slowly away in rear, headway on inner 4f out, not clear run and dropped to rear 3f out, rallied final furlong
in touch, ridden over 1f out, headway inside final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, driven to chase winner inside final furlong, no impression and lost 2nd towards finish
close up, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out
towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, short lived effort 2f out
keen, raced wide in touch, headway to track leader 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on
led and soon 4 lengths clear, reduced lead over 4f out, headed over 3f out, soon lost touch
Lucky's Dream should have benefited for last month’s comeback run here having landed a double on the Turf last year. Rotherwick finally showed some improvement for a slide down the weights when third at Wolverhampton but had earlier finished behind WIMPOLE HALL when the latter scored over course and distance in November. William Jarvis’ charge struggled in much better company last time but gets another chance back at this level. Affluence has been in good form over further and won over 1m6f here earlier while Motawaafeq is fitted with headgear after hanging badly at Wolverhampton but has something to prove over this far as does Royal Big Night.
Wimpole Hall 7-1 (8-8) Awkwardly away, in touch, pushed along over 2f out, not trouble leaders, 6th of 7, 5 1/4l behind Just The Man (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Motawaafeq (FR) 11-1 (8-13) Raced wide in touch, hung right and weakened 2f out, last of 11, 16 1/4l behind Kaser (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Royal Big Night (USA) 14-1 (9-2) Hampered start, behind, plugged on past weakening rivals inside final furlong, never a factor, 4th of 10, 10 3/4l behind Rajinsky (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (4) hvy in Oct.
Philamundo (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Always behind, last of 12, 9 1/4l behind Samphire Coast (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Reponse Exacte (FR) 25-1 (8-10) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, never a factor, 7th of 10, 5l behind El Ghazwani (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Affluence (IRE) 5-1 (10-6) Steadied start, in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish, 4th of 12, 1l behind Giving Back (10-1) at Lingfield 2m hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Lucky's Dream 10-1 (9-6) Raced keenly, held up towards rear, not much room and checked over 2f out, headway travelling well when not clear run over 1f out, switched right when not clear run again well inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 4th of 14, 3 1/4l behind Admodum (8-11) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Abel Tasman 50-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, never on terms, 9th of 12, 8 1/4l behind Stormbomber (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Rotherwick (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Clem A (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
