held up, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong
held up, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
in rear, outpaced 4f out, behind final 3f
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, edged right and led inside final furlong, ridden out
raced wide in touch, headway to chase leader over 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
led 1f, tracked leader until ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
dwelt, led after 1f, ridden 3f out, headed 1f out, kept on
keen tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
NEWPORT ARCH has a penalty for last week's victory over 1m4f here, but he won doing handstands and John Quinn's colt doesn't look to have stopped winning yet. Mediterranean Sea has for now, though she had First Rock behind behind when runner-up last time having landing a hat-trick at this track before that, while recent course winners Favorite Girl and Light The City both take a step up in class. Southern State may well figure on his Fibresand debut having gone close on the Polytrack on more than one occasion and Lifetime ran really well when runner-up on his only start on this surface back in December.
Mediterranean Sea (IRE) 7-4fav (9-10) Took keen hold early, held up, headway 4f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Storm Hawk (9-7) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Hidden Glory 9-1 (9-12) Steadied start, held up in last pair, headway on inside over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 10l behind Cotton King (9-12) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
King Of Windsor (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Raced wide always in rear, last of 8, 38l behind Colour Guard (9-0) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.
Southern State (USA) 7-4fav (9-4) Soon led, headed over 3f out, soon pushed along, chased winner over 1f out, weakened and lost 3rd place towards finish, last of 4, 4 1/2l behind Shirataki (8-11) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Newport Arch 7-4fav (8-8) Tracked leader, led on bit entering final 2f, shaken up and soon clear, eased final furlong, comfortable, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs beating Maven (9-5) by 3l, 4 ran.
Lifetime (IRE) 3-1fav (9-6) Dropped out start, held up in last, ridden over 2f out, no headway, last of 8, 10l behind Moral Issue (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Favorite Girl (GER) 11-4 (8-8) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, wandered under pressure from over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra closing stages, 2nd of 4, 1l behind Hunters Belt (9-6) at Southwell 1m 3f app hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Light The City (IRE) 13-2 (9-1) Led 1f, tracked leader until led again 4f out, pressed from over 3f out, asserted inside final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs beating Nippy Nikki (8-9) by 1 3/4l, 10 ran.
First Rock (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Went right start, keen tracked leaders, led 4f out, ridden and headed 3f out, plugged on one pace, 3rd of 7, 10l behind Storm Hawk (9-7) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
