prominent early, tracked leaders, every chance 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up in touch, effort over 3f out, not much room briefly over 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well
towards rear, ridden 3f out, some headway 2f out but never any chance
held up rear of mid-division, headway 3f out, went 3rd 1f out, kept on, unable to challenge
led early, prominent, led over 5f out, headed over 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off
prominent, led after 2f, headed over 5f out, weakened over 2f out
held up in touch, effort to lead over 3f out, headed inside final furlong, held by winner after, kept on
slowly away, behind, headway over 3f out, switched right and weakened over 2f out
soon led, headed after 2f, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up in mid-division, headway over 3f out, lost place over 2f out
prominent early, tracked leaders, in mid-division over 5f out, struggling over 3f out, tailed off
Mark Of Gold hasn’t won on the Flat since 2020 but has shown a big improvement over hurdles. TUDDENHAM GREEN has also been winning over timber and finished runner-up back on the Flat at Nottingham last month so Alan King’s charge is taken to go one better. Anisoptera scored over today’s trip at Kempton recently and Tibbie Dunbar was successful at the same track earlier in the year while Motazzen drops down in class on his return having slipped down the weights.
Motazzen (IRE) 25-1 (8-7) Soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened and eased over 1f out, last of 13, 23 3/4l behind Pons Aelius (8-3) at Kempton 2m hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Mark Of Gold 25-1 (11-6) Off the pace towards rear, headway into mid-division and pushed along turning in, plugged on in 7th run-in, never dangerous, 7th of 21, 6 1/4l behind Iroko (11-5) at Cheltenham 2m 4f hcp (2) sft in Mar.
Byron Hill (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Held up in rear of mid-division, never a factor, 8th of 11, 19 3/4l behind Coquelicot (9-5) at Nottingham 2m hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Tuddenham Green 85-40fav (9-2) Slowly away, held up in touch, steady headway going okay 3f out, ridden along over 1f out, went second inside final furlong, ran on but no match for winner, 2nd of 11, 4l behind Coquelicot (9-5) at Nottingham 2m hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Capstan 20-1 (9-5) Soon led, pushed along 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 3rd of 4, 12l behind Old Harrovian (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Apr.
Lusaka (IRE) 100-1 (8-10) Behind most of way, 11th of 15, 26 1/2l behind Mustazeed (9-1) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Tibbie Dunbar 15-2 (9-8) Held up in midfield, ridden 3f out, soon chased leaders, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Tralee Hills (9-13) at Bath 1m 6f hcp (5) gs in Apr.
Anisoptera (IRE) 7-2 (9-8) Last to break, held up in rear, not much room over 2f out, soon closed and switched right, led inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Argus (9-8) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Capone (GER) 8-1 (9-12) Keen in rear, headway when not clear run and switched right entering final furlong, ran on close home, 2nd of 7, shd behind Socially Shady (9-6) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Tin Fandango 11-1 (8-13) Close up on inner, ridden along rounding home turn, soon beaten, 10th of 11, 35 1/4l behind Coquelicot (9-5) at Nottingham 2m hcp (4) sft in Apr.
First Quest (USA) 11-1 (11-6) Mid-division, ridden behind leaders after 3 out, weakened after next, 5th of 11, 21 1/4l behind High Game Royal (11-7) at Chepstow 2m 3f hcp (4) gs in Apr.
