held up in touch, hampered and lost place over 3f out, headway 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong
close up, edged left over 3f out, ridden to chase leading pair over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
keen tracked leaders, hung right and very wide into straight 2f out to lead, ridden and ran on, edged left towards finish
dwelt in touch in rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden to go 2nd inside final furlong, no threat to winner
led, headed 3f out, soon weakened, eased over 1f out, tailed off
prominent, led 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
raced wide close up, edged left over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, not trouble leaders
Ocean Legend won a plating race here last month and Prime Exhibit won a similar contest over 7f at the track when beating subsequent Southwell winner Al Muheer. There is little between the latter pair in this while though maiden winner Manipulation never figured on his return from a lengthy absence, he is dropped in class for this. But the latter has to give plenty of weight to the three-year-old DEVONIAN today and Rod Millman's charge may well be good enough back on this surface after placing at Southwell recently.
Ocean Legend (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Led early, restrained into mid-division, ridden over 1f out, one pace, 5th of 14, 3 1/2l behind City Of Angkor Wat (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Prime Exhibit 18-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 4th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Monsieur Chevalier (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f clm stks 0-65 (6).
Al Muheer (IRE) 4-1fav (8-8) Prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 14l behind Tartan Trip (9-0) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Manipulation (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, pulled hard and soon in touch, steadied after 1f, ridden over 2f out, no headway, 7th of 9, 7l behind Forceful Appeal (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Procurement 25-1 (8-12) Took keen hold, tracked leader 3f, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off, last of 7, 32l behind Chelwood Gate (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Devonian 4-1 (8-9) Led 2f, tracked leaders, ridden and every chance from over 2f out, held when switched right inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 5, 3l behind Invincible Wish (9-3) at Southwell 1m 3yo sell stks (6) fbs.
Takahiro 11-1 (9-0) Mid-division on inside, not clearest of runs over 2f out, switched right and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 6th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Pyrocumulus (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6).
