out, some headway inside final furlong, not reach leaders
towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway inside final furlong, kept on final 110yds, no match for winner
slowly away, took keen hold, never better than midfield, ridden and weakened over 2f out
prominent, ridden to lead over 2f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong, always doing enough
Hafeet Alain beat Imperial Sands when landing this last year but the latter reversed running when scoring at Kempton last month. NOTRE BELLE BETE (NAP) beat both the former and Intuitive when winning races on the all-weather at this time last year. He hasn’t raced since November but goes well fresh and Andrew Balding’s yard is flying at present. Lord Of The Lodge ran well in a Listed race here last time and is preferred to Diderot while Security Code raced just the once last year and makes his handicap debut on his reappearance.
Lord Of The Lodge (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Chased clear leader, closed 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Manaafith (8-11) at Lingfield 1m lst stks (1) pol in Feb.
Intuitive (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Held up in 4th, looking for room when switched right between horses inside final 2f, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on same pace, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 6, 3 1/2l behind Chichester (9-4) at Newcastle 1m stks (2) pol in Jan.
Imperial Sands (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Took keen hold, led, headed 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, last of 9, 11 1/2l behind Positive (9-9) at Kempton 1m hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Diderot 5-1 (9-8) Raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, going well over 2f out, led inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, stayed on but always held, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Alrehb (9-5) at Southwell 1m hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Hafeet Alain (IRE) 8-1 (9-9) Held up off the pace towards rear on inside, never on terms, last of 11, 6 1/2l behind Alrehb (9-5) at Southwell 1m hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Notre Belle Bete 5-1 (10-2) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, held by winner inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Top Secret (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Security Code 7-4 (9-9) Raced keenly, held up in 7th, smooth headway far side of group tracking leaders halfway, 2nd going well edging left over 1f out, strong challenge hung left and every chance throughout final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 10, shd behind Assessment (9-2) at Yarmouth 1m stks (5) gf in Apr.
Outbreak 13-2 (9-2) Raced keenly tracking leader, led after 2f and set decent pace, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened and lost two places final 100 yards, 5th of 13, 1 3/4l behind War In Heaven (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Feb.