always towards rear, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
raced wide, always towards rear, reminders over 3f out, never on terms
tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
keen in rear, ridden and stayed on final furlong, never near leaders
dwelt held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, one pace final furlong
pulled hard towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, stayed on near finish
taken to post early, made most, ridden 2 lengths clear over 1f out, driven and all out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace
in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
GALLANTRY scored over C&D in November and had Dichoh well behind when second at Kempton on his latest start. Paul Howling's veteran gets the speculative vote in a wide-open contest though Cristaliyev steps up a furlong after a couple of better efforts at this track recently and Penbryn could figure moving in the opposite direction having been placed over 1m2f of late. Roman Flame's latest fourth here has not worked out, however, and Kipchak is still struggling to find his best.
Takhreej (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Held up, some headway over 2f out, ridden and no impression from over 1f out, 4th of 7, 14l behind Lifetime (9-3) at Hamilton 1m 1f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gs in Aug.
Red Yarn 28-1 (9-2) Raced widest of all, in touch until ridden halfway, weakened over 3f out, last of 14, 32l behind Qeethaara (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Cristaliyev 7-2fav (9-6) Chased leader over 1f, remained chasing leaders, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, took 3rd last strides, no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Efistorm (9-7) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Dichoh 16-1 (9-6) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 12, 16l behind Rezwaan (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.
Gallantry 20-1 (9-4) Held up, headway over 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 12, 4 1/2l behind Rezwaan (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.
Penbryn (USA) 9-2 (9-6) Took keen hold, held up in last pair, not clearest of runs towards inside approaching final 2f, switched left inside final 2f, head high under pressure and kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to threaten, 4th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Cantor (9-2) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
Kipchak (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Chased leading pair, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 5l behind Dorothy's Dancing (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
Roman Flame 28-1 (9-9) Led 1f, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Palmyra (8-4) at Lingfield 1m mdn auc stks (6) pol.
Princess Willow 16-1 (9-2) Went left start, took keen hold and soon chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened 2f out, last of 12, 17l behind Shaunas Spirit (8-12) at Kempton 7f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Jan.