held up in rear, headway approaching 2f out, switched right over 1f out, ran on final furlong, not reached winner
steady start, held up in rear, headway 2f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out
tracked leaders, led over 3f out until 2f out, stayed on
slowly into stride, mid-division, weakened over 6f out
held up in rear, improved 4f out, headway to lead 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
led, headed over 6f out, weakened over 4f out
raced wide, mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
held up in rear, headway on outside over 5f out, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, never troubled leaders
close up, joint leader 8f out, led over 6f out, headed over 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, joined leaders over 7f out, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
always prominent, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
Garnett is taken to complete a hat-trick of wins, with Box Builder, Cambo, Annus Iucundus and Dark Parade just four out to stop him. This is a really competitive event to start the eight-race card, but Garnett has been in good form of late, and so should run well. Don Cantillon's gelding is slightly worse off at the weights with both Cambo, whom he beat over the course and distance last time, and Annus Iucundus, whose measure he had here the time before over a shorter trip. However, he is such a tough individual, who even managed to score over hurdles at Wincanton in November, that you would not put it past him improving again. He is actually not badly treated by the conditions of today's race, and if all goes to plan, he may well even run in the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The two rivals mentioned have obvious claims again, while Box Builder will come on for his belated return at Southwell. Dark Parade has his regular pilot back on board today and is closely matched with Cambo, so should not be dismissed entirely, but in a tricky opener, Garnett is the pick.
Moon Emperor 12-1 Prominent, chased winner 2f out, no extra approaching final furlong, 5th of 10, 2l behind Garden Society at Lingfield 2m hcp (D2) pol in Feb.
Garnett (IRE) 5-2jt-fav Held up in rear, headway from over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, ridden to lead inside last, ran on, won at Lingfield 2m app hcp (E3) std beating Cambo by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Box Builder 4-1 Held up, ridden and outpaced over 6f out, kept on final 2f, no impression, 4th of 10, 6l behind Peak Park at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (E3) fbs in Feb.
Stolen Song 11-1 Held up in mid-division, headway to track leaders 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 16, 5l behind Bakiri at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (E) gs in Aug.
Montosari 9-1 Took keen hold, tracked leaders, effort to chase winner over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Paradise Flight at Lingfield 2m hcp (E3) pol in Jan.
Euippe 5-1 Always in rear, last of 9, well behind Vanbrugh at Southwell 2m amt hcp (E3) fbs in Feb.
Acceleration (IRE) 50-1 Mid-division, ridden 5f out, soon lost place, last of 11, well behind Sendintank at Musselburgh 2m hcp (D2) gs in Nov.
Cambo (FR) 11-2 Held up midfield, headway to chase leader 3f out, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Garnett at Lingfield 2m app hcp (E3) std.
Annus Iucundus (IRE) 3-1fav Held up, headway going well over 4f out, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, pushed out, won at W'hampton 2m 1f hcp (F4) pol beating Airgusta by 3 1/2l, 13 ran.
Six of One 22-1 9th of 20, 8l behind Picque Sous at Maisons-Laffitte 1m 5f hcp gd in Oct '02.
Mr Dinglawi (IRE) 8-1 Tracked leader, ridden 5f out, lost 2nd over 2f out, kept on again final furlong, 4th of 6, 11l behind Sian Thomas at Lingfield 1m 5f mdn aut stk (F4) pol in Feb.
Explosive Fox (IRE) 6-1 Held up mid-division, ridden over 3f out, stayed on same pace and no impression final furlong, 4th of 13, 16l behind Garden Society at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp (F4) pol in Dec.
Dark Parade (ARG) Evensfav Held up, headway over 10f out to chase leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace, 2nd of 13, 5l behind Cambo at W'hampton 2m 1f hcp (F4) pol in Feb.
