chased leaders on outside, went 2nd 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, 3rd and held towards finish
held up, headway and switched right over 1f out, switched left entering final furlong, not pace to challenge
prominent, led 4f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly away, held up, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, just held
soon led, headed 4f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in touch, pushed along over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
prominent early, chased leaders, lost place over 2f out
Dayman overcame a high draw to win nicely over 7f here last time but takes on another impressive novice winner in STORMY OCEAN. The latter beat three subsequent winners with any amount in hand when scoring at Newcastle in January and the Frankel colt gets the vote on that form. Beltane, Taj Alola and Spinaround return to action with chances and are less exposed than Desert Angel while Odisseo has the more recent form with a third at Southwell.
Stormy Ocean Evensfav (9-5) Made all, pushed clear entering final furlong, comfortable, won at Newcastle 1m stks (4) pol in Jan beating Blue Trail (9-5) by 3 3/4l, 10 ran.
Desert Angel (IRE) 15-2 (9-4) Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 14, 7 1/2l behind Oh Herberts Reign (8-10) at York 1m (2) gs in Oct.
Taj Alola (IRE) 7-4 (9-7) Chased leader, ridden to lead 2f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 4, hd behind Neat And Dandy (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (4) pol in Dec.
Spinaround (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Close up, pushed along 3f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 12 1/4l behind High Fibre (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 1f (4) gd in Oct.
Odisseo 6-4fav (9-7) Took keen hold, disputed 2nd, not clear run and switched left 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 4, 1 1/2l behind Nasim (9-2) at Southwell 1m hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Beltane (IRE) 8-13fav (9-3) Raced prominently, ridden 2f out, challenged leader, took lead last 50 yards, just got up, won at Ayr 6f stks (5) sft in Oct beating Monsieur Jumbo (9-3) by nk, 6 ran.
Dungar Glory (IRE) 28-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 7l behind Kawida (9-0) at Newmarket 1m lst fll stks (1) gd in Oct.
Dayman (GER) 10-1 (8-12) Raced wide soon pressed leader, pushed along to lead entering final 2f, ridden clear final furlong, readily, won at Wolverhampton 7f stks (5) pol in Mar beating How Impressive (9-5) by 4l, 12 ran.