in rear, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong until weakened and lost 2 places towards finish
made all, ridden inside final furlong, kept on well
held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong to take 3rd place towards finish
mid-division, weakened final furlong
tracked winner until ridden inside final furlong, kept on to regain 2nd place near finish, no impression
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, effort over 1f out, never dangerous
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
towards rear, effort over 1f out, never dangerous
Royal Opera House steps down to 6f for the first time but made all over 7f at Chelmsford in December with the rest nowhere and should go well. Alkashaaf finished ahead of Zamjar and Erissimus Maximus in a void race at Chelmsford last time and the first two had won over track and trip before that while Blue Bahia is a recent maiden winner upped in class. Hemingway is worth noting on his reappearance and Kamra has slipped down the weights but WICK POWELL won the Listed Two-Year-Old Trophy at Redcar in October and, with a pipe-opener at Southwell under his belt, he gets the vote to come good again.
Royal Opera House (IRE) 5-1 (9-1) Raced keenly, made all, clear over 1f out, ridden out, unchallenged, won at Chelmsford City 7f mdn stks (6) pol in Dec beating Shadow Beauty (8-13) by 7l, 10 ran.
Dazacam 10-1 (9-11) Bumped start, held up in touch, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 3rd post, 3rd of 6, 4l behind Major Jumbo (9-7) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Wick Powell 11-10fav (9-7) Tracked leading pair, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind Gracious Tom (8-8) at Southwell 5f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Zamjar 10-3 (9-7) In touch and keen, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on, won at Newcastle 6f (4) pol in Dec beating Juan Horsepower (9-10) by 3l, 5 ran.
Alkashaaf (USA) 9-4fav (9-9) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Newcastle 6f hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Jack Flash (9-8) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Hemingway (IRE) 12-1 (8-11) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 18, 6l behind Stormy Clouds (8-9) at York 6f stks (2) gf in Aug.
Kamra (USA) 16-1 (9-4) Tracked winner until over 3f out, 2nd again over 2f out, ridden and tried to challenge over 1f out, one pace and readily held when hung left inside final furlong, just held on for 2nd, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Marquee Club (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Erissimus Maximus (FR) 15-8fav (9-11) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, 3rd over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, no impression on winner, 2nd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Major Jumbo (9-4) at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Blue Bahia (IRE) 9-2 (8-9) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Wolverhampton 7f mdn fll stks (5) pol in Feb beating Rutherford (8-9) by 2l, 5 ran.
Whatsthemessage (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 8 1/4l behind Bazwind (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
