held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led until over 2f out, rallied approaching final furlong, kept on same pace
tracked leader, led over 2f out, quickened clear inside final furlong, easily
chased leaders, hard driven over 3f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, took keen hold in midfield, lost place over 3f out, soon beaten
green in rear, soon detatched, tailed off
chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, faded final furlong
Harbour Law was second on his debut in an ordinary all-weather maiden at Lingfield last month but Forth Bridge was well beaten when third at Nottingham. Afnaan was very green when disappointing over a mile at Lingfield in November but there is nothing in his pedigree to suggest he'll stay this far. REAL DOMINION showed promise last season and was beaten under two lengths over 1m3f in a handicap at Kempton on his reappearance. This looks a good opportunity to get off the mark, though the New Approach colt Kesselring would not need to be anything special to play a part.
Afnaan 3-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, pushed along 3f out, green and well beaten over 1f out, 8th of 11, 9 1/4l behind Kummiya (9-5) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Forth Bridge 25-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, under pressure well over 2f out, soon beaten, 3rd of 4, 8l behind Coroberee (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f mdn stks (5) sft in Apr.
Harbour Law 20-1 (9-5) Close up, pushed along 4f out, ridden to chase winner entering final 2f, kept on one pace, 2nd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Shoofly (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Kesselring New Approach colt out of Anna Oleanda.
Mister Showman Showcasing gelding out of Theatre Royal.
Pause For Applause Royal Applause gelding out of Zarkavean.
Real Dominion (USA) 13-2 (9-4) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd last strides, 3rd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Prince Of Arran (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Apr.