led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on, just held on towards finish
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden 3f out, switched left and headway over 1f out kept on, weakened towards finish
held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
Johannesgray and Jack O'Lantern come out best at the weights. The former has been well beaten at Southwell of late but may do better here, while the latter drops to 6f for the first time on his return from a lay-off. Kersivay and Equinity have a bit to find on these terms and Apache Ridge has gone off the boil of late so this looks a good opportunity for DECIDER. Ron Harris's C&D winner was campaigned exclusively over the minimum trip last year but ran well at Lingfield on Friday and can strike on his return to 6f.
Decider (USA) 9-2 (9-6) Held up in touch, ran on inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Estonia (8-12) at Lingfield 5f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Dec.
Apache Ridge (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, effort over 1f out, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong, no impression, 5th of 8, 5l behind Athaakeel (9-1) at Lingfield 6f sell stks (6) pol in Dec.
Kersivay 18-1 (8-13) Ridden and soon prominent, led over 4f out, headed well over 2f out, soon beaten, last of 9, 20l behind Ajara (9-1) at Wolverhampton 6f sell stks (6) pol in Dec.
Equinity 9-1 (9-0) Led until over 4f out, chased leader, ridden and hung left from over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, not pace of winner towards finish, 2nd of 11, 1l behind Desert Strike (8-8) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Johannesgray (IRE) 17-2 (8-2) Slowly into stride, ridden along in rear, never on terms, 8th of 9, 12l behind Colorus (8-5) at Southwell 5f clm stks (6) fbs in Dec.
Jack O'lantern 25-1 (9-1) Led until over 2f out, weakened quickly, last of 10, 34l behind Goolagong (8-12) at Leicester 7f 3yo mdn 0-70 (5) gf in Jul.