made all, shaken up over 1f out, always doing enough inside final furlong
prominent, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, always just held
went right start, chased leaders, outpaced in modest 3rd over 2f out, lost 3rd well inside final furlong
slowly into stride, ran green in rear, well beaten over 2f out
held up, took keen hold, switched right and headway over 7f out, weakened over 2f out
took keen hold, handy, lost place over 5f out, well beaten over 2f out
not much room and slowly into stride, held up, pushed along 4f out, no chance with front pair from over 2f out but kept on to take 3rd well inside final furlong
MARHABAN is penalised for winning over 1m2f at Lingfield last month but Adam Kirby stays loyal to the Godolpin colt despite the presence of stablemate and newcomer Cirque Royal. The latter is related to a winner in the UAE and will not need to be anything special to get the better of the remainder with racecourse experience on what little they have shown so far including Maria Magdalena. Of the other newcomers, Shamrad is bred for middle-distances but still preferred to cheap purchase Kiowa.
Marhaban (IRE) 3-1 (9-2) Made all, hung right after 1f, 3 lengths clear 2f out, ridden out, won at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Jan beating Gantier (9-2) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
Cirque Royal Cape Cross colt out of Botanique.
Kiowa Foxwedge gelding out of Colombia.
Shamrad (FR) Casamento gelding out of Shamsa.
Simba Samba 50-1 (9-2) Always behind, 10th of 12, 22 1/2l behind The Night Watch (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (4) pol in Dec.
With Pride 150-1 (9-2) Took keen hold, held up in mid-division on outside, weakened over 2f out, 13th of 14, 35 1/4l behind Rectory Road (9-7) at Kempton 7f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Maria Magdalena (IRE) 8-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 6th of 11, 13 1/4l behind Meringue (8-11) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Aug.
