in rear, wide and headway on outer 2f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
dwelt in rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression
tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden and soon headed, kept on one pace
keen tracked leaders, nowhere to go from over 2f out, effort entering final furlong, ridden and stayed on
close up, ridden to lead well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
waited with in mid-division, ridden and not much room over 1f out, not trouble leaders
The recent victory of KISS A PRINCE over Trip Switch at Lingfield was emphatically franked when the latter scored a recent decisive success at the Surrey venue. The Ivory team retain the blinkers here on their charge and he should go close once again despite a 6lb rise for that victory. Dazzling Valentine's last success came here last April and recent efforts signpost that Alan Bailey's filly is ready to oblige again. Expect a strong performance here, whilst Vanilla Rum goes especially well at this track and scored with plenty in hand last time. He's up 10lb for that six-length success but John Mackie's charge remains definite shortlist material in his current form.
Dubai Bounty 20-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway 3f out, chased leaders under pressure over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f, 11th of 12, 16l behind All The Winds (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Jordaura 18-1 (9-1) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, no impression, 7th of 10, 8l behind Art Scholar (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Dream Lodge (IRE) 8-1 (9-9) Held up in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, well held over 1f out, 13th of 17, 12l behind Imaginary World (9-1) at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Sep.
Dazzling Valentine 13-2 (9-2) Towards rear, pushed along 4f out, headway over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish, 4th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Nibani (8-13) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Kiss A Prince 9-2 (9-4) Behind, headway on wide outside from over 2f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hacp 0-70 (5) pol beating Trip Switch (9-0) by 2l, 12 ran.
Pandorica 15-2 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 7th of 10, 7l behind Knightly Escapade (9-5) at Goodwood 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Oct.
Strike Force 3-1 (9-4) Chased winner, disputing 2nd and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, lost 2 places close home, 4th of 8, 1 3/4l behind The Holyman (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
John Potts 12-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, hard driven over 2f out, soon no impression, 5th of 11, 8l behind Spes Nostra (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Vanilla Rum 2-1fav (9-3) Mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well, easily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol beating Love In The Park (8-13) by 6l, 11 ran.