led, ridden and headed 2f out, still every chance until inside final furlong
in touch in rear, ridden 3f out, not trouble leaders
dwelt ,keen in rear, headway on outer from over 3f out, ridden to lead 2f out, driven and joined inside final furlong, held on, all out
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
close up, ridden 2f out, effort entering final furlong, soon pressed winner, driven and edged left, just held, all out
keen, tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden 3f out, not trouble leaders
The three-year-old MASTER DAN beat a horse with a higher handicap rating in a maiden over 1m4f here a fortnight ago. He scored by over four lengths so may well be up to landing this. Royal Marksell is a course and distance winner but has been well beaten over shorter trips here of late while Layline has won four times on the all-weather but all four came on the Polytrack. The remainder are all struggling for form with Bold Runner and the selection's stablemate Bushel having slipped down the weights as a consequence.
Bushel (USA) 50-1 (9-7) Towards rear, reminders over 4f out, never dangerous, 9th of 12, 18l behind Gambino (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) in Nov.
Gabrial The Duke (IRE) 8-1 (10-0) Raced on and off the bridle, tracked winner, driven along over 3f out, lost 2nd 3f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off, last of 5, 18l behind Golden Jubilee (9-6) at Ffos Las 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Aug.
Royal Marskell 9-2 (9-5) Close up, pressed winner 4f out until over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 10l behind Street Artist (9-12) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Nov.
Master Dan 5-4fav (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden to lead 2f out, edged left and right final furlong, ridden out, won at Southwell 1m 4f mdn stks (5) fbs in Nov beating Darting (9-0) by 4 1/2l, 5 ran.
Layline (IRE) 16-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway 3f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 3rd of 8, 7l behind Street Artist (9-12) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Nov.
Danehill Flyer (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Took keen hold, soon held up off the pace in 5th, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 10, 26l behind Cavalieri (8-10) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Apr.
Bold Runner 7-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 12l behind Strawberry Martini (9-5) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.