dwelt, held up in touch, headway over 3f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never able to challenge
chased leader, under pressure halfway, soon lost place, rallied final furlong
led, hard driven over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly
slowly into stride, soon prominent, effort when hung left over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, kept on under pressure
tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ridden clear inside final furlong, readily
MONSIEUR CHEVALIER bids for a hat-trick having won plating races at Wolverhampton and Kempton last time. He has a clear advantage on today's terms and should come out best if taking to the Fibresand. Toto Skyllachy finished well behind the selection at Wolverhampton but is arguably better on this surface and so is Mishrif, who did not stay 1m4f here last time. Megamunch and Conry are other course winners but both look to have a tough task at the weights.
Monsieur Chevalier (IRE) 4-9fav (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven out, won at Kempton 7f clm stks (5) pol in Dec beating Doc Hay (9-1) by 1 1/4l, 3 ran.
Mishrif (USA) 25-1 (9-3) Led, pulled hard, headed over 7f out, weakened over 4f out, 5th of 6, 17l behind Royal Marskell (8-13) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Dec.
Toto Skyllachy 11-4 (9-1) Raced wide in touch, ridden over 3f out, headway to chase clear winner over 1f out, soon edged left, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 7, 5l behind Starfield (8-10) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Dec.
Megamunch (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, chased leader, effort over 2f out, soon one pace, 4th of 11, 7l behind Brooke's Bounty (9-0) at Redcar 1m sell stks (6) sft in Nov.
I'm Super Too (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Towards rear, ridden 3f out, never a factor, 8th of 13, 23l behind Bognor (9-6) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Dec.
Conry (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) Always towards rear, 11th of 13, 9l behind Don't Be (9-3) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Dec.