held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
raced wide, held up, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, driven and rallied inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
in touch, ridden and headway entering final furlong, soon pressed winner, ran on
in touch, pushed along over 2f out, effort on inner over 1f out when not clear run and short of room, not recover
tracked leader, ridden 3f out, led approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, kept on
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
led, clear halfway, ridden over 1f out, soon edged left and headed, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened entering final furlong
dwelt, headway to track leaders after 1f, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
Nonrunner
Aleator is one of several with claims having scored over track and trip last time and raised only 2lb. Ansaab was runner-up at Chelmsford recently and has a shout but occupied the same position behind FRANKLIN D over course and distance in November. The latter remains relatively unexposed and Michael Bell's colt should be in the mix once again. Whispering Warrior was expected to finish closer at Chelmsford while stablemate Starboard failed to show any improvement under today's apprentice at Wolverhampton earlier in the week. Winterlude was in front of Masterpaver when second over 1m4f last week while Freud is upped a couple of grades on the back of a recent double at Chelmsford.
Winterlude (IRE) 9-1 (9-8) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Paddys Motorbike (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Masterpaver 25-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 10 1/2l behind Barye (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Whispering Warrior (IRE) 3-1jfav (9-2) Held up in rear, driven and headway 2f out, switched inside to challenge inside final 2f, ridden 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression with front pair final 100 yards, 3rd of 7, 5l behind Our Channel (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Franklin D (USA) 5-2fav (9-1) Held up towards rear, wide on home bend, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Nov beating Ansaab (9-3) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Ansaab 8-1 (8-7) Led, hard driven over 2f out, soon strongly challenged, headed inside final furlong, kept on well, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Power Game (8-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Brocklebank (IRE) 4-1 (8-7) Slowly away, towards rear, never dangerous, last of 7, 20 3/4l behind Second Wave (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Aleator (USA) 7-4fav (9-5) Made most, ridden 2f out, pressed inside final furlong, driven out gamely, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Jan beating Sheila's Buddy (8-13) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Starlit Cantata 16-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, outpaced over 2f out, never on terms, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 12 3/4l behind Lunar Deity (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Freud (FR) 5-2fav (8-13) Keen, tracked leaders, pushed along to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Jan beating Mountain Rescue (8-12) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Starboard 16-1 (9-4) Taken to post early, close up in rear, ridden 2f out, no impression, last of 5, 5 3/4l behind Solar Deity (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (2) pol in Jan.