led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, dropping away when hampered well over 1f out
prominent, pushed along 2f out, outpaced by front pair 1f out
held up in rear, shaken up and headway well over 2f out, ridden and chased leader over 1f out, kept on but no chance inside last
tracked leaders, led over 2f out, soon shaken up and edged right, went clear 1f out, in command when eased final 110 yards, readily
chased leaders, pushed along well over 2f out, soon weakened and slightly hampered
handy, pushed along over 2f out, beaten over 1f out
NonRunner
Outrace has been going well on the all-weather but failed to place in three runs on Turf last year. Hope You Can Run, who won a nursery here last August, didn’t run a bad race in his first season but the step up in trip isn’t certain to suit. WESTERTON, on the other hand, is bred for the distance and he took a big step forward when second on his reappearance at Nottingham. Mindset was progressive in the autumn and had It's All About You well behind at Beverley in September. Denis Anthony should be capable of better this year but Wonder Legend only won by a neck at Wolverhampton and is taking on stronger opposition here.
Hope You Can Run (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) Tracked leading pair, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 4, 5 1/4l behind Bold Act (9-8) at Newmarket 1m (2) gd in Sep.
It's All About You (IRE) 17-2 (9-7) Led, ridden and strongly pressed from over 1f out, battled on until gamely, won at Newbury 1m stks (4) sft in Oct beating Goodfella (9-7) by hd, 14 ran.
Westerton (IRE) 14-1 (9-7) Raced wide in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden and stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Artistic Star (9-7) at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) sft in Oct.
Wonder Legend (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Led, driven over 1f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, led again towards finish, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr beating Mr Buster (9-7) by nk, 6 ran.
Outrace (IRE) 11-2 (9-8) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed close home, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Yeoman (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Denis Anthony (IRE) 100-1 (9-4) Broke well, mid-division, effort 2f out, no impression on leaders, went 4th inside final furlong, kept on, 4th of 13, 10 1/4l behind Wigmore Street (9-4) at Kempton 1m stks (4) pol in Dec.
Mindset 15-2 (9-8) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Regal Honour (9-2) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) gd in Oct.