Hard to confident about any of this modest bunch. Frederick William was winning his first race when scoring at Kempton last time. However, there are serious doubts about him handling the ground and the tentative vote goes the way of BOSTON BLUE. He usually saves his best for this track having won twice over shorter trips here and January's win over hurdles in testing ground suggests Tony Carroll's charge will cope with the surface. 1m3f Kempton winner Twice Bitten may do better over today's longer distance this year while Marcus Antonius and Bold Adventure have both won over timber recently and Reillys Daughter has been placed over shorter trips on the Flat of late.
Golan Way 9-2 (8-12) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, driven over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 5th of 8, 6l behind Robert The Brave (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Nov '07.
Boston Blue 12-1 (9-6) Took keen hold, held up towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved, 5th of 11, 7l behind Rasheed (9-6) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Frederick William 11-1 (9-4) Close up, led 2f out, soon ridden clear, ran on, won at Kempton 2m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar beating The Absent Mare (9-3) by 3 1/2l, 10 ran.
Marcus Antonius 8-1 (9-6) Took keen hold, held up towards rear, edged right over 2f out, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 6th of 11, 8l behind Rasheed (9-6) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
High Samana 16-1 (9-3) Raced wide in touch, weakened over 3f out, 7th of 9, 32l behind Sandbanks Sizzler (9-3) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Sep.
Formidable Guest 15-2 (9-1) Held up, ridden over 4f out, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 6l behind Kames Park (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f app hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Bold Adventure 5-1 (8-7) Held up in rear, wide over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, went 3rd last strides, 3rd of 8, 7l behind Veloce (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Reillys Daughter 8-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Passion Play (9-6) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Apr.
Whitcombe Spirit 20-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, badly hampered and bumped bend over 6f out, outpaced 4f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 3, 29l behind Fire Fighter (9-0) at Folkestone 1m 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Aug.
Turbulent Priest 20-1 (8-9) Held up in rear, headway on outside 4f out, went modest 3rd and hung left over 1f out, 3rd of 9, 3 1/2l behind King's Road (9-5) at Brighton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) gs.
Our Folly 100-1 (9-0) Always towards rear, pushed along before halfway, struggling after, 8th of 11, 20l behind Charles Camoin (9-0) at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (4) sft in Oct '10.
Twice Bitten 5-4fav (9-1) Refused to settle, tracked leader until led over 7f out, headed 3f out, soon pushed along, kept on one pace, 4th of 6, 7l behind Astromagick (8-11) at Yarmouth 2m hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Sep.
