soon led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied to lead post
raced wide mid-division, effort over 1f out, one pace final furlong
reared start, very slowly away and lost 8 lengths, pulled hard, joined field after 1f, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened final furlong
keen, close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, led inside final furlong, headed post
pulled hard with winner until 2f out, soon weakened
always in rear, ridden and weakened 3f out
held up in rear, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
Piazza San Pietro has proved expensive to follow and his supporters may have to take another hit with Divine Force and DOLLAR EXPRESS fancied to lay it down to the Gask runner. Piazza San Pietro was backed to shed his maiden tag on a number of occasions when with Clive Cox and was heavily supported on debut for his new connections. He's still searching for that elusive success and isn't one to take a short price about. Divine Force and Dollar Expres were two and three necks behind Kiss A Prince on debut in a race where the latter would have finished closer with a clear run. Divine Force is well related and stepped up on the form when chasing home a long odds-on shot at Wolverhampton; it's reasonable to expect further improvement. Dollar Express is fancied to reverse the form with that pair as he lost all chance with a slow start yet stayed on well enough to finish on their heels. Jeremy Noseda has hit the target with six of his eleven runners in 2009 and he should be in the money again with Dollar Express.
Bickersten 16-1 (9-3) Outpaced early, stayed on from over 1f out, 5th of 9, 6l behind Dimander (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn auc (6) pol in Dec.
Divine Force 7-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, chased winner over 1f out, no impression, 2nd of 6, 6l behind Tartan Gunna (9-3) at W'hampton 7f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Jan.
Dollar Express (USA) 7-1 (9-3) Slowly away, towards rear, ridden over 3f out, still plenty to do over 2f out, stayed on steadily final furlong, nearest finish, 6th of 10, 7l behind Royal Collection (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 3yo mdn aut (6) pol in Jan.
Edgeworth (IRE) 50-1 (7-13) Always behind, 11th of 12, 8l behind Reaction (8-9) at Goodwood 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Oct.
If Only Monsieur Bond colt out of La Belle Dominique.
Kiss A Prince 100-1 (8-12) Behind, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong to take 3rd close home, not trouble first 2, 3rd of 10, 7l behind Royal Collection (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 3yo mdn aut (6) pol in Jan.
Piazza San Pietro 4-11fav (8-10) Went right start, tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner from over 1f out, one pace, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Jolly Ranch (8-5) at W'hampton 5f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Jan.
Georgina Macrae Bahamian Bounty filly out of Sadly Sober.
Set Em Up Mo 100-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 13, 7l behind Luckier (9-0) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Dec.
