led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
keen close up, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong
in rear, pushed along 2f out, headway near side approaching final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish
close up, headway 2f out, hung right and led over 1f out, headed towards finish
in rear, headway far side entering final 2f, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, ran on
close up, pushed along and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
in touch, pushed along and outpaced 2f out, ridden and rallied inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
pulled hard, prominent, pushed along and weakened approaching final furlong
towards rear, pushed along and headway2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
in touch, headway far side over 2f out, pushed along and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
Southwell winner Ceanna makes her handicap debut and also has her first start on Turf while Chelsea Green is another handicapping for the first time on her reappearance. Good Gracious returns to action 6lb higher than when scoring at Newcastle in October while Totnes has the more recent winning form at Lingfield but is upped in class. But ACOTANGO will be sharper for last month’s second in a tougher contest than this at Haydock and he gets the vote having also beaten Gulmarg at Kempton last year.
True Statesman (IRE) 9-2 (9-9) Tracked leader, led 4f out, ridden 2f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 4, 6l behind Sunningdale (9-4) at Catterick 7f (3) gs in Sep.
Acotango (IRE) 14-1 (8-13) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, led again over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no impression on winner towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Racingbreaks Ryder (9-0) at Haydock 1m hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Chelsea Green (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Keen tracked leader until pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Caernarfon (9-2) at Newmarket 1m lst fll stks (1) sft in Oct.
Just Bring It (IRE) 9-2 (9-9) Towards rear of mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden along, made no telling impression, 7th of 9, 18 1/4l behind Racingbreaks Ryder (9-3) at Nottingham 1m hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Gulmarg (IRE) 11-1 (9-8) In touch, headway over 2f outridden to lead over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, lost 2ns towards finish, 3rd of 15, 2 1/2l behind Surely Not (9-3) at Newmarket 1m hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Burdett Road 18-1 (9-8) In touch, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace, 6th of 15, 5 3/4l behind Surely Not (9-3) at Newmarket 1m hcp (4) gs in Apr.
She's Hot 7-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on one pace, 5th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Wisper (9-11) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp fll (3) gf in May.
Good Gracious 9-4fav (9-9) Held up in rear, pushed along and headway under 3f out, edged left 2f out, led over 1f out, just held on, won at Newcastle 7f (5) pol in Oct beating Centre Court (9-5) by ns, 8 ran.
Ceanna 13-8fav (9-2) Keen tracked leaders, shaken up to lead over 1f out, ran on, readily, won at Southwell 7f fll stks (5) pol in Dec beating Too Much (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
Totnes (IRE) 6-4fav (9-10) Held up, headway under pressure out wide approaching final furlong, stayed on strongly to lead close home, cosily, won at Lingfield 1m hcp (5) pol in May beating Ashmore (9-8) by nk, 8 ran.
Yellow Lion 20-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, lost ground over 5f out, headway over 2f out, 4th and one pace over 1f out, well held inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Quddwah (9-7) at Salisbury 7f stks (5) gs in May.
