in touch, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong
raced wide, keen close up, chased leader over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong
in rear, ridden over 3f out, never a factor
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
towards rear, ridden over 3f out, never near leaders
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
slowly into stride, behind early, recovered to rear after 2f, ridden over 3f out, never on terms
soon led, 3 lengths clear halfway, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Nonrunner
Nonrunner
Mershardal landed a double here last year but is 9lb higher on his return and hasn't raced since May. Stablemate KERBAAJ (NAP) was returning from a lay-off when third at Wolverhampton recently. Ruth Carr's charge makes his Fibresand debut but has tumbled down the weights and looks set to go close if handling the surface. Scoreline has done all his winning over 5f so far and Poppy Bond is better over further while Lucky Mark may just have the edge over Spowarticus on collateral form with Colourbearer over course and distance. Coiste Bodhar won here last time but this is tougher.
Scoreline 15-2 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 3rd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Arctic Lynx (9-6) at Chelmsford City 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Meshardal (GER) 5-1fav (9-0) Close up, headway to lead over 1f out, ridden and soon edged right, caught post, 2nd of 14, shd behind Alexandrakollontai (8-9) at Hamilton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in May.
We'll Shake Hands (FR) (9-3) 10th of 12, 13l behind Sahand (8-13) at Saint-Cloud(FR) 1m 3yo clm sft in Oct.
Lady Ibrox 6-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression, 2nd of 7, 3l behind Electric Qatar (8-11) at Southwell 5f clm stks 0-75 (6) fbs in Feb.
Poppy Bond 4-1 (9-7) Raced keenly, chased leader, led well over 2f out, ridden clear final furlong, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) beating Bond's Gift (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Kerbaaj (USA) 20-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, held up and behind, headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, never nearer, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Sir Billy Wright (9-6) at Wolverhampton 6f hacp 0-70 (5).
Lucky Mark (IRE) 10-3 (9-4) Prominent, ridden to lead approaching 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Colourbearer (9-6) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Feb.
Speightowns Kid (USA) 33-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, outpaced and no impression on leaders from over 1f out, 6th of 12, 6l behind Insolenceofoffice (9-4) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Jan.
Frognal (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Chased winner, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 5, 12l behind Spowarticus (9-7) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Spowarticus 7-2fav (8-9) Held up, switched left and headway 2f out, driven over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 2 3/4l behind Colourbearer (9-5) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Coiste Bodhar (IRE) 5-2 (9-7) Chased leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Southwell 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs beating Hab Reeh (9-3) by 1 3/4l, 8 ran.