slowly into stride, in rear, good headway on outer over 4f out, weakened well over 2f out
chased leader, ridden and hung left approaching final furlong, soon weakened, lost 3rd towards finish
made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on well under pressure inside final furlong
chased leaders, chased winner 2f out, soon ridden, switched left inside final furlong, stayed on held towards finish
held up, ridden over 2f out, no impression
tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, stayed on final furlong, took 3rd near finish
THEWAYTOSANJOSE looks the one to be on here, but there'll be supporters too of the other course winner Kiyari and Shaker Style. Sylvester Kirk's filly has plenty in hand at the weights and comes here in good form after narrowly winning here last month, off a much higher mark than when winning previously two races back at Southwell. She's a game sort, and James Doyle's certainly able to get a good tune out of her. Kiyari is among the more lightly raced ones here, and came from off the pace to win here last month too. She seems to be on an upward curve and a repeat success seems likely, if not tonight then sooner rather than later. Shaker Style had some trouble in running here last time out when finishing fourth, but that still represented his best run to date. The blinkers stay on after being introduced in place of a visor last time. Joint top weights More Tea Vicar and Duke of Normandy may find they've got too much to carry. The price may not be great, but our support would go with Thewaytosanjose.
More Tea Vicar (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, hard driven over 2f out, weaekned approaching final furlong, 5th of 7, 7l behind Kaolak (8-9) at Great Leighs 1m 2yo mdn auc (4) pol in Dec.
Duke of Normandy (IRE) 13-2 (8-12) Held up 4th, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 8l behind Millway Beach (8-10) at Lingfield 7f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Shaker Style (USA) 9-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, reminders early, headway to chase leader over 6f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed and bumped twice over 1f out, one pace after, 4th of 9, 2l behind Svindal (9-1) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Turn To Dreams 16-1 (8-6) Soon chased leader, ridden to lead narrowly 2f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace, 5th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Ageebah (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp (5) std.
Thewaytosanjose (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Held up, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon edged left, all out, won at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp (6) pol in Jan beating Barcode (8-11) by a hd, 11 ran.
Dulce Domum 100-1 (8-12) In rear, pushed along halfway, kept on, never nearer, 5th of 10, 9l behind Echo Dancer (9-3) at Southwell 1m 3yo mdn (5) fbs in Jan.
Kiyari 7-2 (8-4) Held up, headway on outside over 1f out, edging left and hard ridden to lead well inside final furlong, won at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo clm (6) pol in Jan beating Hold The Bucks (8-13) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
Tae Kwon Do (USA) 9-2 (8-9) Held up, headway on outer over 2f out, driven and one pace final furlong, 5th of 6, 3l behind Miss Fritton (9-3) at Southwell 1m 3yo hcp (5) fbs in Jan.
