held up in rear but in touch, took keen hold, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, weakened final furlong
led 2f, remained prominent, every chance over 2f out, no extra final furlong
prominent, led after 2f, headed approaching final furlong, rallied closing stages, kept on well under pressure
chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, hard driven, stayed on
prominent, every chance over 2f out, stayed on same pace approaching final furlong
Three of these are on a hat-trick but Marhaban and War Tiger have been doing most of their racing on the Tapeta at Wolverhampton and Never Do Nothing has been gelded since scoring at Thirsk and Pontefract last year. Solid Stone was all out to land the odds at Newcastle in November but the second has won since. MORDRED only won once last year but ran well when second over a mile here on his final start and could be the answer to a tricky finale.
Mordred (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) 2nd of 7, 2l behind Even Keel (8-12) at Newmarket 1m (2) gd in Sep.
Marhaban (IRE) 1-2fav (9-9) won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Feb beating Cirque Royal (9-2) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
War Tiger (USA) 8-11fav (9-7) won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Gantier (9-4) by 3/4l, 4 ran.
Solid Stone (IRE) 2-7fav (9-2) won at Newcastle 7f stks (4) pol in Nov beating Forest Of Dean (9-2) by nk, 5 ran.
Never Do Nothing (IRE) 7-4fav (9-5) won at Pontefract 1m stks (4) gd in Sep beating The Great Story (9-1) by nk, 9 ran.