slowly away, tracked leaders in 3rd place, led over 1f out, held on well towards finish
`tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on and held towards finish
led, hung left and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
in rear and in touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
KASER was sent off favourite at Wolverhampton on last month’s debut but found another Godolphin horse too good. He can land this with normal progress, though both Court House and Lady Noorah can make a race of it. The former was runner-up at Chelmsford last time and the latter was narrowly beaten at Wolverhampton. Both step up in distance today and are preferred to the more-exposed Phoenix Lightning.
Court House (IRE) 2-5fav (9-2) Slowly away, in rear, not much room 3f out, switched right and headway over 1f out, went 2nd well inside final furlong, stayed on, not trouble winner, 2nd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Nice Shot (9-2) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Kaser (IRE) Evensfav (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, effort over 1f out, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, outpaced inside final 100 yards, 2nd of 9, 2 1/4l behind Cross Counter (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Phoenix Lightning (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Raced keenly, held up towards rear, headway on inside 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Blacklooks (9-11) at Wolverhampton 7f (5) pol in Dec.
Lady Noorah 40-1 (9-0) Close up, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, pressing winner when slightly hampered, ran on, 2nd of 11, nk behind American Endeavour (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f fll stks (5) pol in Dec.