held up towards rear, headway after 4 out, ridden before last, one pace
led, not fluent 5th, pressed 3 out, headed before last, soon weakened
tracked leader, challenged and every chance 3 out, ridden before 2 out, one pace from last
tracked leaders in 4th, weakened before 4 out, tailed off
held up mid-division, blundered 4 out, soon lost place, ridden and headway after 2 out, went 3rd from last, kept on
tracked leaders, weakened from 7th
held up towards rear, headway before 6th, chased winner before last, no impression
held up in rear, headway before 6th, led on bit before last, quickened clear, very easily
Nonrunner
KINGS BAYONET showed improved form when stepped up to this trip at Ascot. Runner-up Kruzhlin has already franked the form and Alan King's five-year-old can double up here ahead of Speed Steed, who won at Towcester in March but was beaten when favourite for a handicap at Ffos Las next time and was found wanting when tried over 2m4f in Ireland last year. Lowry Maher is starting to look exposed and Walser needs to improve on his recent second at Sedgefield but Well Sharp is interesting on his hurdles bow as J P McManus paid 250,000gns for the dual Flat winner at the October sales and will be expecting some return on his investment.
Kings Bayonet 4-1 (11-0) Held up in rear, headway after 8th, went 2nd approaching 2 out, led last, ran on well, readily, won at Ascot 2m 3f mdn hdl (3) gd in Apr beating Kruzhlinin (11-0) by 3 1/2l, 10 ran.
Speed Steed (IRE) 9-4fav (11-12) Tracked leader, led approaching 3 out, soon ridden, pressed 2 out, headed close home, 2nd of 6, hd behind Mickmacmagoole (10-10) at Ffos Las 2m hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gs in Apr.
Lowry Maher (IRE) 33-1 (10-11) Towards rear, pushed along before 4 out, soon weakened, 5th of 10, well behind Aland Islands (11-9) at Doncaster 2m 3f nh nov hdl (4) gd in Mar.
Marineside (FR) 40-1 (10-3) 8th of 9, 25l behind Super Froid (10-12) at Chateaubriant(FR) 2m 1f hdl gs in Apr '11.
Mr Puck (IRE) 12-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders early, soon towards rear, tailed 4 out, 8th of 10, well behind Diamond D'amour (10-13) at Carlisle 2m 1f nh nov hdl (4) sft in Mar.
Newspage (IRE) 100-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, led 4th, headed 7th, weakened after 3 out, left a remote 4th from 2 out, 4th of 7, well behind Saga De Tercey (11-12) at Sedgefield 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gf in Apr.
Walser (IRE) 14-1 (11-0) Held up towards rear, headway before 3 out, soon chased winner, challenged 2 out, ridden to lead narrowly after last, headed last 75 yards, kept on, 2nd of 7, nk behind Saga De Tercey (11-12) at Sedgefield 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gf in Apr.
Well Sharp 7-1 (9-4) Close up, ridden and switched left over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 11, 6l behind Caravan Rolls On (8-8) at Ascot 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Sep (flat).
Simhal 250-1 (10-11) Led, blundered 3 out, soon headed and weakened, 10th of 15, well behind Zaru (11-0) at Newcastle 2m mdn hdl (5) gd in Mar.