close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headway to chase easy winner inside final furlong
made all, shaken up and soon 3 lengths clear, eased near finish
tracked leader until over 4f out, tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out
slowly into stride, soon switched right, keen headway to join winner over 4f out, ridden 2f out, faded final furlong
A prolific winner at Wolverhampton, Powerful Pierre was well beaten on his debut at this track last month. Hamoody and Spitfire are course and distance winners who went close in plating races on their latest starts and both make more appeal than Pelmanism. But the three-year-old ROYAL WARRIOR looks to have the best chance on today's terms as he made a winning debut over 5f here last term and will no doubt have improved from a recent comeback outing over 7f - Alan McCabe's charge gets the vote.
Powerful Pierre 25-1 (8-13) Held up, outpaced halfway, never near leaders, 7th of 13, 10l behind King Bertie (8-11) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Mar.
Hamoody (USA) 10-11fav (10-0) Tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden and headed towards finish, 2nd of 7, hd behind Drawnfromthepast (9-9) at Lingfield 6f sell stks (6) pol in Mar.
Spitfire 13-8 (9-1) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, every chance well inside final furlong, kept on under pressure, 2nd of 3, nk behind Arabian Flight (8-10) at Southwell 7f sell stks (6) fbs in Jan.
Royal Warrior 14-1 (9-7) With leader, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 8l behind Alumina (9-6) at Southwell 7f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) fbs.
Pelmanism 9-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, one pace, 10th of 12, 12l behind Magnolia Ridge (9-4) at Doncaster 1m 2f app hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Mar.
