took keen hold, held up tracking leading trio, chased leading pair over 1f out, ridden and went 2nd inside final furlong, no impression
steadied start, held up and always last, outpaced halfway, struggling and no danger after
raced keenly tracking leader, led over 1f out, ran on well, ridden out
led, edged left and headed over 1f out, soon driven, lost 2nd inside final furlong, no extra in 4th last stride
raced keenly tracking leading pair on rail, pushed along halfway, lost 3rd over 1f out, one pace and no impression inside final furlong, rallied to 3rd again final stride
Port Alfred has been beaten three times over 6f but won over this trip at Leicester last month. Dual course-and-distance winner Exotic Isle will also appreciate the drop back in distance having failed to stay further here last time while Somoud probably needed his run at Bath and is preferred to Reqaaba, who drops to the minimum for the first time and is tried in headgear. The unexposed GREENERY hasn't been seen since landing a Wolverhampton maiden in November but is from a yard that can get them ready at home and Ryan Moore's booking increases confidence - she gets the nod.
Port Alfred 11-4fav (9-3) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 2l behind Brazen (9-7) at Leicester 6f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf.
Exotic Isle 11-4 (9-2) Held up in touch, took keen hold, allowed to stride on from 4f out and led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 4 1/2l behind Nenge Mboko (9-2) at Windsor 6f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jul.
Reqaaba 9-1 (9-6) Steadied start, mid-division, driven and headway over 2f out, soon hung right and weakened, last of 12, 32l behind Annecdote (9-7) at Newbury 7f 3yo fll hcp 0-85 (4) gf in May.
Somoud (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) In touch, headway halfway, effort over 1f out, soon no impression, 4th of 5, 2 1/4l behind Secret Missile (9-7) at Bath 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) fm.
Greenery 7-4fav (9-7) Held up in rear, headway and switched right inside final furlong, soon led, ran on, readily, won at Wolverhampton 5f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov beating Frans Hals (8-9) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.