soon led, joined over 4f out, ridden 2f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, stayed on
tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, weakened final furlong
slowly away raced wide keen in rear, effort over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
close up, outpaced over 4f out, rallied inside final furlong
slow into stride raced wide close up, tracked leaders 7f out, ridden 3f out, edged left from over 1f out, kept on one pace
tracked leader, joined leader 4f out, ridden 2f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, stayed on
close up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, not trouble leaders
Star Of Lombardy opened her account over 1m2f at Wolverhampton five days ago and reappears under a penalty. The Lock Master scored here in February and is perfectly capable of winning this on his day but it’s anybody’s guess when that will be. Perceived has a shout on the best of last year’s form on Turf but another chance goes to top weight STORM KING given he scored over track and trip last month and ran well again when third to the progressive Samtu here on his latest start.
Storm King 2-1 (9-5) Raced wide, tracked leaders, tracked winner over 3f out, ridden and unable to quicken inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind Samtu (9-12) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Perceived 50-1 (9-6) Close up 3f, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong, last of 5, 5 3/4l behind Signe (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp fll (5) pol in Mar.
Indian Chief (IRE) 10-1 (11-7) Keen, held up, headway over 2f out, no impression final furlong, 7th of 13, 6l behind Favorite Girl (10-9) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Nov.
Glenalmond (IRE) 3-1fav (9-7) In touch on inside, headway and switched right well over 1f out, ridden chasing leaders over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong until well inside final furlong, kept on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 12, 2 1/2l behind Idol Deputy (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
The Lock Master (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, pushed along to hold place 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened and eased over 1f out, 6th of 8, 16l behind Tatting (9-10) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Star Of Lombardy (IRE) 4-1 (8-13) Tracked leader, ridden to lead entering final 2f out, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (5) pol in Mar beating Ms Gillard (9-0) by 2 3/4l, 5 ran.
Balducci 20-1 (9-9) Soon outpaced, 7th of 8, 12 1/4l behind Hammer Gun (9-11) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Mar.