held up behind leaders, ridden along when outpaced halfway, headway on outer over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
steadied at start, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, kept on
led, clear halfway, headed over 2f out, soon beaten
tracked leader, ridden along over 3f out, driven and one pace final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on inner over 3f out, led over 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra close home
Chicken Soup was good enough to run close in Listed company a couple of starts ago and now 3lb lower in a handicap he makes plenty of appeal and can take this from Kabeer, Orpen Wide and Vainglory. The selection has won twice over c&d in the past and he has arguably been very unlucky not to have won since January of last year, while still going up in the handicap since. Now he has dropped to a more reasonable mark and he has conditions to suit he can get back to winning ways. Kabeer has won twice over c&d recently but is now a stone higher than the first of those wins. That rise found him out last time and should do so again. Michael Chapmen's Orpen Wide likes it here and won over c&d himself 13 months ago. He is 4lb higher than when scoring at Haydock in September but has a 5lb claimer up and could go very well. Of the remainder, Vainglory is very lightly raced and is open to improvement especially now dropped back to a mile and has some very solid form to bring to the party. He could turn out to be the big danger to the selection, and that is Chicken Soup.
Vainglory (USA) 20-1 (8-12) In touch, ridden 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, 8th of 9, 3l behind Grand Passion (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f lst stk (1) pol in Nov.
Partners In Jazz (USA) 12-1 (8-10) Behind, headway 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 14, 8l behind Capricorn Run (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Nov.
Orpen Wide (IRE) 20-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, headed inside final furlong, not quicken, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Kinsya (9-6) at Leicester 1m hcp 0-90 (3) gs in Oct.
Electric Warrior (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Dwelt, ridden over 2f out, kept on under strong pressure final furlong, 5th of 15, 1l behind Magical Music (9-1) at Kempton 1m hcap (2) pol in Sept.
Kabeer 6-4fav (9-6) Soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 8l behind Ochre (8-10) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Dec.
Chicken Soup 7-2 (8-12) Prominent, soon led, headed over 4f out, ridden 3f out, one pace, 4th of 5, 6l behind Jack Sullivan (9-3) at Lingfield 1m stk (4) pol in Dec.
Cupid's Glory 16-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, no progress and weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 6l behind Evident Pride (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Dec.
