took keen hold, led, clear 4f out, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, 3rd and held towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
held up towards rear, not clear run entering final furlong, ran on well, not trouble leaders
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, held by winner close home
held up in rear, some headway 1f out, no impression
chased leaders, driven over 1f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
always in rear
mid-division, ridden from 2f out, headway 1f out, never threatened leaders
bumped start, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression
held up in mid-division, effort 2f out, no impression, no extra inside final furlong
Bernie's Boy and Glory of Paris are both upped in class after winning their respective latest starts while Born To Finish only narrowly beat Major Valentine over track and trip last month but was in front of Ninjago when scoring here back in November. Related beat Dark Side Dream at the track in October and the latter has subsequently gone close at Chelmsford but it could pay to stick with SPARKALOT. The latter has now won three of five starts over course and distance after scoring here on his latest start and may not have finished improving yet.
Sparkalot 9-2 (9-6) Held up and behind, good headway on inside chasing leaders over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on, in command when hung badly left towards finish, driven out, won at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan beating Daschas (8-12) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Related 16-1 (9-5) Went right start, led, ridden over 1f out, held on towards finish, won at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Oct beating Show Stealer (9-6) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Little Palaver 9-2 (9-9) Chased leader, every chance 2f out, lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 5l behind Karijini (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Merhoob (IRE) 9-4fav (9-7) Slowly away, behind, headway 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Jameerah (8-13) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Dark Side Dream 6-1 (9-7) Led early, led again over 2f out, strongly challenged throughout final furlong, headed close home, kept on, just failed, 2nd of 7, shd behind Excellent George (9-9) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Born To Finish (IRE) 3-1 (9-3) Held up mid-division, headway over 1f out, ridden and bumped inside final furlong when every chance, just held post, 2nd of 7, shd behind Glorious Politics (8-12) at Newcastle 6f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Ninjago 5-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, no impression, 7th of 11, 3 3/4l behind Born To Finish (9-1) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Bahamian Dollar 8-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders on inside, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 4 3/4l behind Upavon (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Tundra 25-1 (9-4) Took keen hold, held up in last pair, never involved, 6th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Karijini (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Glory of Paris (IRE) 9-2 (9-11) Tracked leaders, hampered over 2f out, switched right well over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on, led last strides, won at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Bernie's Boy (9-9) by hd, 8 ran.
Bernie's Boy 4-1 (9-12) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead close home, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Prazeres (8-7) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Major Valentine 10-1 (9-5) Chased leader at strong pace and clear of field, led inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, headed final strides, 2nd of 10, nk behind Born To Finish (9-10) at Kempton 6f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
