mid-division, ridden and headway on inside over 2f out, led inside final furlong, held on
led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, demoted to 4th close home
hampered start, held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, unable to reach leaders
slightly squeezed out start, mid-division, ridden and no impression 2f out, soon weakened
in rear, ridden over 3f out, well beaten over 2f out
tracked leader until over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in mid-division, ridden 3f out, effort over 1f out, no impression, eased towards finish
tracked leaders on inside, ridden over 3f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders, took keen hold, outpaced over 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, just held
went right start, tracked leaders, went 2nd over 3f out until 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
hampered start, held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
EMERALD ROYAL won a similar event here earlier in the month with Chandrayaan behind. He gets the vote as he finished runner-up on his latest start ahead of Lovat Lane. The latter had scored here previously when beating Wee Buns, Cavalry Guard, Blueberry Fizz and Tawseef and can figure again, while Ereka has place claims in this company. Littleportnbrandy finally showed a bit of improvement for her slide down the weights when third at Wolverhampton last time and is another to consider.
Ereka (IRE) 3-1fav (9-2) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, one pace from over 1f out, 6th of 13, 6l behind Jackie Love (8-6) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Dec.
Blueberry Fizz (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Led over 1f, chased leader, led again 3f out, kicked on 2f out, driven over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner final 100 yards, 2nd of 14, 3/4l behind Diplomatic (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
Emerald Royal 9-2fav (8-12) Dwelt, towards rear, stayed on strongly final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 14, 1l behind Warbond (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
Lovat Lane 20-1 (8-11) In touch, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 11th of 14, 6l behind Warbond (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
Littleportnbrandy (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Close up, ridden over 2f out, switched right 1f out, kept on to go 3rd near finish, 3rd of 12, 5l behind Jonnie Skull (8-10) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Omega Centauri 16-1 (9-0) Soon crossed over to press leader, led 8f out until over 6f out, chased leader until over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, 11th of 13, 23l behind Harrys Yer Man (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Wee Buns 33-1 (8-12) Keen and close up, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Lovat Lane (8-13) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Cavalry Guard (USA) 33-1 (8-7) Held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 12, 1 1/4l behind Lovat Lane (8-13) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Meydan Style (USA) 4-1fav (8-12) Led, headed 4f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Lisselton Cross (9-2) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Chandrayaan 20-1 (8-9) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 4l behind Emerald Royal (8-12) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Magical Star 25-1 (8-5) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, took keen hold, headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 10, 7l behind Fearless Poet (9-1) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Jan.
Misshollygolightly 40-1 (8-2) In rear and outpaced, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final, no extra towards finish, 6th of 7, 9l behind Showboating (8-11) at Leicester 6f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Aug.
Tawseef (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Awkward start, in touch over 5f out, ridden to chase leading pair over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 12, 9l behind Jonnie Skull (8-10) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
