soon tracking winner, ridden over 2f out, no extra entering final furlong
made all, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well
slowly into stride, headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on, always held
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
held up in touch, weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
in rear, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, no extra over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out
Nonrunner
Mutamaashi was impressive on debut but will have more to beat this time and while Hunterview will have his supporters we'll side with CRACKDOWN. It's become obvious that this one prefers a sound surface under hoof and Mark Johnston's runner thrived for that last time when scoring easily in similar contest. The manner of that victory suggest both the step up in trip and four pound mark rise won't be a problem especially with his yard still firing. Mutamaashi beat subsequent dual winner Eastern Aria over distance at Lingfield on debut. He's obviously entitled to come on from that and he'll need to under a harsh looking mark. Hunterview has done little wrong in four starts including a very easy victory last time out. However, all of his best performances point to the fact he needs cut in the ground so he is quite easy to oppose this time. Roman Republic loos to be Mark Johnston's second string on jockey bookings but improved for better ground on just his second run last time so he should go well again but it is his stablemate Crackdown who gets the vote.
Hunterview 3-1 (9-4) Joined leader after 1f, led 3f out, ridden, hung left over 1f out, soon clear, heavily eased inside final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) fbs in Mar beating Becausewecan (9-2) by 3 1/2l, 4 ran.
Crackdown (IRE) 13-8 (8-12) Made all, challenged from over 1f out, driven out, readily, won at Leicester 7f 2yo nov stk (4) gd in Sep beating Indian Tonic (8-7) by 2 1/4l, 5 ran.
Mutamaashi 9-4fav (9-3) Soon tracked leaders, always going well, left in lead over 1f out, pushed out comfortably, won at Lingfield 1m 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Feb beating Eastern Aria (8-12) by 2l, 8 ran.
Firebet (IRE) 4-1fav (9-4) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 12, 6l behind Digger Derek (7-13) at Catterick 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.
Anthology 20-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, driven and led inside last, soon edged right, all out, won at Musselburgh 7f 2yo mdn (5) gs in Oct beating Henderson Park (9-3) by ns, 13 ran.
Trumpstoo (USA) 9-2 (9-0) Made all, ridden over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Newcastle 7f 2yo mdn (5) hvy in Oct beating Custody (9-0) by hd, 7 ran.
Cook's Endeavour (USA) 6-1 (8-5) Prominent, lost place halfway, 8th of 12, 16l behind Liberation (8-8) at Ascot 7f 2yo hcp (3) gd in Sep.
On Offer (IRE) 10-3 (8-11) Led far side, driven out, won at Newcastle 6f 2yo mdn aut (4) gs in Jun beating Snow Bay (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 15 ran.
Johnmanderville 14-1 (8-4) Led, headed over 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 12, 11l behind Liberation (8-8) at Ascot 7f 2yo hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Roman Republic (FR) 11-4fav (9-0) Held up, ridden along halfway, headway over 1f, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on, won at Doncaster 7f 2yo mdn (4) gd in Oct beating Striker Torres (9-0) by 3/4l, 15 ran.
Thunderball 10-1 (8-12) Mid-division, effort over 3f out, no impression, 7th of 9, 25l behind Gitano Hernando (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Mar.
