pulled hard, tracked leader, weakened over 2f out
towards rear, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out and one pace
behind, not clear run going well inside final 2f, switched right run on strongly final furlong, unlucky
held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, slightly outpaced, ran on again inside final furlong
always behind
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, ran on just held close home
steady start, in rear, headway 2f out, ran on strongly on outside final furlong nearest finish
prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on under pressure, held on well close home
in touch, effort 2f out, not quicken over 1f out and soon one pace
tracked leaders to over 3f out, soon weakened
always towards rear, well behind final 2f
in touch until weakened 2f out
fought hard in rear, never dangerous
Nonrunner
Quest On Air, Iamback and Halcyon Magic are the three for the shortlist here and we will give the vote to Quest On Air. The selection hasn't won for close to two years but he put up a cracking effort last time when narrowly beaten by Little Richard over this trip at Wolverhampton. That was his best run for some time and if he can run up to that level here then he should take the world of beating. Iamback is no world beater but he is capable of winning in this grade even though he was a little disappointing last time. He tackles this trip for the first time today and if he gets home then he holds every chance, but as his ability to stay this far is not yet proven we are happy to take him on. Halcyon Magic finished behind our selection last time and he never really settled that day. All his best form is over shorter so his failure to settle over this trip would have to be a concern and if he races in the same vein today then he will find it hard to win. Neptune is from a shrewd yard and he has won over course and distance so he is another worth consideration, but for the winner we will stick with Quest On Air.
Halcyon Magic 11-2 Chased leader, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 12, 3l behind Little Richard at W'hampton 1m 4f stk (H5) pol.
La Gitana 20-1 Held up behind, under pressure 6f out, soon beaten, 11th of 12, 20l behind Quel Fontenailles at Lingfield 1m 5f amt hcp (F4) pol.
Neptune 4-1 Always towards rear, 7th of 13, 17l behind Johnny Alljays at W'hampton 1m 6f stk pol.
Nutley Queen (IRE) 13-2 Broke well, soon steadied, ridden over 2f out, stayed on from over 1f out, never dangerous, 6th of 11, 5l behind Confuzed at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn clm (H5) pol in Feb.
Quest On Air 5-1co-fav Chased leaders, led over 2f out, soon ridden, headed and not quicken inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Little Richard at W'hampton 1m 4f stk (H5) pol.
Buchanan Street (IRE) 9-1 Held up rear, ridden over 3f out, no impression, 5th of 9, 13l behind Reggae Rhythm at W'hampton 2m 1f stk (H5) pol.
