tracked leaders, chased leader over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on
chased leaders, ridden and slightly outpaced 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reached winner
in rear, ridden 2f out, kept on, never going the pace of leaders
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
in rear, never a factor
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, never a factor
There are four with solid looking prospects in this claimer, of whom we prefer MISARO to Lethal and Bo McGinty. Ron Harris' admirable nine-year-old won nicely last time over this trip at Wolverhampton, but he's won here at Kempton too so the track holds no terrors. A strong travelling sort, he's tactically versatile and that will help in this small field and he looks the one to be with whilst in such good form. At the weights, Lethal comes out marginally ahead of our pick and as such he's respected. However, this will be the gelding's 50th career start and he's still not won over the minimum trip so we'll take him on along with former stablemate Bo McGinty. Richard Fahey's charge is nothing if not consistent but he does find it difficult to get his head in front and this looks no easier than the tasks he's been set lately, although it must be said conditions do appear to be ideal. Fromsong has had another good winter and this course and distance winner merits respect, but he needs everything to drop right and at the age of 12 looks worth taking on. At a price Gleaming Spirit could outrun his odds as he likes to bowl along and could get the run of the race, but victory remains unlikely with that honour hopefully set to fall to Misaro.
Fromsong (IRE) 11-1 (9-1) Held up in rear, ridden and headway on inside over 1f out, ran on, 3rd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Raimond Ridge (8-10) at Lingfield 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Misaro (GER) 5-4fav (8-7) Tracked leader, led over 1f out, soon ridden and edged left, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 5f clm stks (6) pol beating Monte Major (7-12) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Bo McGinty (IRE) 7-1 (8-10) Prominent, ridden well over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on, 4th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Sir Geoffrey (8-13) at Wolverhampton 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Lethal 7-2fav (9-1) Made most, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 4l behind Absa Lutte (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Albaher 33-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden entering final furlong, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 7l behind Titus Gent (9-6) at Wolverhampton 6f sell stks (6) pol.
Gleaming Spirit (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Led, headed over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, 6th of 7, 7l behind Elusive Ronnie (9-5) at Lingfield 5f sell stks (6) pol in Feb.
Truly Divine 3-1fav (8-13) Reared leaving stalls, took keen hold, always behind, last of 11, 7l behind Mr Funshine (9-0) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Feb.
