made all, went clear 2nd until 4th, went clear again 4 out, driven and stayed on gamely, unchallenged
not fluent 1st, held up in last pair, closer out wide before 3 out, went 2nd before 2 out, ridden and no impression between last two, hung right run-in, no chance with winner
chased winner until after 4 out, weakened next, soon behind, tailed off
wandered into 1st, raced keenly and always in rear, tailed off 3 out, pulled up soon after
raced keenly tracking leaders, flattened and weakened 2 out
raced in 3rd, went 2nd after 4 out until before 2 out, ridden and no extra in 3rd run-in
Four-times winning hurdler Totterdown was competing at a high level when last seen though that was almost three years ago. DR T J ECKLEBURG (NAP) also return after a break but looked smart when completing a double at the beginning of the year before pulling too hard on his hat-trick bid in a Class 2 handicap at Ascot. Purple King wins when the mood takes him and is on a fair mark with his rider's claim taken into consideration but What Will Be is likely to need this after a long break. At A Pinch returned to action in February with a victory at Huntingdon but disappointed at Newbury next time while Good Impression is up 8lb for last month's Ffos Las victory though is rider's claim takes care of most of that.
Totterdown 6-1 (10-8) Raced keenly, led, went clear after 2nd, reduced lead 4 out, headed 3 out, weakened quickly, 5th of 8, 30 1/4l behind Rockadenn (10-11) at Taunton 2m hcp (2) hvy in Feb.
Dr T J Eckleburg (IRE) 5-1 (11-12) Rear mid-division, pushed along home turn, chased leaders before 2 out, ridden and weakened after last, 8th of 12, 10 3/4l behind Krypton Gold (10-10) at Ascot 2m hcp fll (2) gd in Mar.
Purple King (IRE) 16-1 (11-10) Prominent, ridden home turn and gradually weakened, 5th of 7, 13 3/4l behind Caramelised (12-0) at Plumpton 2m hcp (3) gd in Oct.
What Will Be (IRE) 6-1 (9-13) Restrained towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway on inside 2f out, weakened close home, 6th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Master Milliner (9-5) at Bath 1m 5f hcp (6) gs in Sep.
At A Pinch 9-2 (10-6) Towards rear, headway 3 out, ridden and kept on same pace, 6th of 10, 14 1/4l behind Malakahna (10-11) at Newbury 2m (4) gd in Apr.
Good Impression 7-2 (10-11) Towards rear, headway into close 3rd home turn, led going well after 3 out, shaken up before last, pushed out run-in, always in command, won at Ffos Las 2m hcp (5) gs in Oct beating Colonial Empire (11-3) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.
