held up in rear, headway over 1f out, never on terms
keen hold in touch, led over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
in touch, ridden to challenge over 2f out, kept on same pace
chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 3f out, weakened 2f out
held up mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, soon lost place
led, headed over 4f out, led again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace
held up, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace
tracked leader, led over 4f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden to challenge well over 2f out, soon weakened
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, not much room over 1f out, stayed on
in touch, weakened well over 2f out
mid-division, headway over 5f out, weakened over 2f out
held up, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, stayed on same pace
dwelt, held up, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, comfortably
Jakarmi gets the vote here over Halla San and Tagula Blue who are put forward as the main dangers. The selection does have a penalty for his recent win at Bath but he won in good style and he is game and consistent and with ground conditions to suit he is hard to oppose. Halla San looked progressive towards the end of last season when he twice got his head in front. He has got obvious claims here if he is fit enough to do himself justice on his seasonal reappearance and he is one to note in the market. Tagula Blue beat Archie Babe last time out but he is not the most reliable and although the booking of Keiren Fallon catches the eye he looks one to have reservations about. Oakley Absolute may prove best of the remainder but he was disappointing at Lingfield last time and for the winner we are happy to stick with Jakarmi.
Latif (USA) 3-1 (9-1) Held up, switched right and headway over 1f out, led soon after, ran on well, won at W'hampton 1m 1f app hcp (5) pol beating Bijou Dan (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Libre 17-2 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 15, 3 1/2l behind Hail The Chief (9-5) at Nottingham 1m hcap (5) sft.
Oakley Absolute 6-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 10, 4l behind Fajr (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Halla San 3-1jt-fav (8-11) Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Haydock 1m 3f 3yo hcp (5) gd in Sept beating Ross Moor (8-8) by 3/4l, 13 ran.
Jakarmi 5-1fav (9-1) Made all, in command and 5 lengths clear inside final 2f, ridden out, won at Bath 1m 2f hcap (6) gd beating Nina Fontenail (8-13) by 5l, 17 ran.
Duelling Banjos 16-1 (8-11) Tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, kept on same pace final 2f, 5th of 10, 3l behind Shaunas Vision (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcap (5) pol.
Tagula Blue (IRE) 6-1 (8-5) Started slowly and behind, headway on outer over 3f out, led over 2f out, ran on final furlong, won at Pontefract 1m 2f app hcp (5) gd beating Archie Babe (8-4) by 4l, 10 ran.
Secretary General (IRE) 5-1 (8-7) Held up in 4th, headway and closing on leaders when badly hampered inside final 3f, not recover, 5th of 11, 10l behind Obrigado (8-13) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
