held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
led after 1f, ridden well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, faded
slowly into stride, always behind
always prominent, keen early, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, kept on one pace
hung right throughout, held up in rear, ran on inside final furlong, never near to challenge
prominent, not much room over 2f out, weakened after
held up, headway well over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, edged left, ran on well
Strangely for a runner in this grade, Blackheath has been in consistently good form of late and is taken to follow up his recent course and distance success and make it four wins from his last five starts, getting the verdict ahead of Twinned and Now You See Me. The last mentioned came good when winning a handicap here a fortnight ago and she has to be respected but may struggle to follow up off a 5lb higher mark today. Milton Bradley's Lithaam should come on for his recent reappearance but needs to, while White Ledger may struggle to reverse form with Now You See Me, even on the revised terms today. Taboor is proving to be hard to win with and of more interest may be Twinned who has been running consistently well of late. Blackheath has been in fine form recently though and he is hard to oppose.
Blackheath (IRE) 15-2 (8-7) Held up, headway 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at W'hampton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating Dodaa (8-9) by 4l, 7 ran.
Monashee Brave (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Led, headed 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Marko Jadeo (8-7) at Lingfield 6f sll (6) pol.
Lithaam (IRE) 40-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 14l behind Blackheath (8-7) at W'hampton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Bentley 5-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, outpaced, stayed on to take 3rd final furlong, not troubled leading pair, 3rd of 7, 4 1/2l behind Blackheath (8-7) at W'hampton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Twinned (IRE) 9-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, led briefly 1f out, soon headed and no extra, 2nd of 12, 2 1/2l behind Thoughtsofstardom (8-6) at Kempton 5f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Now You See Me 7-2 (8-5) Close up and always going well, ridden 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on, won at W'hampton 5f hcp 0-50 (6) pol beating White Ledger (8-7) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Ace Club 28-1 (8-12) With leader over 1f, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 8, 11l behind Savile's Delight (9-0) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Feb.
White Ledger (IRE) 14-1 (8-7) Towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, chased winner final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Now You See Me (8-5) at W'hampton 5f hcp 0-50 (6) pol.
Taboor (IRE) 13-2 (8-6) Slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace when carried right over 1f out, 4th of 9, 4l behind Now You See Me (8-5) at W'hampton 5f hcp 0-50 (6) pol.