chased leaders, pushed along 6f out, soon outpaced
steadied start, held up in rear, headway on inside over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, switched right 2f out, stayed on from over 1f out to lead near finish
tracked leader until 12f out, tracked leaders, led narrowly halfway, ridden and joined 2f out, headed over 1f out, chased leader until no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders,2nd over 3f out, challenged 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, soon no extra in 3rd
led until halfway, chased leader until over 3f out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
held up, headway tracking leaders halfway, edged left over 2f out, ridden and stayed on from over 1f out, led well inside final furlong until near finish
chased leaders until lost place and in rear over 6f out, plugged on final 2f
tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, weakened under pressure inside final 3f
Nonrunner
Arthur's Queen won a couple of minor races in France but has shown nothing over hurdles but Jolly Roger would have a chance on his close second to Taste The Wine here in June and the winner runs in division one. JEZZA has produced a couple of fair runs at Kempton and scored at Newbury the last time he ran on Turf in 2014. This won't take much winning and he can get back to winning ways. Madame Lafite will be better for last month's run at Kempton, her first since July. Fuzzy Logic won a selling hurdle here in September but has been well beaten at that level in two subsequent starts while Tarakkom has run moderately since landing a Kempton handicap in January.
Arthur's Queen (FR) 20-1 (10-12) Held up in rear, ridden 5 out, mistake next, soon beaten, behind when pulled up after 2 out, at Exeter 2m 6f hcp (5) hvy in Dec.
Jezza 6-1 (9-6) Held up in 7th, headway on wide outside tracking leaders over 6f out, led on outside briefly 2f out, soon headed, chased winner and no impression final furlong, 2nd of 9, 5l behind Wolf Of Windlesham (9-3) at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Madame Lafite 13-2 (9-6) Chased leaders on outside, led over 13f out until 9f out, chased leaders, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 6 1/2l behind Snow Conditions (9-10) at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Tarakkom (FR) 11-2 (9-1) Led, ridden and joined 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 6th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Missandei (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Blue Top 14-1 (9-1) Started very slowly, always behind, tailed off, 11th of 13, dist behind Guards Chapel (9-12) at Bath 2m 1f hcp (6) gs in Apr.
Fuzzy Logic (IRE) 5-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, last before 3 out, well beaten next, went 3rd last, 3rd of 4, 19l behind Filatore (11-0) at Ffos Las 2m 4f (5) sft in Apr.
Lean Burn (USA) 28-1 (8-7) Behind, headway on outside over 1f out, never troubled leaders, 7th of 13, 8 1/2l behind Guards Chapel (9-12) at Bath 2m 1f hcp (6) gs in Apr.
Virgil Earp 20-1 (8-7) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden and one pace over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 13, 8 3/4l behind Beausant (9-4) at Bath 1m 4f hcp (6) sft in Apr.
Jolly Roger (IRE) 66-1 (10-0) Held up, outpaced after 3 out, well beaten next, 10th of 14, 26 3/4l behind Minellaforleisure (11-0) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp (3) gd in Apr.
