close 4th out wide, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and hung left from over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to challenge
led 1f, pressed leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, just outpaced towards finish, promoted to 2nd
steadied rear, never a factor
pressed leader, led after 1f, strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed towards finish, demoted to 3rd
NonRunner
Excel Power beat Baldomero, due to run here yesterday, when scoring at Chelmsford with both Intuitive and Darwell Lion further behind. He’ll go well again despite a 5lb rise while Alrehb steps back up in trip on his first outing since September having done all his winning on the all-weather so far. POSITIVE has been hard to keep right but is relatively unexposed for his age and Clive Cox’ charge may prove good enough dropping back down in trip for this with last month’s reappearance under his belt.
Intuitive (IRE) 5-2 (9-12) Bit keen tracking leaders on inside, lost place after halfway, rallied out wide over 1f out, went 3rd final furlong, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 3rd of 5, 3l behind Excel Power (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Excel Power (IRE) 11-4 (9-6) Pressed leader 3f, chased leaders, chased new leader 4f out, led over 1f out, soon ridden, pushed readily clear inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Dec beating Baldomero (8-13) by 2 1/4l, 5 ran.
Positive 16-1 (9-11) Mid-division, chased along 3f out, hung right entering straight, kept on one pace, 6th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Makinmedoit (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Darwell Lion (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Wore hood to post, pulled hard, joined leaders 5f out, led over 4f out, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly, last of 5, 10 1/4l behind Excel Power (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Baldomero (IRE) 9-4fav (8-13) Led and set steady pace, headed over 4f out, settled in 3rd 4f out, rallied on inside over 1f out, ridden and went 2nd final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 2 1/4l behind Excel Power (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Alrehb (USA) 5-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along and no impression well over 1f out, ridden and stayed on well inside last, nearest finish, 3rd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Noble Dynasty (9-11) at Newmarket 7f hcp (2) gd in Sep.