slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on, went 3rd well inside final furlong
chased leader until over 5f out, went 2nd again and edged left over 1f out, soon led, just held on
held up in rear, well beaten inside final 2f
chased leaders, pulled hard early, effort over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up, closed to chase leader over 5f out, lost 2nd and hung left over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, lost ground on inside 5f out, headway when not much room and switched right over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on, just held
went left and slowly into stride, always in rear
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra final 75 yards
Al Qaasim, the only four-year-old in the line-up, has changed stables after a couple of decent runs on Turf last summer. David O'Meara should find a race for him and the three-year-olds don't look up to much. Torrkee was well beaten into third at Chelmsford in November but G'DAAY caught the eye at Lingfield early in the month and could be the one to beat. Billy Mill didn't build on a promising debut at Newbury but Mick Channon's newcomer Danny Bleu is out of a mare who has had eight foals and six of them have won so it would be no surprise to see him continuing the family tradition.
Al Qaasim (IRE) 6-4fav (9-4) Slowly away soon recovered to track winner, ridden over 1f out, not pace of winner, 2nd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Campari (9-4) at Chepstow 1m mdn stks (5) gs in Jun.
Billy Mill 4-1 (9-5) Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 13, 10l behind Autumn Twilight (9-5) at Salisbury 7f stks (4) sft in Oct.
Danny Bleu (IRE) Clodovil colt out of Casual Remark.
G'daay 10-3 (9-5) Dwelt and went right start, towards rear, ridden and ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Shaqeeqa (9-0) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (6) pol in Mar.
Sennen Outstrip gelding out of Makara.
Torrkee (FR) 4-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden along 3 out, headway 2 out, no impression final furlong, 3rd of 6, 8l behind Potapova (8-12) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (3) pol in Nov.
Coatofmanycolours 100-1 (8-4) In rear, some late headway, no chance with leaders, 7th of 11, 11l behind Discomatic (8-9) at Chelmsford City 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Silent Flame 250-1 (8-7) In touch, pushed along over 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 10, 6 1/2l behind Fiordland (8-12) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (5) pol in Mar.
Dew You Believe (IRE) 40-1 (9-1) Dwelt, soon mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, well beaten final 2f, 12th of 14, 12 1/4l behind George Morland (9-1) at Kempton 7f stks (5) pol in Mar.