held up in touch raced keenly led well over 1f out soon hung left hard driven final furlong, all out
held headway on outside 3f out ridden well over 1f out not quicken toward finish
led headed 3f out not much room soon after and weakened
prominent not clear run on inside and lost place just over 3f out switched right edged left over 1f out ran on and gaining on leaders towards finish
chased leader led 3f out ridden and headed well over 1f out weakened final furlong
held up headway over 2f out ridden over 1f out kept on towards finish
Definitely a trappy look to this one with the likes of Speagle, Trysting Grove and Mandalay Prince all likely to be involved and the latter gets the vote. Willie Musson's runner landed a gamble over c&d last time and has gone up 8lb as a result. The latter fact means that he does not look to be a good thing here, but nonetheless he won in a manner that suggested he may be good enough to follow up. Trysting Grove has been running consistently well in the context of this moderate bunch and does act over this, among a range of trips. However, he is fully exposed here and might find a couple too good. One of them could be Speagle, who was another c&d scorer last time out. That was not a hot race but he's gone up just 2lb so he is entitled to be on the premises. Jago is never too far away but can't seem to get his nose in front and Mandalay Prince can back up.
Jago (SWI) 16-1 (9-3) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden to lead well inside final furlong, headed final 50 yards, 2nd of 9, nk behind Rollin 'n Tumblin (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Our Kes (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Prominent, chased leader over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 12, 1l behind Smokey The Bear (9-8) at Kempton 1m 4f hcap (5) pol in Feb.
Speagle (IRE) 5-2fav (9-2) Made all, ridden approaching final furlong, stayed on under pressure, won at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Feb beating Little Richard (9-5) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Mandalay Prince 13-8fav (8-11) Held up, headway over 1f out, squeezed through under pressure to lead inside final furlong, won at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan beating Classic Blue (8-3) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Princely Ted (IRE) 10-3 (8-12) Led over 1f, chased leader, challenged 8f out, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 6, 28l behind Merrymaker (9-6) at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Trysting Grove (IRE) 6-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, soon strongly challenged, headed and no extra well inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Medieval Maiden (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Top Seed (IRE) 14-1 (8-9) Behind, struggling 4f out, 6th of 7, 6l behind King's Ransom (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.
Lord Laing (USA) 8-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, then chased leader 3f out, lost 2nd over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 11, 7l behind Noah Jameel (8-11) at Kempton 1m 3f hcap (6) pol in Feb.
