led until over 2f out, weakened quickly, eased over 1f out
behind, some late headway, never nearer
prominent, led over 2f out, soon ridden, hard pressed entering final furlong, headed post
tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up in touch, under pressure over 2f out, stayed on to chase leaders inside final furlong, never on terms
held up in touch, effort well over 1f out, faded final furlong
slowly into stride, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never able to challenge
always behind
mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon hung left, never troubled leaders
mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, switched right and headway over 1f out, soon pressing leader, stayed on under pressure to lead post
behind, headway over 1f out, never on terms
Nonrunner
No recent winning form to go on here and a purely speculative vote goes the way of SAIRAAM. His failure to win last year has seen him plunge down the weights and Charles Smith's charge may be good enough to land this on his reappearance. Monsieur Pontaven has the more recent form with a second over C&D in January and can figure with a repeat, while Nacho Libre isn't out of this either. My Best Man scored at Kempton early this year but has been beaten out of sight since.
Jaldarshaan (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Raced wide in touch, weakened over 2f out, 11th of 12, 19l behind Ridgeway Hawk (8-13) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jan.
Eyes On 11-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 9, 16l behind Bahia Emerald (9-4) at Yarmouth 6f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jun.
Huzzah (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Keen led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 4l behind Twinkled (8-11) at Lingfield 1m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Amno Dancer (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Led, headed over 4f out, weakened 2f out, last of 8, 32l behind Prince Of Vasa (9-4) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Nacho Libre 4-1 (9-4) Close 5th on outside, ridden and edged right over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 14, 7l behind Diplomatic (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Feb.
Sairaam (IRE) 9-2 (8-12) Led 1f, tracked leader, led again over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Fedora (9-0) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Monsieur Pontaven 5-1 (9-1) Started slowly, towards rear on inside, ridden 3f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 6th of 11, 7l behind July Days (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Feb.
My Best Man 16-1 (9-3) Behind most of way, 12th of 14, 16l behind Diplomatic (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Feb.
Fault 16-1 (8-12) Headway to 2nd over 4f out, led briefly 2 out, weakened 1f out, 7th of 12, 7l behind Having A Ball (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Feb.
The Bay Bandit 6-1 (9-3) Held up, not clear run inside final furlong, ran on, never near to challenge, 5th of 11, 2 1/4l behind Odd Ball (8-11) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Littleportnbrandy (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) Prominent, ridden to lead and edged left over 1f out, soon headed, one pace inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Odd Ball (8-11) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
San Jose City (IRE) 9-2fav (9-3) Mid-division on outside, ridden and lost place over 2f out, last of 11, 13l behind Trojan Rocket (9-2) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
