tracked leader, led 2f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, stayed on
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
held up in touch, effort entering final furlong, not much room, ridden and not quicken towards finish
in touch, hampered and lost place after 1f, towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway entering final furlong, ran on to lead post
close up, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed post
always in rear
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, headway going well over 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, not quicken near finish
in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out
The Lock Master won well on the Fibresand at Southwell last time and also has winning form on this surface in Ireland. Destiny Of A Diva won her maiden here earlier in the month and is probably open to a little improvement while Querido has been in terrific form for Gary Brown, winning his last four starts at the track. He can't be left out of calculations but the handicapper may have given VEROON a chance to break his duck on the all-weather. James Given's five-year-old was just beaten off this mark over C&D in October and didn't have much luck in running at Kempton last time.
Brouhaha 8-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Porgy (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Beetuna (IRE) 7-2fav (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway going well over 3f out, not much room and squeezed through 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 4l behind West End Lad (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov.
Lay Claim (USA) 11-4 (9-8) Held up towards rear, effort on wide outside over 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off, last of 10, well behind Dontpaytheferryman (8-7) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Dec.
The Lock Master (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Raced wide, chased leaders, challenged 3f out, led 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, ridden out, won at Southwell 1m hacp 0-70 (5) fbs beating Exopuntia (8-9) by 2 3/4l, 7 ran.
Veroon (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) Held up mid-division in 4th, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, no extra last 100 yards, 4th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Kidlat (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
General Tufto 25-1 (9-5) Held up, headway 4f out, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 8, 16l behind McConnell (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Destiny Of A Diva 3-1 (9-7) With leader, pushed along over 2f out and slightly outpaced, rallied to take 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong kept on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol beating Riot Police (8-5) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
Loyalty 5-4fav (9-5) Led early, tracked leading pair, ridden to challenge 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 5, 4 1/2l behind Miereveld (8-7) at Southwell 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Dec.
Querido (GER) 5-4fav (9-6) Tracked leaders, led 2f out, soon hard driven, stayed on strongly, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Dec beating Love In The Park (9-1) by 4l, 6 ran.
Postman 7-2fav (8-9) Soon behind and pushed along, 9th of 14, 17l behind Know No Fear (8-8) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Oct.
Just Timmy Marcus 5-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 6l behind Sunset Kitty (9-4) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
