made all on stands side rail, ridden over 1f out, drew readily clear final furlong, very easily
tracked winner towards stands side, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, no chance with easy winner final furlong
raced towards stands side, behind and soon pushed along, ridden 2f out, never on terms, weakened final furlong
raced alone centre, in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened and behind, tailed off
raced keenly, tracked leaders towards stands side, ridden inside final 2f, kept on same pace, no impression from over 1f out
tracked leaders towards stands side, ridden inside final 2f, kept on same pace, no chance with front pair final furlong
Tallow won at Doncaster and Southwell at the end of last year and should handle the step up to a mile but STATUARIO gets another chance to show that his impressive debut win here in September was no fluke. He was highly tried in a couple of subsequent starts and has been gelded over the winter. Marble Bar found only one too good when well backed on his final start last year at Nottingham but Windsor third Unbridled Spirit needs to find more. Island Sound has shown ability but Joust is having his first run for a new yard having failed to show much last year for Jessica Harrington.
Statuario 7-1 (9-3) Led, headed over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 9l behind Indomeneo (9-2) at Leicester 7f stks (2) sft in Oct.
Tallow (IRE) 5-1 (8-6) Went to post early, tracked leaders, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakening when short of room over 1f out, 8th of 11, 7 1/2l behind Qaysar (9-1) at Newbury 7f hcp (2) gs in Apr.
Island Sound 40-1 (9-2) Raced far side held up, ridden and not clear run over 1f out, switched left and kept on final furlong, 9th of 15, 7l behind Breath Caught (9-6) at Newmarket 1m hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Joust (IRE) 11-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, soon 3rd, pushed along before straight, ridden and switched right over 1f out, no impression when not much room briefly inside final furlong, soon no extra, 8th of 9, 5 3/4l behind Flavius (9-5) at Leopardstown 7f mdn Yielding in Oct.
Marble Bar 6-1cfav (9-4) Keen in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, left 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 2 3/4l behind Regular Income (9-6) at Nottingham 1m (5) sft in Nov.
Unbridled Spirit 4-1 (9-5) Held up headway chasing leaders over 2f out, went 2nd 2f out until over 1f out, plugged on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 9, 6 1/4l behind Icart Point (9-6) at Windsor 1m hcp (5) hvy in Apr.
