held up, never on terms
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened entering final furlong
switch leaders, ridden to lead briefly inside final furlong, final furlong, soon headed and and not pace of winner, kept on for 2nd
pressed leader, every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, soon pushed along and to chase leaders, switched left inside final 2f, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well
slight lead, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on, not pace of winner
Double Up failed to win last season but slipped a few pound down the weights as a consequence. Duke Of Firenze is now 15lb higher than his win at York in May and Mirza was beaten by Soie D'leau in this grade at Doncaster in October. The latter returns to action off a 3lb higher mark and may improve further this year but a chance is taken on BOWSON FRED back on this surface. His latest second to Kimberella has worked out well with the latter subsequently winning the All-Weather Sprint Championships and that looks stronger form than Poyle Vinnie’s earlier win at Southwell.
Duke Of Firenze 5-2 (9-4) Held up in rear but in touch, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, never on terms, last of 6, 3 1/4l behind Caspian Prince (9-7) at Musselburgh 5f stks (3) gd in Oct.
Poyle Vinnie 12-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway and in touch on outside over 2f out, ridden 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Zac Brown (8-8) at Lingfield 6f hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Double Up 2-1fav (9-2) Close up, behind leaders, ridden 2f out, effort entering final furlong, unable to quicken inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2l behind Gracious John (9-3) at Nottingham 5f hcp (2) gd in Nov.
Bowson Fred 3-1 (9-9) Tracked leader 1f, tracked leaders, ridden and headway entering final furlong, led briefly inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Kimberella (9-12) at Lingfield 5f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Soie D'leau 14-1 (8-13) Prominent, led over 1f out, driven out, won at Doncaster 5f hcp (2) gd in Oct beating Tithonus (8-4) by shd, 21 ran.
Sir Robert Cheval 33-1 (9-8) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 14th of 20, 7 1/4l behind Intisaab (9-9) at York 6f hcp (2) gd in Oct.
Lady Macapa 8-1 (8-12) Led, driven and headed over 1f out, soon ridden and one pace, lost place inside final furlong, last of 7, 6 1/2l behind Growl (9-3) at Doncaster 6f lst stks (1) gf in Nov.
Mirza 12-1 (9-10) In touch, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 15th of 21, 3 3/4l behind Soie D'leau (8-13) at Doncaster 5f hcp (2) gd in Oct.