held up, shaken up and ran wide entering straight, always in rear
tracked leaders, ridden and unable to quicken inside final furlong, no extra
took keen hold, led, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, not quicken
tracked leaders, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on, not pace of winner
prominent, ridden and edged right over 1f out, weakened soon after
held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, never near leaders
mid-division, switched right well over 1f out, headway soon after, ran on well to lead well inside final furlong, readily
towards rear, racing awkwardly when well beaten over 1f out
soon pressing leader, challenged well over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, not quicken
mid-division, ridden 2f out, edged left and weakened over 1f out
FORWARD FELINE is chanced at the expense of Dajen and King's Icon. Bryn Palling's charge is actually well treated on some of his form of last year and while his better form has been over shorter, he produced an encouraging staying on effort at Lingfield under David Probert last time. Dajen makes a first visit to Dunstall Park. He shapes as if the step up in trip may prove to his advantage. King's Icon landed a gamble for the Michael Wigham stable last time out. The assessor has only the penalty to apply as his weapon of choice. Trade Centre is better known in claiming grade though has popped up from time to time. Alqaahir has been beaten on a couple of recent visits to Kempton. He has run well at Wolverhampton in the past so expect to see a much better performance tonight. Pachakutek could not find the winning key at Luca Cumani or Ed Vaughan's yards and the application of cheekpieces by new connections appeared to make little difference. Kladester had won previously for Bryan Smart and the booking of Paul Hanagan can be seen as a positive. Forward Feline is the call at the likely odds.
All About You (IRE) 40-1 (8-11) Held up mid-division, no impression when not much room over 1f out, soon weakened, 11th of 14, 10l behind Franco Is My Name (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Alqaahir (USA) 11-1 (9-8) Held up in touch, soon tracking leaders, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 5l behind Little Pete (9-12) at Kempton 7f clm stks (6) pol in Feb.
Trade Centre 9-2 (9-2) Held up in 5th, effort well over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 5l behind Lord Fidelio (9-0) at Kempton 7f Claiming Stakes (0-70) (4yo+) (6) pol in Feb.
Minturno (USA) 15-2 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, short of room 2f out, never dangerous, 10th of 14, 9l behind Rio Cobolo (8-12) at Beverley 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep.
King's Icon (IRE) 13-8fav (8-6) Mid-division, headway on inside over 2f out, edged right bend entering straight, led over 1f out, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hacp 0-70 (5) pol beating Atacama Sunrise (9-0) by 2 1/2l, 10 ran.
Forward Feline (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Held up in last trio, ridden and headway on outside over 1f out, ran on to take 3rd near finish, 3rd of 11, 2 3/4l behind Charlie Smirke (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Dr Wintringham (IRE) 9-2 (8-11) Held up, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 8l behind Wunder Strike (8-12) at Lingfield 1m handicap (0-68) (4yo+) (6) pol in Jan.
Dajen 5-1 (8-7) Raced wide, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on, never nearer, 6th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Ocean Legend (8-13) at Kempton 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan.
Pachakutek (USA) 20-1 (9-13) Prominent, chased leader over 6f out until over 2f out, beaten over 1f out, 4th of 11, 5l behind Understory (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol.
Kladester (USA) 9-1 (8-13) Keen early, chased leaders, ridden halfway, chased leader over 2f out until over 1f out, 4th of 9, 7l behind Resplendent Nova (9-1) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Feb.
Ermine Grey 15-2 (8-10) Slowly into stride, towards rear, raced on outer from over 2f out, one pace, 5th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Binnion Bay (8-9) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Feb.
