slowly into stride and went right start, always in rear
chased leader, pushed along and hung left over 1f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge, looked held when not much room and snatched up close home
held up in mid-division, outpaced and towards rear over 2f out, pushed along and beaten when hung left over 1f out
forced to race wide, held up in mid-division, pushed along 3f out, chased leaders and wide home turn, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, led towards finish
led, clear when shaken up 1f out, reduced lead inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish
very awkwardly away, soon mid-division on inside, never figured
bumped start, held up off the pace in last pair, some late headway, never on terms
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
bit keen, chased leaders on inside, ridden inside final furlong, weakened inside final 110 yards
Thapa VC completed a hat-trick of lower grade races at the start of the year but this tougher and the less-exposed Alrehb is preferred on last month’s victory at Wolverhampton. The step up to Class 2 company proved beyond SIR OLIVER (NAP) last time but this is less competitive and Chris Dwyer’s charge had won with plenty to spare over track and trip before that. Gobi Sunset finished in front of Pinwheel when third at Kempton and makes more appeal than Ostilio.
Ostilio 16-1 (9-5) Raced keenly, prominent, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 12 1/2l behind Bless Him (9-10) at Newcastle 7f hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Sir Oliver (IRE) 11-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Tadreeb (8-12) at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Pinwheel (IRE) 9-1 (9-10) Raced keenly, press leader early, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, held final furlong, kept on, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind The Turpinator (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Alrehb (USA) 11-8fav (9-7) Chased leader until over 5f out, led over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, stayed on, always doing enough, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Tintoretto (9-5) by nk, 8 ran.
Gobi Sunset 10-1 (9-7) Prominent, led after 1f, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 8, 2 1/4l behind The Turpinator (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Mount Mogan 18-1 (9-10) Chased leaders on outside, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 10, 13 3/4l behind Epsom Faithfull (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Gavi Di Gavi (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Raced wide keen, close up, headway to lead 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 10, 9 1/4l behind Amber Island (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Full Intention 10-1 (9-2) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and kept on to go 4th close home, 4th of 6, 3 3/4l behind Tadleel (9-11) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Thapa VC (IRE) 5-2 (9-3) Held up towards rear, headway on inside chasing leaders over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, not pace to threaten, 6th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Sayifyouwill (9-2) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.