slowly into stride, held up in rear, switched right off rail entering final 4f, smooth headway into 3rd 3f out, 2nd 2f out, led over 1f out, clear when shaken up entering final furlong, pushed out, easily
led until ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, no extra and just held on for 3rd
soon chasing leaders on outside, pushed along and weakened 4f out
tracked leader, pushed along 4f out, lost 2nd and unable to quicken 2f out, went 2nd again inside final furlong and kept on but no chance with easy winner
held up in last pair, pushed along over 3f out, ridden well over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong, almost snatched 3rd
tracked leaders, weakened 3f out
Sgt Recklesss has won a couple of all-weather bumpers over 2m and makes his debut on the Flat. He should run well but the returning BELROG may prove too good. The latter was making steady progress up until April last year and finished ahead of a subsequent winner when runner-up over track and trip. He has the beating of Shadows Ofthenight and My Anchor on handicap ratings but Millionaires Row could prove a bigger threat stepping up in trip for this. Centralized and Willshebetrying have shown little so far.
Sgt Reckless 33-1 (11-7) In touch, dropped rear 4out, outpaced next, 5th of 6, 43l behind Faugheen (11-7) at Kempton 2m hdl G1 (1) gs in Dec.
Belrog 6-4fav (9-5) Tracked leader, left in lead over 9f out, headed 8f out, led again 2f out, ridden 2 lengths clear 1f out, headed and kept on one pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Morning Watch (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Centralized 66-1 (9-2) Held up in touch, ridden and lost place over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 6, 13l behind Silver Mountain (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
My Anchor 6-1fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept kept on under pressure final furlong, not reached leaders, 4th of 16, 1 1/2l behind Ahoy There (8-13) at Nottingham 1m 2yo hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Oct '13.
Millionaires Row (USA) 6-1 (9-0) In touch, outpaced over 2f out, not trouble leaders, 5th of 7, 7l behind Salmon Sushi (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Shadows Ofthenight (IRE) 4-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out, no impression, 6th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Miss Macnamara (9-9) at Ayr 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep.
Willshebetrying 100-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden and outpaced 2f out, never dangerous, last of 10, 20l behind Sweeping Up (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn (5) pol in Sep.
