steadied start, took keen hold tracked leaders, ridden to challenge when not much room from over 1f out until inside final furlong, driven and stayed on near finish
in touch in rear, ridden over 2f out, never a factor
led 2f, tracked leader until led again 3f out, soon ridden, headed narrowly over 1f out, rallied to lead again inside final furlong, driven out
in touch, headway to press winner 3f out, led narrowly over 1f out, soon edged right, headed and no extra inside final furlong
led after 2f, clear over 6f out, ridden and headed 3f out, kept on inside final furlong
Nonrunner
ST MORITZ won over a mile at Nottingham in November and landed this race in 2011. He goes well fresh and can get the better of Burano, second in a Listed race at Kempton last month but difficult to predict and still awaiting a first victory in this country. French import Moccasin was well beaten on his UK debut at Pontefract and the remainder have plenty to do at the weights, though Fort Belvedere has only had two runs and would be interesting if attracting market support following a lengthy absence.
Burano (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, never reached winner, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Miblish (8-13) at Kempton 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol in Mar.
Moccasin (FR) 33-1 (8-13) Always towards rear, never in conterntion, last of 12, 14l behind Lady Loch (8-5) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp 0-105 (2) gs.
St Moritz (IRE) 33-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 9th of 13, 8l behind Pearl Mix (9-0) at Kempton 1m Listed stks (1) pol in Nov.
Gala Casino Star (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 6l behind Fieldgunner Kirkup (9-5) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
The Bull Hayes (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Led 1f, chased leader until well over 3f out, chased leaders until weakened over 2f out, 6th of 8, 11l behind Testosterone (8-9) at Nottingham 1m 6f Listed Stakes (4yo+) (1) gd.
Fort Belvedere (8-10) won at Longchamp(FR) 1m 2f stk gd in Apr '11 beating Bubble Chic (9-4) by shd, 6 ran.
Just Lille (IRE) 5-2 (9-7) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 7l behind Incendo (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f clm stks (6) pol in Oct.