set steady gallop, ridden and quickened pace 2f out, joined inside final furlong, ridden, edged right and ran on gamely near finish
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace
tracked winner, ridden 2f out, joined winner inside final furlong, driven and every chance until no extra near finish
raced wide, held up in touch, ridden and outpaced 2f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong
raced keen early, held up in touch, not much room 4f out, ridden and slightly outpaced 2f out, driven and kept on inside final furlong
keen, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
With Doncaster re-opening in August this will be the last running of the Doncaster Mile at Lingfield and it can go the way of Richard Hannon's Orchard Supreme, with Bomber Command and Banknote the two to lay it down to the selection. Already a course and distance winner, the selection was held up to get a longer trip last time out and now back over a mile, he could be hard to beat if getting the splits at the right time. Neardown Beauty was only half a length behind the selection when last seen back in November and aimed at this race for a while, he must be a live danger for a jockey he gets on well with. Banknote is consistent and is pretty adaptable in terms of tactics over this, his optimum trip, so he certainly has a chance of winning the race fr the second year in a row for trainer Andrew Balding. Impeller has been over in Dubai but is better over ten furlongs so this drop in trip is unlikely to suit, so of more interest may be Bomber Command who is ultra-consistent however there is just the doubt that a truly run mile stretches his stamina slightly. Chicken Soup looked unlucky last time out when he didn't get the gap but this looks harder so we will oppose him, and return to Richard Hannon's Orchard Supreme as the selection.
Banknote 8-1co-fav (9-10) Slowly into stride, headway and weaved through over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong nearest finish, 5th of 16, 1 1/2l behind Killena Boy (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcap (2) pol in Sept.
Bomber Command (USA) 7-2 (9-3) Mid-division, headway on inside over 2f out, ridden 1f out, hung right towards finish, ran on, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Orchard Supreme (9-8) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-105 (2) pol.
Chicken Soup 5-2 (9-3) Tracked leaders, not clear run over 1f out, hampered inside final furlong, no chance after, 4th of 6, 1l behind Weightless (9-0) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) pol.
Impeller (IRE) 11-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, held up, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on well, 3rd of 12, 4 1/2l behind Watamu (8-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.
Orchard Supreme 20-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, headway final furlong, never nearer, 8th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Gentleman's Deal (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) pol.
Neardown Beauty (IRE) 11-2 (8-9) Held up, ridden to challenge 2f out, every chance 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd post, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Orchard Supreme (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Nov.
