soon led, driven over 2f out, headed over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, went 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, headed towards finish
awkward start, in rear, well beaten final 3f
tracked leaders, outpaced 3f out, lost place 2f out
mid-division, behind final 4f
led early, chased leader until over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along 4f out, headway and switched right over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish
slowly into stride, soon in touch, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, switched right 4f out, headway over 2f out, pressing leaders inside final furlong, held towards finish
PLEDGE OF HONOUR finally made the most of a slide down the weights when scoring at Yarmouth. This looks another weak contest and Dean Ivory’s charge should figure again. Global Art’s only win on Turf so far came in amateur company though he placed at Wolverhampton recently while Amalfi Bay’s double last summer came over 1m4f at Epsom. Maxine finished in front of Two Brothers when third over track and trip back in November and can race off the same mark.
Rich Dream (IRE) 9-2 (9-6) Dwelt, soon tracking leaders, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 6 1/2l behind Invincibly (9-6) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Amalfi Bay 10-3fav (9-7) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, eased, 8th of 9, 32 1/4l behind Thunder Ahead (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Maxine (IRE) 9-1 (10-3) Slightly slow to stride, in rear, well adrift when ridden 3f out, headway under pressure 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, 3rd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Regular Income (10-2) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (5) sft in Nov.
Global Art 10-1 (9-5) Held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, never nearer, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Daheer (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Mr Marvlos (IRE) 7-4 (9-2) Took keen hold, pressed leader, led halfway, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, soon weakened, 5th of 9, 8 1/4l behind Elakazaam (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Cerulean (FR) 9-2 (8-6) Slowly away, keen in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 7 3/4l behind Arthur's Realm (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Pledge Of Honour 9-2 (8-12) Tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, idled towards finish, won at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Apr beating Alpha King (9-7) by 1l, 5 ran.
Two Brothers 9-2 (9-9) Towards rear, ridden over 4f out, headway over 2f out, kept on final furlong but never dangerous, 6th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Regular Income (10-2) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (5) sft in Nov.
Uncle Dick 3-1fav (9-7) In rear, pushed along well over 2f out, hampered 1f out, kept on final furlong, 5th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Headshot (9-3) at Bath 1m hcp (6) gf in Apr.