held up in rear, headway on outer 5f out, chased leaders over 3f out, ridden and one pace from over 1f out
tracked leaders and keen, ridden to chase winner well over 1f out, kept on, always held
led for about 2f, tracked winner, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear, weakened over 4f out
tracked leader, led after about 2f, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon no extra
Treacle Tart had Admirable Duque behind when scoring over C&D earlier this month, beating Jezza by a nose. A line through the latter suggests she'll do well to get the better of Ethics Girl, who has also won over C&D recently. Kavaloti's best form as been at Kempton and he's returning from a lengthy absence while Taikoo has recorded both his all-weather victories at Southwell. Preference is for EXEMPLARY, who looks likely to make a bold bid from the front here. He won over 1m4f on turf early last year and is expected to improve for this longer trip.
Admirable Duque (IRE) 20-1 (9-12) Held up in 6th, pushed along and headway on outside 3f out, went 3rd 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not able to challenge, 3rd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Treacle Tart (9-2) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Ethics Girl (IRE) 11-1 (9-7) Held up mid-division and keen, ridden and not much room entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Phoenix Flight (10-0) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Taikoo 9-4fav (9-6) Raced wide in touch, ridden halfway, lost touch over 4f out, soon eased and virtually pulled up, last of 6, well behind Lucky Punt (9-12) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Oct.
Kavaloti (IRE) 5-2 (8-11) Held up in rear, ridden and behind 4f out, eased over 1f out, 8th of 9, 45l behind Swingkeel (9-0) at Kempton 2m hcp (0-90) (3) pol in Jul '09.
Exemplary 14-1 (9-5) Led 1f, tracked leader, pushed along and lost place 3f out, last of 14, 47l behind Bagber (8-12) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Oct.
Treacle Tart 13-2 (9-2) Held up in 5th, headway over 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, strong challenge inside final furlong, led post, won at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-85 (4) pol beating Jezza (9-7) by ns, 6 ran.