held up behind, outpaced 2f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, pressed leaders over 1f out, every chance well inside final furlong, no extra close home
tracked leader, chased leader and every chance inside final furlong, no extra near finish
slowly into stride, held up, headway 2f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong, not pace for challenge
slowly into stride, in rear, under pressure over 2f out, still in rear entering straight, ran on strongly final furlong nearest finish
led until hard pressed inside final furlong, headed post
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on well on outside final furlong, led post
held up, wide into straight, never troubled leaders
always behind
in touch, hard ridden 2f out, not pace to challenge and one pace
Frenchmans Lodge, Law Maker and Pulse are the trio to concentrate on here and the vote is given to Pulse. The selection ran as though returning to form when a good fourth behind Seven No Trumps on Monday. He is on losing run of 29 but that was his first run for new connections and if he can build on that most recent effort then he could be capable of ending that sequence. Frenchmans Lodge would have claims on the pick of his form and he may well go close here. However, he suffered a nasty fall at Wolverhampton last time and it remains to be seen whether that will affect him here. Law Maker has recently changed stables and he showed that he was returning to his best form when narrowly beating Al Awwam at Wolverhampton. That was his first run for a while so he may well come on for it and he is respected. Arrogant Prince is out of form at present but would be another to consider if he could get anywhere near his best. However, Pulse ran as though his turn was about to come last time and he is nominated to score.
Arogant Prince 12-1 With leaders, led 5f out, headed when not much room over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 11, 24l behind Fulvio at W'hampton 7f stk (H5) pol.
Blessed Place 10-1 Steadied start, pulled hard in rear, headway approaching final furlong, no impression near finish, 7th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Midmaar at Lingfield 6f stk (H5) pol in Feb.
Danakim 9-1 Chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Beamsley Beacon at Southwell 5f stk (H5) fbs.
Frenchmans Lodge 3-1fav Chased leaders, effort and going well when hampered and fell in race won by Hellbent at W'hampton 5f mdn clm (H5) pol in Feb, 12 ran.
Kilmeena Star 50-1 Led, hard ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly, last of 11, 9l behind Pheckless at Lingfield 7f hcp (F4) pol.
Law Maker 12-1 Led after 1f, quickened clear 2f out, all out near finish, won at W'hampton 5f stk (H5) pol beating Al Awwam by a hd, 13 ran.
Pulse 50-1 Bumped and carried right start, soon prominent, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, no extra, 4th of 15, 3 1/2l behind Seven No Trumps at Warwick 5f hcp gs.
Vendors Mistake (IRE) 8-1 Held up, chased leaders 2f out, ridden and no impression approaching final furlong, 8th of 13, 6l behind Grumpyintmorning at Lingfield 7f stk (H5) pol in Jan.
