steadied start, held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, riden to lead over 1f out, soon headed and no chance with winner final furlong
raced keenly, held up in touch, led 4f out to over 1f out, soon one pace
tracked leaders to over 3f out, soon weakened
mid-division, with leader over 4f out, soon ridden, no headway 3f out and weakened quickly 2f out
raced keenly, held up in rear, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, drew clear inside final furlong and edged right towards finish
led, hung left and wide after 3f, stayed in lead, hung left and ran wide over 4f out, soon headed and weakened from 3f out
It will be interesting to see how Mike Murphy's Trempari performs on his flat racing debut having shown promise in all four starts in bumpers but he is likely to do better over further and preference is for KEY REGARD, who gets the verdict ahead of Wray Castle. Ian Williams has his team in good form and the four-year-old, who was well held on his only start in a bumper, made a promising debut on the flat when chasing home Eighteenfifty at Wolverhampton earlier this month. This faster track is not certain to suit the son of Desert Prince though and he may be best watched. Andrew Turnell's Scandal was a bumper winner here on his racecourse debut but failed to trouble the judge in two subsequent starts in that grade before making a promising first start on the flat when a creditable fourth behind Enlightenment here over 1m5f. He has to be considered and makes more appeal than Filun, who is proving to be expensive to follow. Tilly Shilling has a long absence to overcome, while Suhailah stepped up on her debut effort when a fair fifth last time but needs to improve again to trouble Key Regard. Jamie Osborne's colt is bred for speed but showed that this trip should hold no fears when staying on strongly behind Bromhead in a maiden here last month and, with further improvement to come for the run, he looks the one to beat.
Trempari 9-1 (10-13) Held up in rear, headway 9f out, ridden 5f out, weakened 4f out, 5th of 10, 16l behind The Panama Kid (10-11) at Southwell 2m nhf (6) gd in Oct (N.Hunt).
Filun 20-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden and one pace final 2f, 4th of 9, 8l behind Planetary Motion (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Dec.
Scandal 7-1 (9-3) Keen, held up in rear, improved to mid-division over 6f out, led 5f out, ridden over 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra towards finish, 4th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Enlightenment (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 5f mdn stk (5) pol.
Wray Castle (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon in touch, chased leader over 6f out, ridden 2f out, led entering final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 10, nk behind Eighteenfifty (9-6) at W'hampton 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol.
Tilly Shilling (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out, 9th of 15, 14l behind Dustoori (9-3) at Bath 1m 4f mdn stk (5) gd in Aug '07.
Key Regard (IRE) 10-1 (8-4) In rear, pushed along and headway 2f out, switched right inside final furlong, ran on to snatch 2nd post, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Bromhead (8-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stk (5) pol in Jan.
Suhailah 20-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed narrowly 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 4l behind Leo The Lion (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo mdn (5) pol.
