slowly away, held up in last, headway on outside over 2f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no impression, kept on
edged right start, chased leaders, lost place 4f out, no impression final 2f, switched right inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on
led early, chased leader, led 1f out, stayed on, driven out
slowly into stride, soon led, driven and headed 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
ARCTICIAN has been racing in tougher handicaps than this since landing a novices contest at Wolverhampton. He gets the vote at this lower level having finished ahead of Mount Mogan when third at Kempton last month. The latter won over track and trip at the start of the year while Marlay Park scored at Epsom last autumn but remains 6lb higher. Ivasecret ended last year with a placed effort here and can race off the same mark on his return.
Arctician (IRE) 12-1 (8-6) Held up towards rear, headway on inside chasing leaders over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, ran on when in the clear inside final furlong, not pace to threaten, 5th of 9, 2l behind Pensiero D'Amore (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Marlay Park 25-1 (9-3) Awkwardly away and badly outpaced in last pair, never on terms, 8th of 13, 5l behind Zim Baby (9-7) at Windsor 6f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Mount Mogan 33-1 (8-13) Very awkwardly away, soon mid-division on inside, never figured, 7th of 9, 6 1/4l behind Alrehb (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Ivasecret (IRE) 5-2 (9-6) Short of room start, raced wide close up, ridden over 1f out, ran on towards finish, 3rd of 6, 1/2l behind Shoot To Kill (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Lightening Shore 13-2 (9-7) Mid-division on inside, not much room and switched right when effort over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 12, 10 1/4l behind Graystone (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Oct.