held up, headway 4f out, chased leader over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
keen, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
led, ridden 2f out, pressed inside final furlong, headed towards finish
raced wide, close up, ridden over 4f out, soon dropped to rear, not a danger after
always in rear, ridden over 3f out, no impression
ROYAL MARKSELL landed a double at the track in December and wasn't far away when third here on his latest visit. He looks more likely to score off his current mark than Gabrial The Duke, who is now 8lb higher than his course and distance win earlier in the month. The latter has the beating of both Royal Peculiar and Toto Skyllachy on collateral form, however, while Wolverhampton maiden winner Lycidas hasn't raced since 2012. Caged Lightning is also hard to fancy.
Royal Marskell 8-1 (9-8) Held up in 6th, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression on winner final furlong, pressed for 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Deuce Again (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcap (4) pol.
Toto Skyllachy 20-1 (8-11) Raced wide in touch, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 11l behind Haaf A Sixpence (9-4) at Southwell 1m hcp (0-90) (3) fbs.
Royal Peculiar 9-2fav (9-8) Tracked leaders, lost place after 2f, headway on outside over 4f out, every chance over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Bushel (9-3) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Jan.
Lycidas (GER) (9-2) 9th of 10, 19l behind Amaron (9-2) at Krefeld(GER) 1m 3yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Apr '12.
Gabrial The Duke (IRE) 11-10fav (9-12) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, driven and kept on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 5l behind Carlanda (9-7) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Caged Lightning (IRE) 25-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous, last of 8, 11l behind Monsieur Chevalier (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f clm stks 0-65 (5) in Jan.