settled in mid-division, smooth headway 2f out, led 1f out, driven and held on gamely near finish
held up towards rear, ridden on inside over 2f out, soon beaten
led for 2f, tracked leader, led approaching 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, never reached beyond mid-division
keen hold, tracked leaders, led over 6f out to approaching 2f out, weakened quickly
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway on wide outside 3f out, soon chasing leaders, chased winner and strong challenge inside final furlong, just failed
held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on one pace final furlong
in touch, ridden to lead briefly over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, effort on outside over 3f out, weakened quickly inside final 2f
slowly into stride, held up in rear, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
led after 2f to over 6f out, stayed handy until weakened 2f out
held up in rear, headway and hung left over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden and weakening when badly hampered on inside rail over 2f out
Simple Exchange, Group Captain and Blue Bajan are just three in with a chance in a very competitive race, with the tentative vote going to recent winner Group Captain. Kew Green won this race last year after several disappointing efforts and has been in similar form this time round so it would not be the biggest surprise if Paul Webber's gelding went close, whilst Nayyir is a class act but will do well to give weight away to all of his rivals over a trip that he has never won at. Simple exchange has run well on both of his all-weather starts and travelling over from Ireland he would appear to be a live threat. Andrew Turnell's Blue Bajan ran very well in the Cambridgeshire last time out, and a winner of his only visit to the course, Richard Hills' mount looks a likely contender at a decent price. However, Group Captain was very impressive when winning at Windsor when last seen, and this course and distance winner deserves his first attempt in Listed company. Roger Charlton is doing well with his few winter runners and so Group Captain is the selection in a very competitive race.
Nayyir 20-1 (9-5) Held up in rear, ridden and weakened 2f out, 8th of 9, 12l behind Blue Ksar (8-10) at Newmarket 1m lst stk (1) sft in Oct.
Maybach (9-2) Held up, late headway, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Passport (9-2) at Taby 1m 2f lst stk std in Oct.
Simple Exchange (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Close 2nd, ridden over 3f out, weakened early straight, last of 6, 11l behind Heliostatic (8-11) at Leopardstown 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) gf in Jul.
Babodana 9-2 (8-10) Prominent, led 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headed 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 1l behind With Interest (8-8) at Nottingham 1m stk (2) sft.
Bahar Shumaal (IRE) 33-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders and took keen hold, led over 2f out, soon clear, won at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-90 (3) pol in Oct beating Zato (9-6) by 7l, 13 ran.
Blue Bajan (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Behind, headway over 3f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on, 2nd of 33, 4l behind Formal Decree (8-9) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcap (2) gs in Sept.
Grand Passion (IRE) 28-1 (9-6) Led early, prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 3rd of 5, 7l behind With Interest (8-8) at Nottingham 1m stk (2) sft.
Group Captain 10-1 (9-5) Held up, headway from 3f out, ridden and edged right from over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Windsor 1m 4f hcap (2) gs beating Resonate (7-11) by 1 1/2l, 20 ran.
Kew Green (USA) 8-1 (9-0) In touch, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 7, 25l behind Mashaahed (8-8) at Ayr 1m 2f lst stk (1) gs in Sept.
Millville 12-1 (9-9) In touch, led over 3f out, clear over 1f out, comfortably, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcap (3) pol in Oct beating Hasayaz (8-9) by 5l, 13 ran.
Weightless 100-1 (9-3) Led 2f, remained prominent until weakened over 2f out, 8th of 12, 12l behind Stage Gift (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 (1) gs in Oct.
Charlie Cool 12-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, never on terms, 8th of 33, 12l behind Formal Decree (8-9) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcap (2) gs in Sept.
Kindlelight Debut 33-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, hampered over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, ran on well final furlong, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Mayonga (8-11) at Lingfield 1m lst fll stk (1) pol in Oct.
Arm Candy (IRE) 10-1 (8-5) Raced far side, always prominent, led over 1f out, edged left and ran on, won at Newmarket 1m hcap (2) sft in Oct beating Rio Riva (9-4) by 3l, 15 ran.
