close up, edged left over 4f out, soon led, ridden 2f out, driven and joined inside final furlong, all out, held on gamely
tracked leader, short of room and squeezed out over 4f out, chased leaders after, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out
held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to go 3rd 1f out
keen, tracked leaders, chased winner over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, joined winner and every chance inside final furlong, held towards finish
led, headed 4f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
Dhhamaan has the course and distance form in the book and best off at the weights, Clive Brittain's gelding gets the vote ahead of Wee Buns and Llab Nala. The selection has run some consistent races since the application of a visor back in November and with plenty in hand on official ratings, he is taken to get back to winning ways. Llab Nala is a consistent front-runner who ran well in defeat last time out when connections tried different tactics; whether they will stick with a hold-up style in this small field remains open to debate. Wee Buns could be more of a threat; he has been in consistently decent form of late in poor races and should go well, although he may get easier tasks than this. Mileaminutemurphy is dropped in class but on his recent runs would have no chance, however better awaits at some point, although we will side with Dhhamaan.
Dhhamaan (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 5l behind Grand Strategy (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Mileaminutemurphy 13-2 (8-5) Always behind, virtually pulled up over 2f out, tailed off, last of 8, well behind Southwest Star (9-2) at Lingfield 6f 3yo hcp (5) pol.
Llab Nala 12-1 (8-7) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, chased inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Hit The Roof (9-4) at Lingfield 7f 3yo clm (6) pol.
Wee Buns 11-4 (8-7) Pulled hard, tracked winner, ridden over 1f out, kept on near finish, 3rd of 5, 3/4l behind Ike Quebec (9-2) at Kempton 6f 3yo clm (6) pol.
Racie Gracie 150-1 (8-12) Raced dkeenly, prominent over 1f, soon behind, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 14, 25l behind Insaaf (8-12) at Newmarket 6f 2yo mdn (3) sft in Oct.