in rear, ridden and outpaced from over 4f out
led, headed over 6f out, weakened 2f out
chased leader, led over 6f out, hung left over 1f out, headed and weakened inside final furlong
chased winner inside final furlong, held towards finish
held up in touch, outpaced over 2f out
towards rear, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten
chased leaders, went 2nd 5f out, ridden over 3f out, led inside final furlong, driven out
This is a poor ending to the day's action at Wolverhampton and, in a moderate contest, what can only be a tentative vote goes to recent course and distance winner King of Legend, who is taken to defy the 3lb rise for that success and gets the vote ahead of Wisdom's Kiss and Empire Dancer. The last mentioned disappointed here last time but had run well on his two previous outings and has claims on the evidence of those outings. Convallaria is a rare runner at this time of year for Geoff Wragg and remains relatively unexposed so cannot be discounted. Robinzal showed some ability last time and has to be considered along with Wisdom's Kiss, who showed improved form at Kempton last time. This should not take much winning though and King of Legend is taken to win it.
Soul Blazer (USA) 33-1 (8-10) Led, headed 4f out, soon ridden and weakened, eased, last of 10, well behind Desert Hawk (9-1) at Yarmouth 1m 2f app hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Empire Dancer (IRE) 4-1 (8-4) Chased winner until ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 7, 19l behind Soviet Palace (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
King of Legend (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on, won at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating White Bear (9-0) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Convallaria (FR) 15-2 (9-1) Tracked leaders, lost place over 2f out, 8th of 11, 6l behind Safari Sundowner (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.
Robinzal 33-1 (9-11) Held up in touch, ridden to challenge well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, last of 7, 3 1/2l behind Holyfield Warrior (8-11) at Lingfield 1m clm (6) pol.
Golden Spectrum (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Pushed along early, soon pulling hard in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, beaten when not much room when entering final furlong, 7th of 9, 4l behind Supercast (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcap (6) pol.
Wisdom's Kiss 33-1 (8-9) Tracked winner on inner, effort over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Under Fire (8-12) at Kempton 1m hcap (6) pol.