tracked leaders, challenged and carried left inside final furlong, ran on, led towards finish
led, ridden over 1f out, soon headed, no extra inside final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, went 2nd towards finish, ran on
edged right start, tracked leaders towards stands side, driven and lost place over 2f out
raced keenly, prominent, lost place over 1f out
slow to break, held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, headed towards finish
held up behind leaders, not much room over 2f out, not clear run 1f out, soon switched right, ran on, nearest finish
Global Warning failed to land the odds at Kempton last time and is now 11lb higher than when scoring over 6f here earlier. Kind Review won on last year’s card and has subsequently beaten Devil's Angel here. He’s penalised for last week’s success over 5f at the track having earlier finished behind Storm Over when the latter also beat Giogiobbo and Athollblair Boy. But SPARTAN FIGHTER has now won two of his last three outings on Tapeta and still has room for further improvement having been rated 94 when joining Antony Brittains’ yard in the autumn of last year.
Global Warning 5-6fav (9-0) Started slowly, held up well in rear, wide home turn, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Ghaith (9-6) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Spartan Fighter 6-1 (9-0) Went right and slowly into stride, soon led, headed over 3f out, led again over 2f out, stayed on, ridden out, won at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan beating Alnasherat (9-3) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Kind Review 2-1fav (8-12) Made virtually all, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, won at Newcastle 5f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating North Wind (9-2) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
Storm Over (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, rallied to lead again final strides, won at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Mythmaker (9-5) by ns, 10 ran.
Giogiobbo 22-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Storm Over (9-0) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Devil's Angel 7-2fav (9-8) In touch, headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Kind Review (9-8) at Newcastle 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Athollblair Boy (IRE) 11-2 (9-0) In touch, pushed along 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 5 1/4l behind Storm Over (9-0) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.