in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
in touch, headway 2f out, edged left and chased winner 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
led, headed entering final 2f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not trouble leaders
pulled hard, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace
raced wide in rear, headway over 3f out, weakened 2f out
tracked leader, ridden to lead entering final 2f, soon edged left, ran on
always in rear
dwelt in rear, ridden 3f out, never near leaders
Vanilla Rum has won twice here in lesser company of late but failed to figure in this grade in between and PATRIOTIC make more appeal. He bids for his hat trick having beaten Master Of Dance here last time and this looks no tougher. Petomic could prove the biggest threat to Chris Dwyer's charge as he posted a better effort behind Standpoint at this track last time and Honey Of A Kitten showed a glimpse of improvement at Lingfield on his latest start having tumbled down the weights.
Master Of Dance (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Close up, effort entering final furlong, soon every chance and edged left, ridden and kept on same pace, 3rd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Patriotic (8-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Patriotic (IRE) 11-10fav (8-6) Tracked leader until halfway, tracked leaders, going well when not clear run from over 1f out, short of room inside final furlong, squeezed through and ran on to lead final strides, readily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol beating Pipers Piping (9-1) by hd, 5 ran.
Alpha Tauri (USA) 14-1 (9-6) Soon led, headed 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 6, 21l behind Mazovian (8-1) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Black Coffee 20-1 (8-13) Dwelt, held up mid-division, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 12l behind John Louis (9-2) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Goal (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Towards rear, took keen hold, one pace final furlong, 4th of 6, 8l behind McConnell (8-8) at Kempton 7f 4yo clm stks 0-70 (5) pol.
Vanilla Rum 7-2 (9-3) Held up, headway 7f out, went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, comfortably, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Aviso (9-1) by 2 3/4l, 11 ran.
Honey Of A Kitten (USA) 22-1 (8-12) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, never on terms, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Push Me (9-0) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Wind Star 33-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression, 6th of 10, 9l behind Josr's Magic (8-11) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Sep '10.
Petomic (IRE) 11-2 (8-7) Tracked winner, pushed along over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, stayed on, unable to challenge, last of 2, 1 3/4l behind Standpoint (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f clm stks (5) pol.