in touch, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on same pace
in touch, headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, not pace to challenge
keen tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, keeping on same pace when short of room near finish
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace
keen tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden out
held up in final trio, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
held up in final trio, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
raced wide in final trio, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
Difficult to be confident about any of these and a purely speculative vote goes to MONADREEN DANCER. She's yet to win a race but went very close when runner-up over C&D behind today's rival Crocodile Bay last time and is taken to reverse running. The latter has since ran poorly at Southwell, while Divine Rule has been well beaten in a couple of starts since landing a seller here last month. Cristaliyev is still looking for his first victory and so is Kucharova, but she's less exposed than the former and makes more appeal.
Cristaliyev 10-1 (8-10) Held up in touch, took keen hold, hampered over 1f out, not much room entering final furlong, stayed on same pace, 5th of 13, 4l behind Valley Tiger (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jan.
Saucy Buck (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, not pace to challenge, 6th of 12, 3l behind Shelagh (9-6) at Lingfield 7f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Nov.
Monadreen Dancer 13-2 (9-2) In touch, ridden and headway entering final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd near finish, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Crocodile Bay (8-10) at Lingfield 7f app hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.
Kucharova (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, hard driven over 4f out, kept on same pace final 2f, 7th of 11, 6l behind Super Duplex (9-7) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.
Divine Rule (IRE) 40-1 (8-4) Led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened under pressure over 1f out, 8th of 9, 14l behind Spinning Ridge (9-1) at Kempton 1m clm stks (6) pol in Jan.
Crocodile Bay (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Mid-division, weakened 2f out, 8th of 14, 10l behind Fluctuation (9-8) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jan.
Batchworth Blaise 11-1 (8-10) Held up in early stages and keen, headway on outside to chase leading pair over 5f out, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after, last of 7, 9l behind Querido (9-0) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Jan.
My Jeanie (IRE) 20-1 (8-8) Held up towards rear on inside, never on terms, 8th of 13, 9l behind Diplomatic (9-3) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-52 (6) pol in Jan.
Graceful Spirit 4-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Dannios (8-7) at Yarmouth 1m mdn hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jun.