held up, headway to track leaders 7f out, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace
led, headed over 7f out, led again over 5f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
headway to lead over 7f out, headed over 5f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on
held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, chased winner and every chance from over 1f out, unable to quicken towards finish
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, outpaced 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
held up in rear, pushed along 4f out, headway when not much room over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong
dwelt, in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
Keidas went well here last time when the step up in trip looked a plus and he can go in here, with Watchmaker, Wind Flow and Ermine Grey respected. The Chris Wall-trained selection was not a certain stayer last time but rather than being beaten for stamina she simply found a couple too good. Currently 2lb below her sole success, she is still on a reasonable mark and can get it right this time. Watchmaker won over 10f here last year and repeated the dose at Kempton in January. He does look a little too high in the weights for us, but he is sure to run his race. Wind Flow has not been far away off similar marks of late and will see out every yard of this trip, so he can't be ruled out, while Ermine Grey has never been tried on this particular artificial surface in 54 starts, but he stays 10f and is he can act here then he has the form to make the frame. Money for first-time blinkered Dream Of Forune would be interesting but we prefer Keidas to take the last.
Dream of Fortune (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Mid-divison, effort over 3f out, some late headway but never troubled leaders, 8th of 16, 8l behind Red Wine (8-8) at Doncaster 1m 4f app hcp (5) gd.
Keidas (FR) 3-1 (9-4) Tracked winner until over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Meditation (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 2f fll hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Watchmaker 8-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Saviour Sand (8-13) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Trifti 11-1 (8-4) In touch on outside, headway to track leader over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 12, 7l behind Risque Heights (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Oct.
Compton Falcon 6-1 (9-3) Led until headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 7l behind Crazy Bear (9-3) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Dec.
Wind Flow 7-2jt-fav (9-3) Led, pressed over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 4th of 12, 3l behind Rebellious Spirit (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.
Kings Topic (USA) 16-1 (9-8) Always rear, weakened over 3f out, eased final 2f, tailed off, last of 10, well behind Hatch A Plan (9-2) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Nov.
Ermine Grey 7-1 (8-10) In touch, ridden to lead over 2f out, pressed final furlong, headed final stride, 2nd of 9, hd behind Naughty Thoughts (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f app hcp (6) pol.
