made all, shaken up over 1f out, soon in command, unchallenged
tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
Nonrunner
STAND GUARD equalled the record of 25 wins on the all-weather here on Tuesday. John Butler's charge scored by eight lengths on that occasion with Staff Sergeant further behind and looks capable of setting a new record by landing this. Gogeo is out to spoil the party having won a bumper on this surface in between a couple of easy wins on the Flat. But he has 9lb to find with the selection on official ratings, however, while Honest Strike and Tornado Force have even more to do on today's terms. Formerly trained in Ireland, Longshadow is weighted to get involved with an apprentice's claim taken into account but hasn't raced since July.
Stand Guard 10-11fav (9-2) Raced wide, close up in 4th place, headway to lead over 2f out, ran on strongly, won at Southwell 1m 3f sell stks (6) fbs beating Conducting (9-2) by 8l, 4 ran.
Honest Strike (USA) 9-2 (9-4) Held up in rear, headway to chase leading pair 2f out, no impression final furlong, 3rd of 7, 5l behind King's Request (9-3) at Lingfield 2m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Gogeo (IRE) 11-8fav (8-12) Raced wide close up, headway to press leaders 5f out, led over 3f out, edged left over 2f out, driven over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Feb beating Honoured (8-12) by 3 1/2l, 6 ran.
Staff Sergeant 5-4 (9-2) Keen tracked leader, ridden when switched left to far side rail 2f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 4, 11l behind Stand Guard (9-2) at Southwell 1m 3f sell stks (6) fbs.
Tornado Force (IRE) 3-1 (9-9) Held up in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 9l behind Madeira Girl (9-12) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (0-65) (6) fbs in Aug.
Longshadow 7-2 (9-11) Waited with, pushed along in 7th over 4f out, dropped to last and no impression from before straight, 8th of 9, 11l behind Juara (8-7) at Roscommon 1m 4f 3yo hcp 47-75 gf in Jul.
