slowly away, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, never troubled leaders
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, chased winner over 1f out, never able to challenge
tracked leader, under pressure 6f out, soon lost place, tailed off, eased well over 2f out
tracked leader, hard ridden over 4f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch on outside, ridden to chase leaders over 5f out, weakened over 3f out
broke well, gradually steadied towards rear, under pressure 4f out, soon beaten
made all, driven clear over 2f out, ran on strongly
took keen hold, soon in touch, chased leaders over 2f out, no impression
Matured took a step forward when runner-up at Kempton over today's trip and should be thereabouts again. Epic Storm, Wolf Heart and Ehkam are all having their first start of the year and have a chance on last year's form with preference for the latter while Italian Riviera is sure to improve for this longer distance after a modest debut at this track earlier in the month. MAORI DANCER faded in the latter stages at Salisbury last time but his debut fifth over C&D was better form than most of today's rivals have shown so far and he gets the vote.
All That Remains (IRE) 4-1 (11-7) Held up towards rear, pushed along before 11th, headway to go 5th before 2 out, ridden and weakened before last, 5th of 8, 13l behind La Pantera Rosa (11-3) at Sedgefield 2m 6f hcp chs 0-115 (4) gf.
Epic Storm (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Keen hold towards rear, ridden 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never near leaders, 6th of 14, 12l behind Thimaar (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 4f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Jul '11.
Muzey's Princess 100-1 (9-7) Dwelt, in rear, pushed along over 6f out, soon weakened, 5th of 9, 29l behind Galleon (9-2) at Catterick 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd in Aug.
Ehkam (USA) 7-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, reminders inside final 3f, one pace final 2f, 3rd of 12, 7l behind Coquet (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Oct.
Ghazwan (IRE) Hurricane Run colt out of Laurentine.
Italian Riviera 14-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 13l behind All Time (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol.
Maori Dancer (USA) 3-1 (9-3) Chased leading pair, challenged and every chance 3f out, weakened to 4th over 1f out, eased when no chance in closing stages, 4th of 5, 8l behind Malekov (9-3) at Salisbury 1m 4f 3yo & 4yo mdn (4) gd.
Matured 12-1 (8-12) Awkward leaving stalls, took keen hold, soon held up in touch in 4th, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression, 2nd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Bedazzled (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f sks (5) pol.
Wolf Heart (IRE) 2-1fav (9-3) Tracked leader until ridden 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 7l behind Tonnerre (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Sep '11.
Wise Lord 25-1 (8-12) Always behind, wide on bend 5f out, never a factor, 12th of 13, 20l behind Yammos (8-9) at Windsor 1m 2yo sll (6) gd in Aug '11.
