towards rear, ridden when headway 2f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer
chased clear leader, led inside final furlong, ran on, readily
dwelt in rear, ridden halfway, headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlolng
in rear, never on terms
dwelt outpaced
broke smartly and gained 3 lengths advantage, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
slowly away, raced alone towards far side, headway halfway, ridden and no impression from over 1f out
Nonrunner
Sir Geoffrey was recording his fourth course and distance victory since December when scoring under today's apprentice on Tuesday. He has 6lb extra to carry today while Royal Bajan is 6lb higher than when winning at Wolverhampton in December. O'Gorman went close on his only previous start here and Sleepy Blue Ocean recorded a narrow-margin victory over track and trip in January when POWERFUL WIND finished fourth. Re-opposing on better terms, the latter gets the vote to come out best today and can land this. Pabusar has shown no improvement for his slide down the weights and it remains to be seen if he can do any better on this surface.
O'Gorman 12-1 (9-7) Dwelt, in rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 10th of 11, 8l behind Trojan Rocket (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Royal Bajan (USA) 25-1 (9-4) Led, headed 2f out, led again over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Taajub (9-7) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Sleepy Blue Ocean 10-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, challenged over 2f out, driven to lead narrowly over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, just held on, won at Southwell 5f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Jan beating Hannahs Turn (9-0) by hd, 10 ran.
Powerful Wind (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Dwelt and went right start, always in rear, last of 9, 5l behind Taajub (9-7) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Haajes 12-1 (8-10) Always towards rear, 9th of 14, 7l behind Ambitious Icarus (8-7) at Ripon 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sep.
Oldjoesaid 14-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden halfway, headway approaching final furlong, stayed on strongly to go 2nd post, not reach winner, 2nd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Arctic Feeling (8-10) at Pontefract 5f hcp 0-85 (4) hvy in Oct.
Moorhouse Lad 6-1 (8-13) Close up, ridden to challenge over 1f out, soon chasing winner, kept on same pace closing stages, 3rd of 7, 1l behind Triple Dream (9-3) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Pabusar 33-1 (8-11) Held up behind, effort over 1f out, never dangerous, 9th of 11, 6l behind Trojan Rocket (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Rowe Park 4-1 (9-6) Soon ridden along in touch in rear, weakened 2f out, 7th of 8, 13l behind Sir Geoffrey (8-7) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Sir Geoffrey (IRE) 12-1 (8-7) Prominent, ridden 2f out, led entering final furlong, ran on, won at Southwell 5f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs beating Thorpe Bay (9-2) by 1/2l, 8 ran.