dwelt, held up in close 3rd, headway near side of group into 2nd over 1f out, ridden and stayed on same pace inside final furlong
tracked leader, led inside final 2f, ridden and edged right briefly inside final furlong, stayed on well
led, pushed along and headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong, lost moderate 3rd final strides
held up last, pushed along and outpaced final 2f, went moderate 3rd last strides
SOCIETY RED finally took advantage of a tumbling mark to get back to winning ways at Wolverhampton and Richard Fahey’s veteran has a good chance of completing a double here, despite a 5lb rise. Desert Emperor has only gone up 3lb for winning for the third time in four starts at Wolverhampton. He has gone close twice here on a couple of occasions but is arguably at his best over 1m4f. Galidermes hasn’t really taken to the all-weather so far but is preferred to Simple Star, who is returning from a lengthy absence.
Desert Emperor 1-5fav (9-9) Raced wide tracked leaders, went 2nd 3f out, quickened to lead 2f out, idled towards finish, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Dec beating Morlaix (9-2) by nk, 4 ran.
Society Red 12-1 (9-12) Tracked leader, led 2f out, clear when edged right briefly inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Dec beating Precision Storm (10-1) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.
Simple Star (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, pushed along and switched left over 2f out, weakened and headed inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 5 3/4l behind Sonning (9-3) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Apr.
Galidermes (FR) 17-2 (8-11) Held up tracking leaders in 4th, pushed along and unable to quicken over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 7, 11 1/2l behind Kasperenko (9-6) at York 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
