held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
set steady pace, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
keen close up, pushed along and every chance 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken inside final furlong
keen in touch, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed post
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace
keen raced wide in touch, ridden and headway inside final furlong, ran on to lead post
HATHOOL disappointed dropped down in trip at Southwell last time. But he’d won over 1m2f at Chelmsford before that and can return to winning ways only 2lb higher. Precision Storm found one too good over track and trip recently and is not out of this while Daheer posted one of his better efforts here last time. Athmad drops back down in class with a chance and is preferred of the remainder.
Prejudice 5-1 (9-3) Held up, pushed along 3f out, switched left, headway over 1f out, kept on into modest fourth, 4th of 6, 9 1/4l behind Piranesi (9-0) at Ascot 1m stks (3) gs in Oct.
Athmad (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Close up in rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 5, 3 3/4l behind Sky Power (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Precision Storm 10-3 (10-1) Held up in last pair, good headway out wide over 1f out, ridden and went 2nd entering final furlong, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Society Red (9-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Daheer (USA) 9-2 (9-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, no extra towards finish, 5th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Tricolore (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Songkran (IRE) 20-1 (9-3) In touch, pushed along 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Oz Legend (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Mighty Power (IRE) 5-2fav (9-7) Dwelt in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 5th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Libby Ami (8-7) at Southwell 1m hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Hathlool (IRE) 8-13fav (8-13) Raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, ridden and hung left inside final 2f, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 7 1/2l behind Masked Identity (9-9) at Southwell 1m hcp (4) pol in Dec.