tracked leader, driven to challenge over 2f out, led entering final furlong, edged left, ran on
chased leaders, effort over 1f out, soon every chance, kept on same pace final furlong
led, hard pressed from over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened final furlong
slowly away, in touch, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, soon weakened
held up in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, soon hung left, stayed on well, never reached winner
tracked leader, lost place over 2f out
MOULIN ROUGE won three times on the all-weather over the winter, including a couple of successes over course and distance, and may not have finished improving yet. She is preferred to Celtic Artisan, still beaten eight lengths when runner-up here a week ago. Swift Cedar went close the last time he competed over track and trip and he can race off a lower mark today while Taro Tywod is not badly treated either if posting one of her better efforts. Estibdaad won twice at the start of the year but remains 6lb higher than his latest victory.
Taro Tywod (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Led early, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Qasser (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hacp 0-70 (5).
Swift Cedar (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Chased leading pair, pushed along 4f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on to go a never dangerous 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 6l behind Al Muheer (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f clm stks 0-65 (6).
Estibdaad (IRE) 16-1 (8-6) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 7l behind Watersmeet (9-11) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Music Hall (FR) 20-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, switched right over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 15, 17l behind Sheriff Of Nawton (9-2) at Doncaster 1m 2f app hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Mar.
Moulin Rouge (DEN) 7-2 (8-8) Tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Lady Lunchalot (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Celtic Artisan (IRE) 14-1 (8-1) Keen tracked leaders, went 2nd 9f out, led 7f out, soon clear with one other, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 8, 8l behind Bowberry (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5).
Descaro (USA) 10-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, went 2nd after 3f, led over 4f out, pushed along and headed over 3f out, soon lost 2nd, chased leading pair until ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, lost 4th inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 11l behind Annaluna (8-12) at Chepstow 2m hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Jun.