raced wide close up, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
dwelt held up, headway to chase leaders over 4f out, ridden to go 3rd entering final 3f, no impression final 2f
led, headed narrowly over 4f out, ridden to lead again over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace
raced wide held up, pushed along halfway, headway 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong
tracked leaders, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt always in rear
in rear, ridden and behind 4f out
tracked leader until over 4f out, soon ridden, weakened entering final 2f
The rejuvenated San Antonio left Ubenkor a well beaten second when scoring over C&D last month. He has since gone close at Kempton and has to come into the reckoning. Bentley has also been in good form here of late and was beaten only half-a-length by Steed on his latest start. MR EMIRATI was beaten a similar distance by the same rival last month, but is less exposed having had just the five runs and Bryan Smart's charge can find the necessary improvement to take this. Mister Green produced a better effort at Lingfield last time but makes his debut on Fibresand here.
Moon Lightning (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, weakened halfway, last of 6, 31l behind Alpha Tauri (9-5) at Southwell 7f sell stks (6) fbs in Jan.
Mr Emirati (USA) 9-2 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, soon strongly challenged, headed post, 2nd of 8, shd behind Steed (8-4) at Southwell 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Dec.
San Antonio 4-1 (9-1) Led, clear over 2f out to over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, kept on until headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Broughtons Day (9-4) at Kempton 1m app hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jan.
Bentley 4-1 (9-7) Soon led, joined over 6f out, ridden 3f out, driven from over 1f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Steed (9-3) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Jan.
Ubenkor (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Slowly away, in rear, behind and struggling from halfway, headway on inside from over 1f out, kept on to go 2nd post, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 9l behind San Antonio (9-2) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Jan.
Mister Green (FR) 10-1 (8-9) Dwelt, held up, ridden and headway entering final furlong, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Lastkingofscotland (9-7) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan.
Flying Applause 40-1 (8-12) Went right start, always in rear, 12th of 14, 16l behind Bonnie Prince Blue (9-4) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Nov.
King's Counsel (IRE) 13-8fav (9-8) Led, reminder after 2f, ridden 3f out, headed 2f out, kept on under pressure and every chance until no extra towards finish, 3rd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Prime Circle (9-2) at Redcar 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) fm in Jul.