held up and always towards rear, never a factor
tracked leaders, 2nd over 3f out, led inside final 3f, ridden clear well over 1f out, stayed on strongly
led until ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened quickly, soon behind
tracked leader, led over 3f out until inside final 3f, chased winner until over 2f out, chased leading pair until ridden and weakened over 1f out
held up in last pair, reminders over 7f out and again over 6f out, headway under pressure over 2f out, went modest 3rd and hung left over 1f out
slowly into stride, always towards rear, never a factor
held up in mid-division, outpaced over 2f out,went moderate 4th inside final furlong
tracked leaders, looking for room briefly over 3f out, switched right and went 2nd over 2f out, ridden and no impression well over 1f out, no chance with winner, eased close home
mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off
The veteran KING OLAV won twice last year, including over 2m at Chelmsford last time. He should go close again in a weak selling handicap. Grand Facile was runner-up over track and trip recently and could also figure while Yul Finegold was winning off an 8lb higher mark early last year and Medicean Queen is another looking to the make the most of a slide down the weights. Ryan The Giant has plenty to find with the selection and the rest are even harder to recommend.
Yul Finegold (IRE) 66-1 (9-11) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 3f out, well beaten over 2f out, 9th of 11, 11l behind Pivot Bridge (10-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
King Olav (UAE) 7-1 (9-11) Led early, tracked leader, led again over 2f out, soon 2 lengths clear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Yasir (9-13) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
Grand Facile 25-1 (9-1) Clear with leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Miss Dusky Diva (8-13) at Lingfield 2m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Medicean Queen (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden inside final 2f, soon every chance until winner went on over 1f out, disputing held 2nd inside final furlong until no extra close home, 4th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Lobster Cocktail (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Lorelei 12-1 (9-4) Towards rear, pushed along 5f out, ridden over 2f out, never a factor, 7th of 9, 19 1/2l behind Lost The Moon (9-3) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Newtown Cross (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Towards rear, some headway over 2f out, soon carried head high and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 13, 7 3/4l behind Canadian Diamond (9-10) at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Twilight Angel 66-1 (9-10) Slowly away keen raced wide towards rear, outpaced halfway, 6th of 10, 25 3/4l behind Free Bounty (10-6) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Movie Magic 100-1 (10-12) Chased leaders on outside, weakening when not fluent 8th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out, at Plumpton 2m 5f mdn (5) sft in Jan.
Ryan The Giant 15-2 (8-10) Saddle slipped soon after start, always behind, lost touch 4f out, last of 12, dist behind Frivolous Prince (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Murraqib (USA) 20-1 (8-9) Outpaced and soon detached, weakened over 5f out, eased over 2f out, 8th of 9, dist behind Paladin (9-10) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
