dwelt in touch in rear, ridden and ran on final furlong, not reach leaders
dwelt in touch in rear, stayed on final furlong, never nearer
close up, headway over 2f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, headed final strides
in touch, ridden and headway on inner over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, driven to lead final strides
soon led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
raced wide in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong
tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, faded towards finish
led early, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
Plenty with claims in this including Hernando Torres, who beat previous winner Robins Pearl to score here last month. Toga Tiger is back on a winning mark but unproven over the longer distance while Marmalad went close over track and trip on his penultimate start and Archipeligo also has a shout. Elysian Prince has won here but missed the whole of last year and a chance is taken on L'INGANNO FELICE given the course and distance winner landed a tougher race than this at Newcastle last summer off a higher mark.
Toga Tiger (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Dwelt towards rear, ridden 2f out, never on terms, 8th of 11, 7 1/4l behind Bold Prediction (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Elysian Prince 4-1 (9-4) Soon close up, led over 2f out, headed and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Persona Grata (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Robins Pearl (FR) 12-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase front trio over 1f out, never on terms, lost 4th towards finish, 5th of 12, 5l behind Giantstepsahead (9-8) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Archipeligo 9-2 (9-6) Keen in touch, dropped to rear 7f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Tower Power (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Hernando Torres 6-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Buckland Beau (9-8) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
L'Inganno Felice (FR) 4-1fav (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, soon lost place, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 5 1/2l behind The Third Man (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Marmalad (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Mid-division, headway under pressure on outer over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression, 6th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Freud (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Big Storm Coming 28-1 (8-9) Raced wide, close up, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, hung left entering final furlong, eased towards finish, 5th of 10, 11 1/2l behind Swift Cedar (9-0) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Dec.