in touch in rear, pushed along halfway, ridden over 4f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders
close up,went 3rd 7f out, led over 1f out, forged clear final furlong
tracked leader until led entering final 3f, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace
tracked leader until 8f out, soon lost touch
Reve De Nuit is fit from hurdling and ran up to his mark when last seen at this track over a year ago. He'll go close on today's terms if at his best but LA ESTRELLA is virtually guaranteed to run his race. He just failed to catch the winner over 2m at Lingfield last time and is the one to beat back over this course and distance. Noguchi is also carving out a niche for himself at this level and scored here before landing another claimer on the Polytrack while decent jumper Ultimate is a course winner and makes more appeal than Crassula.
La Estrella (USA) 1-2fav (9-12) Held up in 5th but in touch, headway to 2nd over 3f out, led over 2f out, soon driven, kept on gamely final furlong, strongly pressed final 100 yards, headed close home, 2nd of 6, nk behind Right Stuff (9-9) at Lingfield 2m clm stks (6) pol in Jan.
Reve De Nuit (USA) 16-1 (8-11) Mid-division, pushed along and weakened 2f out, 7th of 9, 18l behind Next Edition (8-6) at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) sft.
Ultimate 33-1 (8-5) Held up mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, no impression from over 1f out, 6th of 14, 17l behind O Ma Lad (9-4) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp 0-90 (3) sft.
Noguchi (IRE) 8-13fav (9-1) Tracked leaders, effort on outside 5f out, went 2nd over 4f out, led over 3f out, clear final 3f, easily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f clm stks (6) pol in Apr beating Just Lille (8-5) by 5l, 4 ran.
Crassula 25-1 (8-6) Led after 1f, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened quickly, last of 13, 38l behind Fiery Lad (9-7) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) gf in Jun.