slowly away, held up in 4th, outpaced over 3f out, soon well held
tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, headed last stride
tracked leading pair, went 2nd over 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on final furlong to lead last stride
led, headed over 3f out, slightly outpaced over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
HUMOR ME RENE makes a quick reappearance having just failed to keep Relative Strength at bay over C&D on Thursday. David Kenny's 7lb claim could make the difference here and George Baker's filly is taken to get the better of The Blue Dog. The latter had Duar Mapel behind when runner-up here last week and it looks only a matter of time before he's winning again off his current mark. Naheel has looked too high in the weights since November's win at Lingfield and War Of The Roses remains out of form.
Naheell 6-1 (9-3) Slowly away, towards rear, effort 2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 7, 13l behind Stanley Rigby (9-7) at Southwell 1m 3f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs in Feb.
The Blue Dog (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) In touch in mid-division, headway 2f out, pressing leaders over 1f out, stayed on, not pace of winner, 2nd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Time Travel (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
War of The Roses (IRE) 17-2 (9-7) Pulled hard in rear, headway over 4f out, chased leaders over 3f out, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 6th of 8, 8l behind Irish Jugger (9-1) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Duar Mapel (USA) 4-1fav (8-11) Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 4l behind Time Travel (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Humor Me Rene (USA) 9-2 (8-9) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Relative Strength (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f 4yo clm stks 0-70 (6) pol.