slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, headway on ouside to chase leaders 5f out, went 3rd over 4f out until 3f out, weakened under pressure over 2f out
led early, chased winner until 7f out, chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
soon led, made virtually all after, joined 2f out, soon ridden, pressed 1f out, kept slight advantage, stayed on to assert in closing stages
slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, never nearer
chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to challenge and upsides 1f out, every chance until lost 2nd final 110 yards, dropped to 4th towards finish
in touch, headway on inside to 3rd over 2f out, stayed on to 2nd final 110 yards, kept on
held up in last pair, pushed along on outside and struggling over 3f out, never on terms
chased leaders, went 2nd 7f out until ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
held up towards rear, some headway on inside to 4th under pressure well over 1f out, weakened to 5th inside final furlong
always towards rear, pushed along over 6f out, never a factor
Final Drive didn't impress when dropping into this grade at Kempton in February. Fonterutoli seems better over shorter nowadays but has the beating of Dolly Colman on recent form while Nibani is a course and distance winner. Bloodsweatandtears is well treated on his old form and was only beaten a length on his penultimate start but we'll take a chance that blinkers work the oracle for QUERIDO and, with Joey Haynes taking off 7lb, he gets the nod in a weak contest.
Bloodsweatandtears 5-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon hard ridden and no impression, 9th of 13, 5l behind Divine Pamina (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Nibani (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden over 5f out, soon lost touch, tailed off final 3f, 6th of 7, 40l behind Linroyale Boy (8-10) at Southwell 1m 3f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Minority Interest 50-1 (8-13) Held up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 6l behind Mubtadi (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 2f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar.
Fonterutoli (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, one pace, 5th of 10, 9l behind King Olav (9-6) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Missionaire (USA) 25-1 (10-13) Dwelt tracked leader after 2f, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 13th of 16, 45l behind Yeomanoftheguard (10-4) at Doncaster 1m 4f am hcp (0-70) (4yo+) (5) sft in Mar.
Queenie's Star (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Dwelt in rear, headway on inner over 1f out, ridden and no impression final furlong, 4th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Archelao (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
Dolly Colman (IRE) 20-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, headway and hung right from inside final 2f, went 4th over 1f out, hung right and stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 8, 8l behind Hill Of Dreams (9-0) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Metropolis (IRE) 16-1 (10-3) Always towards rear chasing clear leader, never a factor, kept on one pace in straight, 6th of 7, 10l behind Danehill Tapdancer (9-8) at Curragh 1m 4f ladies hcap gd in Aug '11.
Querido (GER) 16-1 (8-5) Towards rear, switched left over 1f out, effort entering final furlong, ridden and stayed on to go 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Qeethaara (9-2) at Lingfield 1m hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
Valkov 20-1 (8-2) Towards rear, well beaten over 2f out, last of 12, 26l behind Divine Rule (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Mar.
Final Drive (IRE) 20-1 (9-5) Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 14, 5l behind Flamborough Breeze (9-9) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.
