held up off the pace in last pair, never involved
soon tracking leader out wide, ridden to lead narrowly entering final furlong, headed inside final furlong, weakened and lost places towards finish
bumped start, soon steadied towards rear of mid-division, pushed along from 3f out, headway out wide over 1f out, ridden to challenge and hung left inside final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish
led and set steady pace, quickened over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, weakened inside final furlong
held up in mid-division, good headway on inside turning in, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner towards finish
held up off the pace in last pair, headway on inside over 1f out, plugged on into 4th towards finish
raced keenly in mid-division on inside, switched right and unable to quicken inside final furlong, no further headway
mid-division, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, weakened home turn
chased leaders, hung left and weakened inside final furlong
Excel Power won a higher grade contest at Lingfield and is preferred to Chelmsford winner Court Of Session. But KING OF CONQUEST (NAP) was having his first outing since February when finding one too good at Newmarket last month and Charlie Appleby’s charge looks the one to side with. Frantanck won at Windsor before struggling over a longer trip and a tongue-tie is fitted while Hieronymus has gone close off today’s mark in the past.
Excel Power (IRE) 9-1 (9-1) Raced wide tracked leader, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m hcp (2) pol in Nov beating What's The Story (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Hieronymus 33-1 (8-6) Overall leader near side, ridden and headed in group inside final 2f, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 27, 5 3/4l behind Vafortino (9-0) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) gd in May.
King Of Conquest 5-1 (9-4) Close up far side of group, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged left and chased winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Ghaly (9-13) at Newmarket 1m hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Alexander James (IRE) 28-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, led 8f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened and lost places final 100 yards, 5th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Chichester (9-3) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Court Of Session 12-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, ridden and effort on outside 2f out, edged left and led well inside final furlong, won going away, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Nov beating All Are Mine (9-7) by 2l, 11 ran.
Young Fire (FR) 25-1 (8-7) In touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 3 3/4l behind Excel Power (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Amaysmont 28-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Civil Law (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Light Up Our Stars (IRE) 11-1 (9-5) Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 1 1/4l behind George Morland (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp (4) pol in Nov.
He's A Gentleman (IRE) 9-1 (9-9) In touch, effort over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, went 3rd well inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Phantasy Mac (9-9) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Spacer (IRE) 11-2 (9-9) Midfield, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on well final furlong, 2nd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Revolutionise (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Frantanck 10-3 (9-4) Keen tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 13 1/4l behind Turntable (9-10) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in Oct.
