soon led, headed over 7f out, tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on well
tracked leaders, ridden inside final furlong, kept on
always towards rear
led early, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up towards rear and keen, good headway to go 2nd over 8f out, led over 7f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 3f out, no extra inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader until over 8f out, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra and lost 2nd place inside final furlong
Red Dragon was second over track and trip last time without troubling the winner while Innoko is back on a winning mark and was placed over today's distance at Wolverhampton last month. Weld Arab steps back up in trip after making the frame at Chelmsford on his last couple of starts and is another to consider but a chance is taken with ALTAIRA. The top weight won in France last year and with a recent debut effort for Tony Carroll under his belt, he may well prove good enough in this company. Kalahari won at Nottingham in 2014 but has not raced since and is 5lb higher in the weights.
Altaira 20-1 (9-3) Led early, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 7 3/4l behind Dakota City (9-7) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Kalahari (IRE) (9-4) 14th of 16, dist behind Azade (8-9) at Strasbourg 1m 2f hcp pol in Apr.
Weld Arab (IRE) 5-1 (9-4) Led early, tracked leader, led again over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 11, 4 1/2l behind Moonday Sun (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Several (USA) 25-1 (9-3) Held up mid-division, headway to go 2nd over 5f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 9 3/4l behind Dakota City (9-7) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Bramshill Lass 20-1 (9-2) Raced wide in touch in rear, ridden 3f out, headway on inner over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 8, 5l behind Sir Frank Morgan (9-8) at Lingfield 2m hcp (5) pol in Jun.
Put The Boot In (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Always towards rear, 9th of 12, 10 1/2l behind Dakota City (9-7) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Innoko (FR) 12-1 (9-6) Held up in touch, ridden 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd close home, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Whisky Marmalade (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
El Tel 10-1 (9-1) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 7, 8 1/4l behind Charlies Mate (9-5) at Lingfield 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Munsarim (IRE) 11-4 (8-13) Very slowly away, recovered after 2f, in touch in rear, ridden and headway to chase winner 2f out, hung badly right and weakened final furlong, 4th of 5, 6 1/4l behind Shalambar (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 5f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Unex Modigliani (IRE) 33-1 (10-11) Held up in mid-division, mistake 5th, soon ridden and beaten, 16th of 17, 37 1/4l behind Kings Bayonet (11-4) at Huntingdon 2m hcp (3) sft in Jan.
Red Dragon (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Held up towards rear, headway on outside over 6f out, went 2nd over 5f out, every chance 1f out, no impression on winner towards finish, 2nd of 14, 3 1/2l behind San Quentin (9-10) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Hedge End (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 10th of 13, 8 1/2l behind Hickster (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
