close up, effort between horses entering final furlong, ridden and not quicken towards finish
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on one pace
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in touch in rear, short lived effort 2f out
tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden and soon brought to stand side, driven along and edged right towards finish
raced wide close up, pushed along 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened and eased from 2f out
held up in touch in rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, ran on final furlong, gaining on winner towards finish
Nonrunner
QUESTIONING beat Twice Over in a Grade 3 at Newmarket last month but couldn't quite cope with heavy ground when beaten again by Doncaster conqueror Penitent in a Group 2 at Sandown next time. Provided the going remains soft he should take this. Godolphin complicate matters by running both Hunter's Light, a Listed winner on Polytrack at Lingfield in November, and Prince Siegfried, a long way behind his stablemate at Goodwood in September and well beaten by the selection at Newmarket. Wigmore Hall has a Group 1 penalty for his brilliant victory at Woodbine in September and he's a class act at his best. His latest run at Longchamp should be ignored as he wasn't suited by the heavy ground but he wouldn't want any more rain. Marcret was a useful performer in Italy and has been in good form at Meydan during the winter.
Wigmore Hall (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) 4th of 6, 18l behind Cirrus Des Aigles (9-2) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) sft in Apr.
Questioning (IRE) 5-1 (9-0) Steadied leaving stalls, tracked leading pair, went 2nd 5f out, led in centre course 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Penitent (9-0) at Sandown 1m Grp 2 (1) hvy in Apr.
Glen's Diamond 14-1 (8-11) 6th of 12, 8l behind Fox Hunt (9-4) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 6f Grp 3 (1) gd in Mar.
Hunter's Light (IRE) 8-11fav (9-0) Chased leaders, led over 1f out, soon hard ridden, hung left towards finish, just held on, won at Lingfield 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol in Nov beating Circumvent (9-2) by shd, 9 ran.
Marcret (ITY) 10-1 (9-1) 5th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Simon De Montfort (8-10) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 2f hcp gd in Mar.
Prince Siegfried (FR) 12-1 (8-12) Keen tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 12l behind Questioning (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 (1) gs in Apr.
Myplacelater 20-1 (8-9) Always in rear, 8th of 9, 8l behind Electrolyser (9-0) at Nottingham 1m 6f Listed Stakes (4yo+) (1) gs in Apr.
Junoob 9-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, headway 3f out, went 3rd over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 3rd of 5, 3/4l behind Eternal Heart (8-13) at Doncaster 1m 4f stks (2) gd in Apr.
St Moritz (IRE) 5-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, headway on outer over 2f out soon led and edged left, headed inside final furlong, kept on towards finish (finished 2nd, demoted to 3rd), in a race won by Penitent (8-12) at Doncaster 1m Listed Stakes (4yo+) (1) gd in Apr, 8 ran.
