held up, smooth headway on bit to track leaders over 1f out, soon ridden, no impression final furlong
tracked leader, led over 2f out, hard ridden, ran on final furlong, headed last stride, dismounted after line, lame
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden 2f out, soon beaten
raced in 4th, challenged on inside 2f out, soon chased leader, ran on gamely under pressure to lead last stride
led, ridden, headed over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
A decent conditions event here and we fancy the chances of Kew Green, Dream Theme and Kalankari could provide most danger. The selection is equal highest rated here on 100 with Dream Theme, which straight away puts you towards this one in reciept of four pounds. However he also has the form to win this having put in some superb efforts last season including an excellent second behind Notnowcato in the Earl Of Sefton. Anything near that form today should be good enough. Dream Theme landed a decent handicap off a mark of 90, but needs to step up on that giving weight away to the selection. Kalankari had a good spell in Nad Al Sheba at the start of the year and may have improved over the winter. However horses returning fronm Dubai do tend to need a couple of outings before showing their best form. The other three runners appear to have a little bit to find on official ratings, and so we return to Kew Green as the likely winner.
Dream Theme 16-1 (8-13) In rear on far side, no impression, 14th of 18, 7l behind All Ivory (8-10) at Ascot 7f hcap (2) gs in Sept.
Kalankari (IRE) (9-0) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 3 1/2l behind Polar Magic (9-2) at Nad Al Sheba 7f hcp gd in Feb.
Bahar Shumaal (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Held up 4th, headway to chase leader halfway, ridden over 3f out, gradually lost place and weakened quickly over 1f out, last of 5, 10l behind Steppe Dancer (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f lst stk (1) pol in Mar.
Kew Green (USA) 16-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, effort over 3f out, weakened quickly inside final 2f, 12th of 14, 8l behind Nayyir (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f lst stk (1) pol in Nov.
Rain Stops Play (IRE) 28-1 (8-9) Led far side group, headed by that group 3f out, weakened well over 2f out, 19th of 20, well behind Very Wise (8-11) at Newcastle 1m hcap (2) gs in Mar.
Fajr (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Towards rear, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 5th of 14, 2 1/2l behind Robustian (8-5) at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gd.
