in touch, ridden and headway to chase leaders and every chance 2f out, stayed on to 2nd towards finish, no impression on winner
ran in snatches towards rear, pushed along halfway, never in contention
led, ridden and joined 2f out, headed over 1f out, no impression when lost 2nd towards finish
always towards rear, never involved
chased leaders, pused along 3f out, weakened over 1f out
took keen hold, chased leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
always in rear, driven on wide outside over 2f out, never a factor
mid-division and pushed along at various stages, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven clear
towards rear when not much room on inside and hit rail over 9f out, looked well beaten over 3f out, taken to outside and kept on again inside final furlong, no threat
raced 5 wide in touch, ridden and stayed on same pace over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, raced awkwardly and weakened well over 2f out
Dynastic's first attempt at today's trip doesn't boost confidence as he was still beaten 10 lengths despite finishing third but Bounty Seeker's third to Ed De Gas looks better now with the latter having won again since. Dartford makes his handicap debut and had earlier finished runner-up to Marco Botti's Grey Mirage, who has subsequently gone in again, and Botti runs SPANISH WEDDING today. He'll relish the longer trip after finishing second over a mile at this track in December and gets the tentative vote. Welsh Nayber and stablemate Bramshill Lass, Romantic and Flying Trader can also be given a chance in a wide-open race.
Spanish Wedding 11-4 (9-3) Chased leader, led inside final 2f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 13, 3/4l behind Lancaster Gate (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
Dynastic 5-1 (8-7) Prominent, ridden and every chance 2f out, outpaced by leading pair from over 1f out, 3rd of 10, 10l behind Splendid Light (9-13) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Bounty Seeker (USA) 9-2 (9-7) Led early, tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 6, 2 3/4l behind Ed De Gas (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Dartford (USA) 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, effort over 1f out, soon lost place, 5th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Almuftarris (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol.
Dollar Bill 20-1 (9-3) Always in rear, last of 8, 11l behind Freddy Q (9-3) at Goodwood 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Sep.
Bramshill Lass 9-2 (9-6) Tracked leader, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 5, 4l behind Next Cry (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Titus Star (IRE) 11-8fav (8-13) Disputed 2nd, ridden 3f out, soon chased clear winner, kept on same pace, no impression final 2f, 2nd of 3, 6l behind Rio Grande (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Romantic (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Prominent, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 14, 9l behind Handsome Man (9-3) at Yarmouth 1m 2yo mdn (5) sft in Oct.
Flying Trader (USA) 5-1 (8-7) Held up in 3rd, effort 2f out, soon ridden, one pace when slightly hampered 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 2 3/4l behind Theturnofthesun (8-13) at Kempton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) pol.
Beauchamp Castle 9-1 (8-7) Held up in rear, headway on outside over 4f out, chased leaders over 2f out, kept on well final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Apothecary (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Harry Buckle 13-2 (9-6) Mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, soon one pace, 4th of 10, 7l behind Miss Cato (8-12) at Yarmouth 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gs.
Welsh Nayber 15-2 (9-7) Prominent, led approaching 2f out, soon hung left, clear when jinked left and hit rail inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Yarmouth 1m 2f 2yo hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Oct beating Istan Star (8-13) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.
