chased leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, held when hampered soon after
in touch, headway on outside to 3rd over 2f out, went 2nd 2f out, ridden to lead and hung left well inside final furlong, headed towards finish
steadied start, held up in last pair, travelling well 3f out, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, led towards finish, edged right near line
held up in last pair, ridden and outpaced 3f out, no chance after
took keen hold, chased leaders, went 3rd over 3f out, disputing 2nd over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, last pair, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to 4th inside final furlong
chased leaders, lost 3rd over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off
led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
MORAL ISSUE scored over C&D last time and this looks no tougher despite a 3lb rise. A line through his earlier third to Daniel Thomas gives him the beating of today's rivals Justcallmehandsome and Alhaban and Ian McInnes' charge can follow-up. The latter will be no pushover though there's a suspicion he prefers Lingfield and Valley Tiger could prove a bigger threat. He had Kyle Of Bute and Smurfy's Silver well behind when winning over C&D in January and went close again at Kempton last month off today's mark.
Moral Issue 3-1fav (9-0) Made virtually all, ridden over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb beating Violent Velocity (9-0) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Alhaban (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Held up, ridden and headway approaching 2f out, effort inside final furlong, went 2nd near finish, not pace to challenge, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Red Somerset (9-4) at Lingfield 1m sell stks (6) pol.
Thatcherite (IRE) 13-2 (9-7) In touch in rear, headway to chase leading pair 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 18l behind St Oswald (9-2) at Southwell 1m hacp 0-70 (5) fbs in Feb.
Justcallmehandsome 12-1 (8-9) Held up in rear, some headway on outside over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 12l behind Daniel Thomas (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Kyle Of Bute 14-1 (9-7) Mid-division on outside, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 9l behind Vanilla Rum (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.
Valley Tiger 12-1 (9-5) Mid-division, took keen hold, soon tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, led 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened towards finish, 4th of 10, 1l behind Qeethaara (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.
Loyal N Trusted 10-1 (9-7) Raced far side, slow into stride, in rear, never a factor, 8th of 14, 7l behind Comrade Bond (9-6) at Yarmouth 7f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Oct.
Smirfy's Silver 25-1 (9-0) Pressed leader, led 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 6l behind Valley Tiger (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jan.
