tracked leaders, ridden and lost place over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
prominent, led 7f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, one pace, lost 2nd inside final furlong
in rear, ridden and went right 6f out, continued to race wide, went 4th inside final furlong, never on terms
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
soon led, headed 7f out, prominent, ridden to lead again well over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on
led early, in touch, lost place 5f out, struggling over 3f out
held up, ridden and headway over 3f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
The Lock Master was engaged to run at Wolverhampton yesterday but is in fine form and would every chance if taking part. In his absence, this is probably a match between TRANS SONIC and Follow The Flag. Not much separates them on their running behind Everymanforhimself over C&D last month, but the latter has a tendency to fall behind in his races and David O'Meara's front runner could steal this. Hawaass registered some useful form when with Mark Johnston but hasn't raced since 2009 and makes his debut for new connections here, while Bawaardi's best form is on Polytrack.
Hawaass (USA) 6-1fav (9-1) Close up, led 8f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 12th of 20, 9l behind Duncan (9-7) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (2) gd in Apr '09.
Trans Sonic 13-8fav (9-4) Led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, rallied to regain lead last 50 yards, driven out, won at Southwell 1m 3f clm stks (6) fbs in Jan beating Yossi (8-9) by hd, 6 ran.
Follow The Flag (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Held up in rear, ridden over 4f out, behind final 3f, last of 11, 26l behind Mighty Clarets (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Bawaardi (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) In touch on inside, headway 2f out, chased leaders and hampered on inside over 1f out, stayed on to 2nd final 150 yards, no impression on winner, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Advertisement (9-3) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Sweet Child O'mine 8-1 (9-7) Raced keenly tracking leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 7l behind Dark Promise (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Nov.
Exit Smiling 7-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, driven 3f out, ridden 2f out, no impression from over 1f out, 6th of 12, 12l behind Scrapper Smith (8-9) at Haydock 1m hcp 0-80 (4) sft in Sep.
The Lock Master (IRE) 15-2 (9-4) In touch, hampered and lost place after 1f, towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway entering final furlong, ran on to lead post, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan beating Loyalty (9-0) by ns, 11 ran.