held up towards rear, headway on inside over 3f out, tracked leaders when switched towards outside over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
held up behind, ridden inside final 2f, stayed on past beaten rivals inside final furlong, never threatened leaders
tracked leader, driven to challenge well over 2f out, ridden inside final 2f, lost place over 1f out, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, driven and outpaced over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not quite reach front pair
mid-division, driven to chase leaders inside final 2f, ridden and stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, always held
tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, soon ridden, led over 1f out, ran on, well in command final 75 yards
in touch, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never pace to challenge, weakened inside final furlong
in touch on outside after 2f, driven to lead 2f, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, always behind, lost touch 2f out
led, ridden 3f out, headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, dropped to mid-division 7f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
Big Time Dancer and Broughtons Admiral have both been winning over hurdles but the latter has yet to score on the Flat and the former was due to run at Cheltenham yesterday. Love Rat beat only two rivals over 1m4f at Lingfield last time and has yet to race over this far but Singing The Blues got the better of Rail Dancer to win over 1m3f at Kempton and land a double in the process. Tour de Paris scored over track and trip last time but ENMESHING was narrowly beaten in a tougher race over course and distance on his latest outing and looks set for a return to winning ways on that evidence - he gets the vote in an open contest.
Enmeshing 10-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon pushed along, led just over 1f out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Endlessly (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Strictly Art (IRE) 12-1 (10-0) Held up in mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 6 3/4l behind Blazon (9-13) at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Handsome Bob (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Last pair, pushed along 8f out, outpaced and struggling final 5f, never a factor, tailed off, 5th of 6, 25 1/4l behind Purple Rock (9-9) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Broughtons Admiral 11-10fav (11-0) Set crawl, jumped slowly and headed 4th, led again next, quickened tempo from 6th, went left 3 out, hung left and headed 2 out, led again flat, stayed on, won at Doncaster 2m 3f hcp (4) gd in Mar beating Markov (11-3) by 4 1/2l, 3 ran.
Tour de Paris (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Held up in touch, going well 2f out, went 2nd and edged right over 1f out, edged left entering final furlong, stayed on, led towards finish, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Geordielad (8-12) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Singing The Blues (IRE) 2-1fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 7f out, led over 1f out, stayed on under pressure when joined inside final furlong, in command towards finish, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Rail Dancer (9-5) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
Rail Dancer 5-1 (9-5) Mid-division on inside, good headway between horses 2f out, went 2nd approaching final furlong, pressed winner inside final furlong, no extra close home, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Singing The Blues (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Masters Apprentice (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway on outside 5f out, lost place over 2f out, 9th of 11, 15 1/4l behind Arabic Culture (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Dltripleseven (IRE) 40-1 (9-6) Always towards rear, last of 10, dist behind True Destiny (9-6) at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Incus 10-1 (11-11) Prominent, led 3rd, headed 3 out, weakened quickly before next, pulled up before last, at Huntingdon 2m hcp (4) gs in Feb.
Sark (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, pulled up over 3f out, at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Love Rat 5-2 (8-7) Tracked leader until pushed along 4f out, tracked leaders, rallied to lead again inside final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Mar beating Orobas (8-8) by 4l, 3 ran.
Big Time Dancer (IRE) 16-1 (11-1) Held up towards rear, steady headway 4 out, tracked leaders going well after next, led 2 out, came clear from last, ran on strongly, won at Kempton 2m 5f hcp lst (1) gd in Jan beating Solomon Grey (11-7) by 1 1/2l, 14 ran.
