held up, pulled hard, headway over 5f out, ridden and lost place over 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
prominent, led over 6f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
held up, ridden and headway 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on
steadied start, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, switched right entering final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, kept on
took keen hold, led headed over 6f out, tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, edged left and led inside final furlong, ran on
took keen hold, soon prominent, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out
mid-division, ridden and headway on inside 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Both Thermal Column and Toast Of Newbury ran poorly on their latest starts but are dropped in class. St Paul's Square has a bit to find on today's terms with the latter pair but arrives in better form having gone close at Lingfield last time. MISSANDEI also struggled in a handicap on her latest start but had been threatening to score in plating races before that and it could be her turn today in an uninspiring contest.
Essaka (IRE) 6-1 (8-2) Slowly into stride, in rear but in touch, headway over 1f out, switched left to challenge over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2l behind Classic Seniority (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f 3yo clm stks (6) in Jan.
No Rum (IRE) Alfred Nobel colt out of Common Rumpus.
St Paul's Square (IRE) 66-1 (8-9) Dwelt, driven forward to lead 5f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on under pressure, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Crystalin (8-11) at Lingfield 7f 3yo clm stks (5) pol in Jan.
Thermal Column (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, driven and lost place over 4f out, lost touch 3f out, eased over 1f out, last of 6, 40l behind Lysander The Greek (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Jan.
Toast Of Newbury (IRE) 12-1 (8-5) In rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 10th of 12, 15l behind Star Of The Stage (8-13) at Lingfield 7f 2yo hco 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Vincenzo Coccotti (USA) 100-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, soon lost place, 8th of 10, 14l behind Emirates Skycargo (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Hafina 33-1 (8-7) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 11l behind Miss Minuty (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo sell stks (6) in Jan.
Missandei 20-1 (9-7) Not much room start, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 11, 9l behind Let Right Be Done (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) in Jan.
More Drama (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 9th of 13, 17l behind Le Rouquin (9-5) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Jan.
Puss Moth Paco Boy filly out of Seeking Dubai.
