held up off the pace towards rear, good headway on inside 2f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards
held up off the pace and always towards rear
led 2f, tracked leader, ridden to lead again approaching final furlong, driven and stayed on until headed and not pace of winner inside final 100 yards, just lost out in battle for 2nd
held up in mid-division, good headway out wide chasing leaders 3f out, came wide in home straight, ridden and every chance when hung left inside final furlong, just lost out in battle for 2nd
steadied start, held up off the pace in last trio, good headway out wide and rider delayed challenge until strong run inside final furlong, led inside final 100 yards, won going away, cleverly
raced keenly tracking leader, led 12f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, weakened inside final furlong
held up off the pace in mid-division, headway towards inside under pressure over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
raced keenly tracking leaders, weakened over 1f out
tracked leading pair out wide, went between horses over 1f out, ridden to challenge and squeezed through inside final furlong, stayed on same pace towards finish
steadied and switched left start, held up in rear, headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, just won battle for 2nd, never going pace of winner
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Prince Abu ended last year in good form and got off the mark when scoring over track and trip. But BEAT THE BREEZE has placed in both outings since also winning over course and distance in December and gets the vote having been beaten a length at Lingfield last week. Phoenix Aquilus won over a longer trip at Wolverhampton and is 3lb higher while Mukha Magic also drops down in distance but Deluxe Music is preferred with last month’s second here under her belt.
Mutarabby (IRE) 9-1 (9-10) Steadied start, off the pace in last pair, pushed along over 2f out, went modest 4th inside final furlong, never involved, 4th of 8, 8 1/4l behind Mercian Hymn (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Neverbeen To Paris (IRE) 7-1 (11-12) Held up, ridden and outpaced before 2 out, never a factor, 6th of 11, 16l behind Full Of Light (11-6) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in Dec.
Mukha Magic 11-4 (9-8) Chased winner, ridden 3f out, no extra, 4th of 7, 4 3/4l behind Riggsby (8-12) at Newcastle 2m hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Beat The Breeze 10-3 (9-11) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, 2nd and hanging left 1f out, carried right and lost 2nd inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 6, 3/4l behind Smith (9-5) at Lingfield 2m hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Phoenix Aquilus (IRE) 3-1 (10-1) Held up towards rear, headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Socially Shady (9-13) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
Dreaming Blue 9-1 (9-5) Tracked clear leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, no extra, 5th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Winklevi (10-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Kitten's Dream 50-1 (9-7) Held up, pushed along over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, no impression and beaten 2f out, last of 9, 13 1/4l behind Resumption (9-9) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Diaboleo (FR) 20-1 (10-0) Close up, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, no impression, 5th of 10, 10 3/4l behind Frankenstella (8-12) at Pontefract 2m 1f mdn hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Nataleena (IRE) 15-2 (9-4) Held up in last, pushed along over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out and soon beaten, 6th of 7, 31 3/4l behind Riggsby (9-0) at Newcastle 2m hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Prince Abu (IRE) 11-4fav (8-12) Slowly away, keen in rear, wide and headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, pushed out, won at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Party Planner (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Deluxe Music 7-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 6, 2 3/4l behind Carausius (9-6) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Lleyton (IRE) 12-1 (11-3) Mid-division, not fluent 5th, pushed along before 2 out, plugged on one pace, 6th of 11, 20 3/4l behind Planned Paradise (11-7) at Newcastle 2m hcp (5) gd in Dec.
