held up and behind, headway and wide on home turn, chased leaders and hung left over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders on inside, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after
mid-division on inside, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, short-lived effort towards inside over 1f out, weakened final furlong
soon settled in mid-division, smooth headway tracking leaders 3f out, bit wide on home turn, edged left and stayed on same pace inside final furlong
keen in mid-division, lost place and towards rear 4f out, hung left and moderate headway inside final furlong
tracked leaders on inside, switched right and went 2nd inside final 2f, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on, all out
always rear-division, never on terms
held up towards rear, good headway between horses over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd 100 yards out and closed, not reach winner
led over 6f, chased leader until 4f out, weakened and behind final 2f
started very slowly and reluctant in rear, latched on to back of field 9f out, rapid headway to lead over 6f out, headed over 2f out, hung left and weakened rapidly over 1f out
tracked leaders, went 2nd 4f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards
Few make any appeal and River Dart was upped in trip when finally winning on the all-weather with a victory over 2m at Kempton. He still should go well again and confirm running with fourth-placed Capricorn Prince but CHENG GONG is preferred having placed in all four outings on the all-weather since winning at Yarmouth in October, including a close-up third over today’s distance at Kempton last time when Billy Star was well beaten. The remainder are harder to recommend though Ramatuelle, a winner over 1m2f, looks worth another try over this longer trip.
Global Wonder (IRE) 33-1 (9-4) Awkward start, towards rear, well beaten over 2f out, hampered over 1f out, 10th of 13, 9l behind Alvaro (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
River Dart (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway on inside chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on to lead near finish, won at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Jan beating Accessor (9-7) by nk, 14 ran.
Cheng Gong 11-8fav (9-3) Raced keenly, held up mid-division, headway to lead after 3f, headed over 7f out, tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on, just held, 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Muraaqeb (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Hidden Pearl 16-1 (9-7) Awkwardly away and pushed along early, held up and behind, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, never a factor, 7th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Windsorlot (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Ramatuelle 33-1 (9-5) In touch in mid-division, not clear run over 2f out, effort and hung left over 1f out, kept on, 5th of 13, 1 3/4l behind Subliminal (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Capricorn Prince 13-2 (9-0) Chased leader, hung right from over 2f out, led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd and weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 14, 3 1/2l behind River Dart (9-5) at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Miniature Daffodil (IRE) 150-1 (11-0) Held up behind, pushed along after 4 out, weakened next, tailed off when pulled up after 2 out, at Hereford 2m (4) gd in Nov.
Billy Star 13-2 (8-8) Held up mid-division, lost place over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, never a threat, 6th of 8, 7l behind Muraaqeb (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Estibdaad (IRE) 33-1 (9-9) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 7 3/4l behind Kybosh (9-12) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (7) pol in Feb.
Duhr (IRE) 66-1 (8-7) Went left and slowly into stride, behind and ridden along, some headway on outside 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 13, 16 1/2l behind Rocksette (8-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jul.
Lottie Deno 9-1 (8-12) Virtually refused to race, detached throughout, last of 9, dist behind Elusif (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
