steadied start, behind, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
held up and keen, headway 3f out, ridden and switched right over 2f out, weakend inside final furlong
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon headed, ran on
prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon edged left, edged right and led well inside final furlong, ran on
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, bumped slightly over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
soon led, headed after 1f, prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up, headway over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on
led early, soon mid-divison, headway over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened quickly
prominent, lost place after 2f, weakening when not much room over 2f out
Nonrunner
In a wide open affair Twentytwosilver just gets the verdict ahead of Quest On Air and Debbie. Twentytwosilver has been in pretty good form this year, finishing runner up twice behind good yardsticks. His most recent effort was on this track when chasing home Mustakhlas and a repeat of that effort could be good enough this afternoon. Debbie is very lightly raced for a seven-year-old and made a winning return to the track here last month. If she doesn't bounce she should be involved in the finish. However a bigger threat may come from Quest On Air who returns to the flat after a couple of spins over hurdles. He has good form in this type of company and the first time visor can only help his cause. Garple Burn is another interesting contender under Seb Sanders, but the best recent form is with Twentytwosilver and this one gets a narrow vote.
Saameq (IRE) 5-2fav (9-5) Held up and keen, headway over 5f out, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 12, 4l behind Debbie (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 4f banded stk (7) pol in Feb.
Royal Melbourne (IRE) 4-1jt-fav (8-10) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, stayed out from over 1f out, never on terms, 4th of 13, 15l behind Platinum Charmer (8-1) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Nov.
Debbie 10-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 5f out, led over 2f out, hard ridden final furlong, just held on, won at W'hampton 1m 4f banded stk (7) pol in Feb beating Zaffeu (9-3) by a shd, 12 ran.
Larad (IRE) 14-1 (10-2) Held up, headway well over 1f out, ran on to go 2nd close home, 2nd of 12, 7l behind Sugitani (10-10) at W'hampton 1m 6f amt hcp (5) pol.
Lake Wakatipu 10-1 (8-8) Behind, headway when carried left over 1f out, stayed on, not reach leaders, 6th of 13, 3l behind Gallego (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 1f banded stk (7) pol.
Make My Hay 8-1 (9-5) Behind, headway over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 12th of 13, 38l behind Tycheros (8-10) at W'hampton 2m 1f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Nov.
Quest On Air 7-2 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out, 7th of 12, 12l behind Bulberry Hill (9-0) at Southwell 1m 4f banded stk (7) fbs in Dec.
Twentytwosilver (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Keen, mid-division, headway over 3f out, led on bit 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 2l behind Mustakhlas (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 4f banded stk (7) pol.
