held up in rear in 4th, headway over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well
tracked leaders in 3rd, kept on towards finish, just held for 2nd place near finish
led, soon clear, headed inside final furlong, no extra, just held on for 2nd place near finish
Matraash is easily dismissed on today's terms but there's not much between the remaining trio at the weights. Classic Colori landed a double over 7f here in selling contests earlier this year beating Zing Wing on both occasions. The latter re-opposes on better terms but was well beaten and it's hard to see her reversing the form. PRIME EXHIBIT is dropping back down in class on his return to action and may well be good enough if running up to the same level as when defeating Chapter And Verse in a Kempton handicap in October. He gets the nod in a tricky claimer.
Classic Colori (IRE) 4-1 (8-12) Held up mid-division, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 7l behind Fieldgunner Kirkup (9-5) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Prime Exhibit 6-1 (9-6) Keen close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 6, 9l behind Stir Trader (8-12) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Matraash (USA) 25-1 (9-7) In touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 12l behind William Van Gogh (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Mar.
Zing Wing 9-2 (8-13) Pulled hard in rear, outpaced over 4f out, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 3rd of 6, 6l behind Classic Colori (9-4) at Wolverhampton 7f sell stks (6) pol in Mar.