prominent, ridden halfway, hung left final furlong, stayed on
in touch, ridden when edged left and bumped 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
behind, ridden and headway 2f out, not much room 1f out, ran on, not reach winner
towards rear, kept on from over 1f out, never dangerous
led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, lost place over 3f out, ridden when headway and switched right over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
held up, effort over 2f out, soon weakened
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
behind, ran on final furlong, not reach leaders
in touch, ridden over 2f out, not clear run well over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
always behind
Nonrunner
A fascinating seller that could fall to Million Percent, with Desert Opal and Roman Empire the pick of the others. Karl Burke's seven-year-old returned to winning ways last time , just getting the better of the good yardstick Riquewhir. That was over course and distance and if overcoming his high draw he will be hard to beat. Desert Opal has strong claims on official ratings and looked on the way back last time when finishing a close up third behind Shadow Jumper. Roman Empire is from a yard still firing on all cylanders. He does appear up against it at the weights today, but cannot be totally ruled out on his recent second behind Distant Country. In a wide open event Merdif and Chickado are two others to consider for each-way purposes, but our idea of teh winner is Million Percent.
Million Percent 5-2 (8-13) Mid-division, headway 3f out, led well inside final furlong, ran on, won at W'hampton 6f sll (6) pol in Feb beating Riquewihr (9-1) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Roman Empire 5-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon hung left, headed and not much room close home, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Distant Country (9-7) at W'hampton 7f sll (6) std.
Chickado (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Close up, ridden to chase leader over 3f out until 1f out, 4th of 9, 4l behind Latif (9-9) at Southwell 1m banded stk (7) fbs in Feb.
Desert Opal 8-1 (9-2) Led early, stayed prominent, outpaced over 2f out, ran on final furlong, 4th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Shadow Jumper (8-11) at W'hampton 6f sll (6) pol in Jan.
Merdiff 14-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, switched right over 1f out, kept on final furlong, 7th of 12, 3 1/2l behind True Magic (9-4) at W'hampton 6f handicap (6) std.
Smokincanon 25-1 (8-0) Disputing 2nd place, chased clear winner over 1f out, no extra, 3rd of 11, 2l behind Patternmaker (8-13) at Lingfield 6f clm (6) pol in Feb.
Undeterred 33-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous, 7th of 12, 6l behind Nice Tune (9-4) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Namir (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Mid-division, effort when carried wide entering straight, no danger after, 9th of 12, 6l behind True Magic (9-4) at W'hampton 6f handicap (6) std.
