held up in touch, headway over 1f out, squeezed through to challenge on inside entering final furlong, kept on same pace closing stages
chased leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, strongly challenged throughout final 75 yards, held on gamely (placed 2nd)
held up in last, switched to wide outside on bend well over 1f out, no impression approaching final furlong, eased
prominent, joined leader halfway, led well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied and every chance throughout final 75 yards, just failed (awarded race)
held up in touch, carried wide on bend well over 1f out, headway approaching final furlong, never nearer
set steady pace, joined halfway, quickened over 3f out, headed well over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong
FEARSOME (NAP) has notched-up a four-timer including three victories over course and distance and may not have finished winning yet. Nick Littmoden’s charge has a further rise in the weights to contend with but there looked plenty more left in the tank last time and he gets the vote having already beaten subsequent winner Technological by five lengths. Cosmeapolitan looks a bigger threat back over this longer trip having found the useful Pactolus too good over 1m2f here last month while Kempton winner Exceeding Power makes more appeal than both Eddystone Rock and Petite Jack.
Cosmeapolitan 9-2 (9-2) Held up in rear, driven and wide into straight, headway inside final furlong, ridden and ran on to take 2nd near finish, not reach winner, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Pactolus (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Petite Jack 33-1 (10-12) Mid-division in well strung out field, headway 3 out, chased winner 2 out, no impression, lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 16, 27 3/4l behind Howling Milan (10-12) at Newbury 2m (4) gd in Jan.
Fearsome Evensfav (9-4) Held up 3rd, progress over 1f out, pushed along to lead inside final furlong, readily, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jan beating Three Weeks (9-7) by 1l, 4 ran.
Exceeding Power 16-1 (9-0) Led early, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on, lost 3rd inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Caspar The Cub (8-11) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Eddystone Rock (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace from over 1f out, no impression, 6th of 8, 5l behind Busy Street (9-0) at Newcastle 2m hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Technological 9-4fav (9-6) Tracked leader, led approaching final furlong, all out, just held on, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Red Force One (9-8) by ns, 9 ran.
