always prominent, pushed along over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, kept on
slowly into stride, held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leader, hard ridden approaching final furlong, stayed on under pressure to lead towards finish
chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon one pace
mid-division, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never able to challenge
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, no impression
held up towards rear, under pressure over 3f out, never on terms
led, keen hold, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked clear leader, effort well over 2f out, soon weakened
always behind, eased 2f out
chased leaders, weakened over 2f out
held up in touch, ridden and weakened over 3f out, eased
With good form on ground that's on the easy side BY COMMAND lands the vote in another low grade handicap in preference to the consistent Tevez while any market moves for Sir Mozart would be very interesting. Having only just missed out off this mark last time the selection looks well-weighted on the pick of his turf form so looks to have strong claims on this race with the conditions no bother to him. Tevez has filled third place on each of his last two starts so while he is expected to give his running again he is up in the handicap despite defeat and he is untested on this going. Sir Mozart is still open to improvement and makes just his second start for this shrewd yard. He's got soft ground form in Ireland and has a chance off a competitive mark. Clever Omneya's win off a ridiculously low rating in January offered hope of more and while that is yet to come we still hold out hope of at least some minor money. It looks to early to write off Woolfall Sovereign after his poor handicap debut on just his second start so we wouldn't be surprised to see improvement but while in a good run of form we'll side with By Command.
Woolfall Sovereign (IRE) 5-1 (8-11) Held up, effort over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 8, 12l behind Chalice Welcome (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan.
By Command 13-2 (9-3) Dwelt, switched left start, held up in rear, headway 2f out, driven and stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 11, 3/4l behind Zeffirelli (8-10) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Mar.
Tevez 12-1 (8-10) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on well, never able to challenge, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Unlimited (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Mar.
Moon Lightning (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Led, headed entering final 3f, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong, 12th of 16, 12l behind Amethyst Dawn (8-9) at Nottingham 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Nov.
Sir Mozart (IRE) 13-8fav (9-4) Slowly into stride, in rear, headway over 1f out, no impression, 5th of 11, 8l behind Carmenero (9-4) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.
See Elsie Play 66-1 (9-13) Soon in mid-division, headway 4f out, ridden 3f out, soon outpaced, stayed on same pace, 4th of 11, 10l behind Carioca (8-7) at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Whotsit (IRE) 16-1 (8-9) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened towards finish, 5th of 14, 2 1/4l behind Guildenstern (9-0) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-68 (6) pol in Feb.
Hard Ball 10-3fav (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 13, 16l behind Bold Diva (8-10) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-52 (6) fbs in Mar.
Clever Omneya (USA) 11-2fav (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 5th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Royal Acclamation (8-9) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Mar.
Bahama Baileys 40-1 (9-3) In rear, ridden 4f out, never able to challenge, 10th of 11, 25l behind Orthology (8-12) at Yarmouth 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo sll (6) gd in Oct.
Billy Simmonds 33-1 (8-1) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, weakened over 2f out, eased, last of 11, 27l behind Captain Kallis (8-10) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Mar.
