held up in last pair, headway on inside over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
led 1f, tracked leader until 8f out, remained handy, pushed along 3f out, one pace when hampered well over 1f out, rallied under pressure inside final furlong
took keen hold, held up, smooth headway on outside over 2f out, travelling well when bumped well over 1f out, went 2nd over 1f out, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, stayed on, pushed out
led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, chased leader until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
pushed along early, held up in rear, headway on outside to chase leaders 9f out, went 2nd 8f out, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, lost 2nd last strides
Arabian Heights won easily over 1m2f at Kempton five days ago but this looks a slightly better contest and there are enough doubts about him handling the longer trip to take him on. Alborz stays further but has never won on an artificial surface, though can't be ruled out and Spanish Plume is starting to come down the weights again. SILK ROUTE is still a maiden but can be forgiven her run at Kempton last month, her first since October. She was placed twice on the Flat this year and Giles Bravery wouldn't have kept her in training if he didn't think she was capable of finding a race.
Arabian Heights 5-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, led after about 1f, ridden and clear over 1f out, easily, won at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Handsome Stranger (8-12) by 3 1/2l, 7 ran.
Alborz (IRE) 4-1 (9-8) Led until over 3f out, soon rallied, led again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong, last of 4, 3 1/2l behind Afro (9-1) at Southwell 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs in Jan.
Spanish Plume 16-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, faded final furlong, 5th of 7, 6l behind Dubai Celebration (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcp (0-70) (4yo+) (5) pol in Feb.
Silk Route 12-1 (9-4) Keen held up, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 21l behind Watt Broderick (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.
Star Of Namibia (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Led, ridden 3f out, headed inside final furlong, not pace of easy winner, 2nd of 3, 2 1/4l behind Sian Gwalia (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Mazij 12-1 (9-7) Led, headed over 5f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 24l behind Grandiloquent (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f app hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Feb.