slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, headway on outside chasing leaders 4f out, went 2nd inside final 3f, led 2f out, headed inside final furlong, ridden and lost 2nd 100 yards out, eased and lost 4th towards finish
held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, went never nearer 4th towards finish
held up early, good headway into 2nd 9f out, led 5f out, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened 2f out
chased leaders early until lost place 9f out, behind and never on terms after, kept on final furlong
steadied and switched left start, held up and behind, never involved
held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd final 100 yards, no chance with winner, lost 2nd post
chased leader 1f, chased leaders, not clear run on inside over 2f out, switched right inside final 2f, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on
held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, kept on towards finish, went 2nd post, no chance with winner
raced keenly, went 2nd after 1f until 9f out, 2nd again over 4f out, led 3f out until 2f out, chased leaders, hung left and weakened over 1f out
led 7f, chased leaders, weakened 4f out, tailed off
ATTAIN bids to win this under Simon Walker for the third year in succession. He has every chance of doing so back on a winning mark after running well here the last twice. Proceed has been in fine form over shorter trips at Wolverhampton and headgear is applied for the first time today having gone close again last time while Pivotal Flame won here on her penultimate start and is partnered by a leading amateur today. Country'n'western scored over 1m6f at Southwell last month and seems best on that surface while Strictly Art is another dropping back down in trip on the back of a string of placed efforts.
Country'n'western (FR) 8-11fav (9-5) Raced wide held up well in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, plugged on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no threat, 2nd of 6, 13l behind Vivernus (9-6) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Take Two 20-1 (9-3) Tracked leader until pushed along approaching 2f out, faded inside final furlong, last of 5, 5 1/2l behind Fearsome (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Blame Me Forever (USA) 14-1 (9-4) Slowly away, last pair, never a factor, 10th of 13, 8 1/2l behind Point In Time (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Strictly Art (IRE) 16-1 (10-0) Held up last, headway chasing leaders 5f out, went 2nd over 4f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Dazzling Rock (9-6) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Mouchee (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Raced wide held up, headway 3f out, chased leader 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec beating Tommy Docc (9-11) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Pivotal Flame (IRE) 3-1cfav (9-10) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 5th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Global Wonder (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
French Mix (USA) 11-1 (10-8) Awkwardly away, soon mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out,, 5th of 13, 5 1/4l behind Mr Red Clubs (10-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Attain 8-1 (9-10) Slowly away pushed along in rear, wide and headway 3f out, ridden to chase leader 2f out, led approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Pivotal Flame (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Proceed (IRE) 11-4 (9-5) Chased leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, headed post, 2nd of 11, hd behind Perfect Refuge (9-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (5) pol in Jan.
Aegeus (IRE) 50-1 (9-3) Led, headed well over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, eased final furlong, 12th of 13, 27 1/2l behind Lucky's Dream (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
