mid-division, headway to track leader halfway, led over 5f out and stayed far side alone, ridden and edged right to centre group 2f out, soon headed, faded final furlong
tracked leader until halfway, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader until halfway, tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, weakened over 1f out
steadied start in rear, ridden 3f out, never on terms
towards rear, headway entering final 3f, ridden and no impression final 2f
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace
held up, ridden when weakened 3f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
held up, headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never nearer
mid-division, reminders over 4f out, headway under pressure 2f out, led entering final furlong, ran on
tracked leaders, chased leader over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
very slowly away in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and no impression from over 1f out
held up, ridden 3f out, never on terms
The lightly-raced ARTY CAMPBELL gets a tentative vote in a wide-open contest. He arrives on the back of a victory at Kempton and has scope for further progress. He'd earlier finished just behind Coup De Grace on the all-weather, but the latter has been beaten since and has something to find with Java Rose on latest running. Story Writer ended last season with a victory over 2m on the Polytrack and Albonny recorded a quick double over today's trip in May last year. Outrageous Request is another to consider and Desert Recluse is not out of this off his current mark.
Moon Trip 13-2 (7-13) Mid-division in touch, outpaced 4f out, ridden 3f out, never able to challenge, weakened final furlong, 10th of 13, 13l behind Sir Graham Wade (8-9) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp 105 (2) fm in Sep '12.
Desert Recluse (IRE) 10-1 (9-8) Chased leaders, challenged over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 9, 4l behind Twelve Strings (9-7) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Java Rose 8-1 (9-7) Tracked leading pair, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, always just held, 2nd of 8, nk behind Poitin (8-11) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Leo Luna 4-1 (9-11) Held up in rear, ridden 3f out, soon well beaten, 8th of 13, 14l behind Diamond Mine (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Kashgar 5-1 (9-7) Held up mid-division, weakened over 1f out, last of 10, well behind One Pursuit (8-13) at Bath 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Oct.
Outrageous Request 10-1 (9-6) Tracked leading pair until over 2f out, outpaced in 5th over 1f out, no threat after, 5th of 6, 7l behind King's Request (9-6) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Our Folly 20-1 (9-0) Towards rear, headway when hampered over 9f out, chased leader over 6f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 10, 19l behind Sohar (9-4) at Newmarket 2m hcp 0-90 (3) sft in Nov.
Albonny (IRE) 13-2 (8-9) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 5th of 8, 16l behind Silver Samba (8-7) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Aug.
Arty Campbell (IRE) 7-2fav (9-7) Towards rear, headway on outer approaching final 2f, led over 1f out, ran on, won at Kempton 2m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar beating Montjess (9-7) by 2 1/2l, 11 ran.
Story Writer 2-1fav (9-7) Always prominent, led 2f out, ridden and ran on, won at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Aug beating While You Wait (9-6) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Bob's World 7-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, last of 8, 39l behind Hyperlink (9-0) at Ripon 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Aug '12.
Coup De Grace (IRE) 10-3 (9-0) Tracked leaders in 4th, ridden well over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, not pace to threaten, 5th of 8, 1 1/2l behind Poitin (8-11) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Jezza 8-1 (9-11) Hampered start, always towards rear, 11th of 12, 9l behind Bramshill Lass (9-13) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Mombasa 10-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 14, 35l behind Ty Gwr (9-7) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Oct.
