with leaders, led well over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon edged right, kept on inside final furlong
with leaders on outer, switched left 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
in rear and pushed along, ridden and headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged left, driven out
with leaders, ridden 2f out and outpaced, kept on to take 3rd inside final furlong, no impression
led, headed well over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened 2f out
with leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
It's difficult to see beyond INGLEBY ARCH in this contest. David Barron's eight-time C&D winner is favourably treated at the weights and can boast the best recent form when beating Punching here in February. A line through the latter gives leaves Benato The Great something to find with the selection though he does have scope for further improvement, while Bonnie Prince Blue and Cape Of Storms will both need to step up on their recent winning form to get involved in the finish. The remaining pair look up against it on today's terms.
Ingleby Arch (USA) 13-8fav (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, chased leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Southwell 6f clm stks (6) fbs in Feb beating Punching (9-5) by 2l, 6 ran.
Benato The Great (IRE) Evensfav (9-1) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace under pressure, no impression final furlong, 4th of 8, 3l behind Punching (9-4) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Jan.
Bonnie Prince Blue 9-2 (9-12) Tracked leader until over 3f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 8l behind Frequency (9-12) at Lingfield 6f sell stks (6) pol.
Cape of Storms 12-1 (9-7) Soon led, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra, 6th of 11, 4l behind Powerful Pierre (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Mar.
Sophie's Beau (USA) 100-1 (8-11) Tracked leader, ridden and hung right from over 2f out, weakened 1f out, 6th of 7, 14l behind Punching (9-1) at Southwell 6f clm stks (6) fbs in Feb.
First Term 40-1 (9-10) Held up towards rear, struggling final 3f, last of 8, 31l behind Embassy Pearl (8-10) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn fll (5) pol.