held up in rear, headway to chase leaders well over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish
chased leaders, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied and every chance closing stages, kept on
with leader, led 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in touch, outpaced over 4f out, lost place over 3f out
steadied in rear, headway over 2f out, switched left to challenge when not clear run over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead close home
led, soon joined, driven over 3f out, headed 2f out, no extra final furlong
CARNWENNAN won the consolation race for Northumberland Plate over track and trip last summer and returned to form with a neck defeat at Kempton recently. He may prove best in a tight contest with a similar effort. Cosmelli won the Northumberland Plate back in 2018 and was scoring for the first time since when successful over a shorter trip at Chelmsford while Smart Champion has failed to reproduce last year’s second in the Cesarewitch Trial at Newmarket. Padleyourowncanoe has won both starts since returning to the Flat though has been raised 11lb after winning easily at Southwell while Sir Chauvelin faced a tough task in a conditions race here in December and has won over hurdles subsequently.
Sir Chauvelin 5-1 (11-7) Held up behind, outpaced after 4 out, ridden and headway into 4th before 2 out, kept on, no chance with front trio, 4th of 9, 8 1/2l behind Sebastopol (11-9) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (2) gs in Feb.
Carnwennan (IRE) 12-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, effort 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead narrowly inside final furlong, headed near finish, 2nd of 11, nk behind All Yours (9-7) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Cosmelli (ITY) 7-1 (9-4) Soon led, headed after 2f, led 11f out, headed 10f out, remained handy, led over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (3) pol in Feb beating Lady Bergamot (9-6) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Ship Of The Fen 18-1 (11-4) Tracked leaders, outpaced before 3 out, weakened after next, 6th of 14, 21 1/2l behind Polish (11-4) at Ludlow 2m 5f mdn (4) gs in Feb.
Billy Ray 11-2 (11-5) Held up in rear, mistakes 2nd and 5th, pushed along and short-lived effort 3 out, 5th of 8, 20l behind Off The Beat (11-5) at Newcastle 2m (4) sft in Jan.
Smart Champion 7-2 (9-12) Slowly into stride, held up off the pace in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, never going pace to reach 1st 2, 3rd of 8, 4 3/4l behind Vibrance (8-12) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Padleyourowncanoe 6-5fav (8-13) Pressed leader, led 4f out, ridden 2f out, clear over 1f out, in no danger after, easily, won at Southwell 2m 2f hcp (4) pol in Feb beating Tynecastle Park (9-5) by 10l, 5 ran.
