steadied start, keen, in rear, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, tailed off
keen, tracked leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd towards finish
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, stayed on
towards rear, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms
keen, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, kept on one pace
close up, effort over 1f out, no impression final furlong
tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden and ran on
close up, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on one pace
Twilight Son won this last year before going on to glory in the Group 1 Sprint Cup at Haydock and Whitman and VENTUROUS also have lofty ambitions. The former has an entry in the Irish 2000 Guineas while Godolphin is targeting the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot with the latter. The Ravens Pass colt gets the nod as he won here and at Doncaster last year and had excuses when only beating one home in the Middle Park in September as he reared as the stalls opened and was playing catch-up thereafter. Yattwee runs in the same colours but has a lot more to do than when winning a Southwell maiden over a longer trip on debut. Pontefract winner Stamp Hill could figure if further rain falls and Hope Cove made a promising reappearance here earlier in the month and was a model of consistency last year.
Whitman 7-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, eased final furlong, 5th of 6, 27 1/4l behind Ribchester (9-1) at Newbury 6f Grp 2 stks (1) gs in Sep.
Venturous (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Awkwardly away, held up in last pair in touch, headway over 2f out, soon driven to chase leaders, ridden over 1f out, no impression, lost place inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 8 1/4l behind Shalaa (9-0) at Newmarket 6f Grp 1 stks (1) gd in Sep.
Yattwee (USA) 11-4 (9-5) Chased clear leading pair, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out, won at Southwell 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec beating Always Welcome (9-5) by 4 1/2l, 14 ran.
Aguerooo (IRE) 2-1 (9-7) Keen tracked leaders, effort when not clear run and short of room entering final 2f, hampered and clipped heels over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 4, 3l behind Florencio (8-8) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Take The Helm 33-1 (9-1) Held up in rear, headway halfway and in touch, one pace final furlong, 5th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Haalick (9-1) at Lingfield 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Plagiarism (USA) 11-4jfav (9-1) Slowly into stride, raced in rear, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, not clear run inside final furlong, eased, 5th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Four's Company (8-12) at Chester 6f fll stks (2) gd in Aug.
Stamp Hill (IRE) 7-2fav (8-8) Chased leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on under pressure to lead post, won at Pontefract 6f hcp (3) hvy in Apr beating Candelisa (9-7) by hd, 9 ran.
Calypso Choir 66-1 (8-3) Towards rear on outside, never troubled leaders, 8th of 13, 12 1/4l behind Demora (9-0) at Bath 5f lst fll stks (1) sft in Apr.
Ikerrin Road (IRE) 11-8fav (8-8) Tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, edged left, just held on, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (3) pol in Mar beating Buying Trouble (8-10) by shd, 5 ran.
Hope Cove 11-1 (8-8) Close up, ridden over 1f out, every chance when short of room approaching final furlong, ran on close home, 4th of 10, 2l behind Aclaim (8-13) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) sft in Apr.
