slowly into stride, soon in touch on outside, chased leading pair over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, no impression over 1f out, lost place inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden to chase leaders 4f out, never on terms, weakened over 1f out
always behind, weakened and eased 2f out
always behind, eased over 1f out
with leader, led after 4f, ridden and headed inside final 2f, kept on, no chance with winner final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, one pace over 2f out, stayed on to take 4th near finish, never on terms
early reminders, always struggling in rear, never a factor
led narrowly 4f, with leader, ridden 5f out, lost place over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders 6f, soon behind
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, stayed on to take 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with front pair
towards rear, headway on outside over 5f out, outpaced over 3f out, never near leaders
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 4f out, led inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, stayed on strongly, easily
CANADIAN DIAMOND ended a long losing run with victory over 1m6f here last time. He gets a token vote to go in again in a poor contest and confirm running with Carlanda. Like most of these, the latter arrives out of form but Sawwala was placed over track and trip back in November and a visor is applied for the first time today. Cascadia has been well beaten since scoring at Wolverhampton last year but Different Scenario was placed at the same track last time and Fire In Babylon has past form on this surface.
Carlanda (FR) 9-2 (9-12) Prominent, led over 5f out, headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 15l behind Canadian Diamond (9-4) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (0-65) (6) fbs in Dec.
Back Burner (IRE) 50-1 (9-2) In touch on outside, lost place 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 21l behind Persona Grata (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) in Dec.
Canadian Diamond (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, led over 3f out, hard ridden over 1f out, held on well, won at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (0-65) (6) fbs in Dec beating Rock of Ages (9-6) by 1 1/4l, 11 ran.
Yawail 25-1 (9-0) Prominent, hard ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 7, 7l behind Deuce Again (9-0) at Southwell 1m 3f mdn (4) fbs.
Kyllachykov (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Dwelt, headway on outer after 1f, in touch, ridden halfway, weakened 3f out, 11th of 12, 23l behind Master Of Song (8-13) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) fbs in Nov.
Cascadia (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Tracked leaders, short of room over 2f out, weakened quickly, rallied inside final furlong, never a threat, 5th of 10, 11l behind Mazij (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (0-55) (6).
Fire In Babylon (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Mid-division, under pressure well over 2f out, no impression from over 1f out, 6th of 10, 13l behind Mazij (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (0-55) (6).
Sawwala 9-2 (9-4) Led, driven when headed over 2f out, soon rallied, weakened closing stages, 2nd of 4, 6l behind Elysian Fields (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
Van Mildert (IRE) 50-1 (8-11) In rear, ridden and well beaten over 2f out, 7th of 8, 15l behind Brisk (8-13) at Newcastle 7f fll mdn stks (5) gd in Sep.
Amazing Blue Sky 22-1 (8-9) Close up, ridden over 3f out, no impression, 5th of 9, 9l behind Stanarley Pic (9-12) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Sep.
Bushy Glade (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, driven 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 12l behind Sarlat (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) in Dec.
Different Scenario 8-1 (8-8) Tracked leader, driven and headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, switched left inside final furlong, stayed on strongly closing stages, 2nd of 10, nk behind Mazij (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (0-55) (6).