raced wide close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to lead towards finish
in touch, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish
held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong
keen soon steadied after start, in touch, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders
raced wide tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
SURREY BLAZE continues to defy the handicapper and is upped a further 8lb today having landed a hat-trick with his latest success at Chelmsford. But he scored with plenty in hand last time and looks worth sticking with. Battle Lines was placed yet again when runner-up here recently and Sociologist may prove a bigger threat now handicapping for the first time along with Verstappen. We Are The World steps up in distance on his reappearance having won over a mile at Kempton last year.
We Are The World 9-2 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Tadleel (9-7) at Kempton 1m (4) pol in Sep.
Battle Lines 5-2fav (9-3) Keen early, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, edged right 1f out, went 2nd towards finish, no impression on winner, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Corazon Espinado (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Poetic Steps (FR) 50-1 (8-4) Raced far side, chased leader, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 26th of 28, 15 1/4l behind Elysium Dream (8-6) at Newmarket 6f stks (2) gd in Oct.
Sociologist (FR) 6-1 (9-2) Dwelt, soon chasing leaders on outside, led 5f out, ridden approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards, 5th of 9, 3 3/4l behind Mandalayan (9-2) at Lingfield 1m stks (5) pol in Feb.
Surrey Blaze (IRE) 2-1fav (9-6) Held up mid-division, headway over 1f out, led last 75 yards, kept on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Father Ailbe (10-1) by 2l, 10 ran.
Verstappen (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 11, 6 3/4l behind Roaring Lion (9-8) at Kempton 1m stks (4) pol in Sep.
Trogon (IRE) 3-1fav (9-6) Close up, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway to chase leader over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Ruysch (9-7) at Nottingham 1m (5) gs in Oct.