led after 2f, headed halfway, ridden 5f out, still every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, headway after 4f, ridden and outpaced 5f out, kept on final 2f
led for 2f, prominent, ridden 3f out, stayed on onepaced final furlong
prominent early, soon lost place, headway on inside 7f out, hard ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon edged right, just held on
mid-division, ridden 6f out, soon weakened and tailed off
held up, effort 6f out, ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, headway after 4f, led halfway, headed over 1f out, edged left and weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader and keen, lost place after 7f, ridden and headway 4f out, ran on inside final furlong, just failed
in touch, ridden and lost place 7f out
held up in touch, ridden 5f out, soon struggling
Hat-trick seeking Kent has been in the form of his life of late and was racing off his highest ever mark when recording a decisive victory over this trip at Southwell last week. A subsequent 6lb rise will make this tougher but Peter Cundell's charge is still hard to oppose in his current form and looks the one to beat. Gralmano is a versatile performer having been successful in both codes including two wins over fences and was far from disgraced behind Spirit Leader in the Tote Gold Trophy last time. However, he has yet to prove his effectiveness over this trip on the Flat and looks handicapped up to his best at present. Harik is well treated on the pick of his form but is better on the Polytrack surface while Positive Profile faces a stiffer task after landing a weak amateurs event last time so Romil Star looks best of the rest. The Rob Wylie-trained gelding comes here in good heart after his win at Southwell last week and shapes as though this step up in trip could bring further improvement so rates a live danger to the selection.
