held up in rear, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on well, held for 2nd place towards finish
held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no extra
tracked leader, led over 2f out, shaken up 1f out, ran on well, eased towards finish
tracked leaders in 4th, ridden and no extra inside final furlong
fly jumped start, held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 2f out, soon switched right, faded inside final furlong
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace inside final furlong
held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on and always well held, held on for 2nd place near finish
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
NATURAL SCENERY continued her good progress with a victory over 1m4f here last month. A half-sister to a winner over hurdles, the Godolphin filly is fancied to last home over this longer trip and confirm latest running with Masterpaver. London Prize won over today’s trip at Newbury in October when landing the first leg of a double while Zakatal won over 2m at Wolverhampton last year and has notched up a string of seconds since. Hot Beat won over 1m4f at Wolverhampton last time and the import from Germany is another expected to stay this extra distance.
Hot Beat (IRE) 7-2 (9-11) Steadied start in rear, wide into straight 2f out, headway over 1f out, edged left and led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jan beating Plutocracy (9-9) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Havana Beat (IRE) 40-1 (9-5) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden and weakened approaching 2f out, 9th of 10, 12 1/4l behind Burcan (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Natural Scenery Evensfav (8-10) Took keen hold and wide early, tracked leading trio, smooth headway on outside over 2f out, 2nd approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, pushed out and always doing enough, won at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Jan beating Masterpaver (8-10) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Masterpaver 7-1 (8-10) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, always held, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Natural Scenery (8-10) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Highland Castle 33-1 (11-5) Mid-diviison, outpaced 3 out, weakened next, 11th of 13, dist behind High Bridge (11-12) at Catterick 2m (4) gd in Jan.
Zakatal 10-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders, headway to join leader halfway, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 7, 3/4l behind Cotton Club (9-12) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Time Of My Life (GER) 150-1 (11-5) Always behind, 8th of 13, dist behind High Bridge (11-12) at Catterick 2m (4) gd in Jan.
London Prize 5-1 (10-11) Mid-division, when fell 4 out, at Musselburgh 2m hcp lst (1) gd in Feb.
Esteaming 9-2 (9-7) Tracked leader 2f, chased leaders, challenged 3f out, led inside final 2f until ridden over 1f out, chased winner and every chance inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 5, 3/4l behind Faithful Creek (9-8) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Feb.