led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
raced wide, tracked leaders, lost place and in touch 9f out, pushed along 3f out, kept on past beaten horses over 1f out
in rear, soon pushed along, reminders 9f out, soon struggling and behind
tracked leaders, chased leader over 4f out, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, comfortable
close up, tracked leaders 4f out, pushed along to chase clear winner 2f out, no impression
tracked leader, pushed along 5f out, weakened over 2f out
Withdrawn
Yagan won over track and trip in August but was no match for the winner back here last time. Bugle Major also found one too good when placed yet again at Wolverhampton on his latest start while Omega has been hurdling though won on the Flat when trained in France. CHENG GONG has been competing over timber for some time now but won an amateurs' race when last seen on the level and gets a token vote debuting on the all-weather.
Bugle Major (USA) 3-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, held up in last trio, rapid headway out wide tracking leader 6f out, led over 3f out, went clear 3f out until ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 3 3/4l behind Victory March (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Yagan (IRE) 4-1 (9-9) Mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 11, 5l behind Vaynor (9-8) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Cheng Gong 50-1 (11-12) Led, headed 4th, tracked leaders, ridden 4 out, weakened next, pulled up 2 out, at Leicester 2m 4f hcp (5) hvy in Dec.
Ehteyat (GER) 5-2 (9-5) Always in rear, well beaten over 2f out, last of 11, 30 1/2l behind Mountain Queen (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Lovers' Lane (IRE) 14-1 (9-11) Pulled hard, mid-division, driven over 2f out, no impression, 10th of 12, 11 1/2l behind Haku (9-9) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Go Fox 28-1 (11-0) Pressed winner until 5th, ridden and weakened 4 out, soon behind and pulled up, at Leicester 2m 4f (4) hvy in Dec.
Omega (GER) 25-1 (11-6) Always towards rear, made no impression, 5th of 7, 22 1/4l behind Yellowstone Park (11-2) at Leicester 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Dec.