in touch, driven to challenge over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on same pace
midfield, headway over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
led, hard ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened closing stages
chased leaders, challenged on inside over 1f out, faded final furlong
prominent, effort well over 1f out, lost place approaching final furlong
tracked leader, lost place over 3f out, rallied to chase leaders over 1f out, soon not clear run, eased final furlong
behind, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well
held up in rear, under pressure over 2f out, never dangerous
midfield, headway over 1f out, stayed on well closing stages, nearest finish
midfield, weakened well over 1f out
Perfect Alchemy was given a very confident ride to complete a Polytrack double in February and the assessor has been unable to put her up too much as she only won narrowly. She's won from higher marks than this on Turf and the soft ground is in her favour. Fingal's Cave went up 6lb for his victory on Tapeta and didn't perform as well as expected at Chelmford later. But he looks very well treated on his juvenile form and has to be a threat. BADDILINI has been unable to go the pace over 6f at Lingfield on his last two starts but both races were in much better class than he faces here and he's racing from a 14lb lower mark so gets the nod. Outback Ruler completed a double last May and would have an obvious chance on that form, though he hasn't had a run since October, while the two victories of Jimmy's Hall on this track were gained in lower grade. Pick A Little is best on faster ground than he'll face here.
Cordite (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Led after 1f, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 6 3/4l behind Boots And Spurs (8-8) at Southwell 1m hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Outback Ruler (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Mid-division, pushed along 3g out, hung right and weakened well over 1f out, 16th of 18, 11 1/4l behind Cricklewood Green (8-11) at Ascot 7f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Harlequin Striker (IRE) 11-1 (9-6) Led far side group, headed over 3f out, faded final furlong, 12th of 17, 17 3/4l behind Muntadab (9-1) at Doncaster 7f hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Baddilini 6-1 (9-7) Prominent, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 5th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Fleckerl (8-12) at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Pick A Little 33-1 (9-1) Chased leader, led after 1f until 5f out, lost 2nd 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 8 1/2l behind Presumido (9-1) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Perfect Alchemy (IRE) 9-4fav (9-4) In touch, effort over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead well inside final furlong, won at Lingfield 7f hcp fll (5) pol in Feb beating Lucky Di (9-4) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Fingal's Cave (IRE) 9-4jfav (9-8) Keen early, tracked leader, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, 5th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Dutch Garden (9-5) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Jimmy's Hall 16-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Fleckerl (9-7) at Lingfield 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Good Luck Charm 25-1 (9-4) Raced wide held up, ridden and edged left over 1f out, never near leaders, 6th of 11, 6 3/4l behind Berkeley Vale (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Maymyo (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, soon one paced, 8th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Noble Deed (9-3) at Lingfield 6f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
