raced wide towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and kept on one pace
tracked leader, led halfway, ridden 2 lengths clear over 2f out, pressed on both sides from over 1f out, driven and headed inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leader until over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden halfway, challenged leader over 1f out, driven to lead post
keen early, chased leaders, ridden halfway, chased leader over 2f out until over 1f out
always in rear, never a factor
held up in rear travelling well, switched inside halfway, headway to challenge leader over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, headed post
mid-division, lost place halfway, eased final 2f
led, headed halfway, weakened over 1f out
Paul Howling's Guildenstern has gone up 3lbs for his narrow defeat of Sovereignty at Kempton earlier this month and may struggle to follow up off his new mark in a contest that is taken to go to MACKINTOSH, who gets the verdict ahead of War And Peace. Jane Chapple-Hyam's gelding showed improved form when finding just the one too good at Lingfield last time and he has got to be respected on his Fibresand debut, although lack of experience of the surface is a concern. Kladester ran promisingly on his reappearance last month and has to be considered although more solid claims are probably held by Mel Brittain's Fulford, who has been running consistently well here of late but he has yet to prove that he stays seven furlongs. Paul Howling's Resplendent Nova has been running well in defeat of late and should be thereabouts again but a better bet looks to be Mackintosh. The four-year-old has yet to win a race but the Patrick Morris-trained gelding has gone close in his last two starts here over a mile and should not be inconvenienced by the furlong shorter trip today.
War And Peace (IRE) 9-1 (8-10) Raced wide in mid-division, headway to track leaders over 3f out, pushed along to lead well inside final furlong, caught post, 2nd of 12, hd behind Stanley Goodspeed (9-2) at Lingfield 7f app hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Mocha Java 14-1 (8-3) In rear, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, 5th of 7, 12l behind Lord Fidelio (9-0) at Kempton 7f Claiming Stakes (0-70) (4yo+) (6) pol.
Island Chief 5-1 (8-6) With leaders, every chance over 1f out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, 14l behind Rioliina (8-2) at Leicester 7f clm stks (5) gf in Oct.
Resplendent Nova 15-2 (8-12) In rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened towards finish, 6th of 13, 5l behind Alqaahir (8-7) at Kempton 1m clm stks (6) pol.
Kladester (USA) 50-1 (9-4) Dwelt, held up in rear, not much room towards inside and switched right over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Headache (8-13) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.
Guildenstern (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Held up, mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Kempton 7f Handicap (0-58) (4yo+) (6) pol beating Sovereignty (8-8) by nk, 14 ran.
Fulford 9-2 (8-12) Started slowly, switched left start, held up in rear, not clearest of runs on inside 3f out, headway over 2f out, with winner from over 1f out, strong challenge inside final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 13, nk behind Fuzzy Cat (8-9) at Southwell 6f hcp (0-55) (6) fbs.
Moral Duty (USA) 66-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, in rear, weakened over 1f out, last of 13, 13l behind Copperwood (8-11) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
African Blues 50-1 (9-12) With leader until ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 14l behind Albero Di Giuda (10-5) at Wolverhampton 6f am hcp 0-55 (6) pol.
Mackintosh (IRE) 7-2 (8-5) Held up in rear, headway on inside when short of room over 4f out to go 3rd, short of room and hampered over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, just held on to 2nd, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Magic Haze (9-0) at Southwell 1m app hcp (0-58) (6) fbs.
