steadied start, held up in rear, running on when not clear run, badly hampered inside final furlong, not recover, unlucky
tracked leaders, hung left from over 2f out, ridden and kept on to take 2nd near finish
raced wide, chased leaders, ridden halfway, stayed on same pace
stumbled start, held up, ridden and weakened over 1f out
mid-division, outpaced and hung right halfway, switched right over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
chased leader, led halfway, ridden out
close up, chased winner approaching 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
soon pushed along in rear, never nearer
led until halfway
Royal Bandit showed plenty of speed on his Kempton debut last week and, with Frankie Dettori taking over from an inexperienced apprentice, looks worth backing to go one better at the main expense of the more exposed pair of Cool Sting and Kellys Dream. The last mentioned has only had the two starts so far and improved on her debut effort when chasing home Total Impact at Wolverhampton last time. Roger Charlton's Burning Incense would need to have improved from two to three to take a hand, while Danish Blues has given little cause for optimism of late. Cool Sting has claims on the pick of his form but is proving somewhat expensive to follow and a better bet looks to be Royal Bandit, who had some reliable yardsticks well behind at Kempton last week and should be good enough to go one better today judged by that effort.
Burning Incense (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Prominent on outer, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 16, 4 1/2l behind Jeremy (9-0) at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Oct.
Cool Sting (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden to chase winner 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, nk behind Financial Times (9-12) at Lingfield 5f mdn stk (5) pol.
Danish Blues (IRE) 20-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 7l behind Miss Lopez (8-8) at Southwell 6f mdn stk (5) fbs.
Hogan's Heroes 100-1 (9-0) Bolted before start, always behind, soon tailed off, last of 12, well behind Bling (8-9) at Salisbury 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gs in Aug.
Royal Bandit 16-1 (8-10) Tracked leader, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied and stayed on inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, nk behind Swiper Hill (9-3) at Kempton 6f 3yo mdn (4) pol.
Devine Dancer 20-1 (8-11) Took keen hold, prominent, under pressure 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 19l behind Annabelle Ja (8-11) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Dec.
Just Tallulah 25-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace, 5th of 12, 6l behind Total Impact (9-3) at W'hampton 6f 3yo mdn (5) pol.
Kellys Dream (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Led, ridden, headed approaching final furlong, one pace, 2nd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Total Impact (9-3) at W'hampton 6f 3yo mdn (5) pol.