hampered and slowly into stride, headway to chase leaders after about 1f, led 3f out, soon headed, led again briefly inside final furlong, no impression towards finish
mid-division, headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
mid-division, lost place over 5f out, headway and switched right 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
in touch, switched right 2f out, no impression
in rear, well behind over 4f out, tailed off
soon led, headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out
chasing leaders after 1f, outpaced over 2f out, plugged on final furlong
prominent, effort over 3f out, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace
in rear, some late headway, never involved
held up rear of mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon well beaten
veered left start, led early, chased leaders, ridden and kept on same pace from over 1f out
hampered start, held up towards rear, ridden on outside over 3f out, well beaten final 2f
Lord Howard scored on his only visit to the track in November and wasn't suited by Tapeta on his next start before pulling up on heavy ground over hurdles. Ember's Glow won here around this time a year ago and is on a lower mark despite scoring at Wolverhampton last month but DOUBLE LEGEND (NAP) was in fine form here early last year and is back on the same mark as when scoring in February. He will have needed his recent run after a break and can concede weight all round. Muraaqeb has won around here but is more of a Chelmsford specialist these days while Percy's Prince is better over further.
Double Legend (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 3 1/4l behind Be Fair (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Muraaqeb 4-1fav (9-7) Mid-division, headway when not clear run over 2f out, chasing leaders when hampered inside final furlong, faded, 8th of 11, 9 1/2l behind Necoleta (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Wally's Wisdom 10-1 (9-1) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no headway, 10th of 13, 13 1/4l behind Hussar Ballad (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in May.
Lord Howard (IRE) 18-1 (11-0) Mid-division, pushed along before 2 out, soon weakened, tailed off and pulled up, at Hereford 2m mdn (5) hvy in Jan.
Usanecolt (IRE) 11-1 (8-13) Towards rear, pulled up over 5f out, at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Fire Island 8-1 (9-3) In touch, pushed along and headway 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 13, 8 1/4l behind Gerry The Glover (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Percy's Prince 7-2 (8-10) Took keen hold, pressed leader, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, 7th of 10, 17l behind Continuum (9-11) at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Ember's Glow 11-2 (9-3) Tracked leader 4f, handy 3rd, went 2nd again over 1f out until inside final furlong, no extra in 4th final 100 yards, 4th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Capricorn Prince (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Jan.
Principia 150-1 (10-10) Always towards rear, struggling 4 out, tailed off after next, 6th of 12, dist behind Whitehotchillifili (10-10) at Wincanton 1m 7f (4) hvy in Dec.
Sir Dylan 9-2 (11-3) Often jumped right, waited with in rear, badly outpaced after 4 out, good headway into 2nd 3 out, edged left and led last, ridden clear, won at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp (4) gd in Apr beating Polo The Mumm (10-9) by 3 1/4l, 4 ran.
Rockstar Max (GER) 14-1 (9-0) Mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, soon ridden, never able to challenge, 8th of 15, 8 1/2l behind Cat Royale (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (6) pol in Jan.
Beechwood James (FR) 33-1 (9-0) Mid-division, driven over 3f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 11, 13 1/2l behind Calevade (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f stks (6) pol in Jan.
