held up in touch, headway on inside 2f out, ridden to challenge 1f out, stayed on and every chance inside final furlong, just held near finish
led, headed 7f out, tracked leaders, driven 3f out, soon lost place, weakened 1f out, soon eased, tailed off
tracked leader, challenged over 2f out, ridden and every chance 1f out, stayed on to lead narrowly inside final furlong, just held on under pressure near finish
held up in rear, switched outside and effort 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace final 2f, never troubled leaders
held up behind, driven to chase leaders over 2f out, kept on same pace, never on terms
raced keenly, held up towards rear, headway to lead 7f out, driven and hard pressed over 2f out, headed narrowly over 1f out, stayed on and every chance inside final furlong, just held near finish
held up in touch, headway 3f out, challenged over 2f out, led narrowly over 1f out, soon ridden, headed narrowly inside final furlong, kept on, just held
Ryan Moore keeps the partnership with LOCUM in-tact and the duo can make it three out of three together; Best In Class and Broughtons Paradis may be the main dangers despite recent form figures. Mark Tompkins' five-year-old was a ready winner here last time out and hasn't been harshly treated with a 4lb rise in the weights. He can improve on that first run of the season and is taken to oblige. Best In Class is now rated 65 after some modest performances but he steps back up in trip with a tongue-tie on for the first time and any market move would look significant. Capable Guest drops in trip on this comeback, Atacama Sunrise won a seller here last time and is better than the bare result, whilst Annambo is ten years old but showed no signs of stopping when scoring at Kempton in September. Moscow Oznick has a 7lb pull in the weights with the selection and Shane Kelly is an interesting jockey booking, however that may not be enough to overhaul the likely favourite, so a bigger threat could be the course and distance winner Broughtons Paradis who will be fit after three recent runs and is handicapped to strike. However this looks a good opportunity for Locum to win again.
Locum 85-40 (8-9) Tracked leaders, pushed along to chase leader entering final 2f, led 1f out, ridden and ran on, won at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Apr beating Kazbow (9-4) by 2 1/2l, 5 ran.
Best In Class 25-1 (10-11) Went right start, chased leaders, driven along over 2f out, soon beaten, last of 12, 43l behind Halsion Chancer (10-12) at Sandown 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Apr.
Capable Guest (IRE) 9-2 (9-9) Led, headed 4f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 5th of 7, 10l behind Nakoma (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Atacama Sunrise 8-13fav (8-13) Held up in rear, headway from over 2f out, switched left to challenge leading pair over 1f out, led inside final furlong, pushed out, won at Yarmouth 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo sll (6) gf in Apr beating Jiggalong (9-9) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Annambo 9-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, steady headway over 4f out, led 2f out, ran on, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Sep beating Salybia Bay (9-0) by 3 1/2l, 14 ran.
Moscow Oznick 18-1 (8-5) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 5, 8l behind Locum (8-9) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Apr.
Broughtons Paradis (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, some progress 2f out, never in contention, 8th of 13, 10l behind On Terms (9-3) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Apr.
