held up in touch, smooth headway between horses over 1f out, driven 1f out, led towards finish, kept on
prominent, driven over 1f out, weakened 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
reared start, tracked leaders, pushed along over 1f out, soon weakened
held up in last, asked for effort over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, not reach leaders
led, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish, held on for 2nd
COACHELLO travelled over from Ireland to win a tough handicap over 7f at Lingfield last month. He also won over today’s shorter trip at Meydan early in the year and another bold bid is expected. Admiral D landed the sprint series final at Kempton with Dubai Station back in fifth and remains unexposed on the all-weather along with Bielsa, who finished runner-up in this grade last time and recorded a rare win at York back in May. Intrinsic Bond looks high enough in the weights and Dickieburd is upped in class.
Coachello (FR) 5-1 (9-9) Held up last, keen early, shaken up 2f out, ran on strongly from 1f out, led inside final 110 yards, soon asserted, comfortably, won at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Nov beating Fivethousandtoone (9-3) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Bielsa (IRE) 10-3jfav (9-5) Tracked leaders, effort 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Brewing (8-13) at Newcastle 6f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Intrinsic Bond 9-2 (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Clarendon House (9-9) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Dubai Station 33-1 (9-0) Held up off the pace towards rear, good headway on inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Admiral D (8-10) at Kempton 6f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Admiral D (IRE) 17-2 (8-10) Sweating, held up mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, led final stride, won at Kempton 6f hcp (2) pol in Nov beating Baldomero (8-13) by shd, 12 ran.
Dickieburd 10-1 (9-8) Led 1f, tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 7 1/2l behind Solray (9-2) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Dec.