took keen hold early, chased leaders, went 3rd approaching final 2f, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, not pace of winner
held up towards rear, pushed along on inside over 3f out, never on terms
slowly into stride and pushed along towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace of leaders
chased leader, led inside final 3f, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, never a threat
raced wide in mid-division, pushed along halfway, weakened over 3f out
mid-division, driven along 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never troubled leaders
pulled hard, chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened soon after
soon led, ridden and headed inside final 3f, weakened over 2f out
mid-division on inside, good headway over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well
held up in rear, ridden and switched right 1f out, no impression
Twinkled is upped in distance and class and may get found out along with Patriotic, who won a couple of low grade handicaps here last month. Gritstone and Standpoint are other course winners who look high enough in the weights at present, while Veroon is 8lb higher than when beating Thunderstruck in this race last year. The latter can reverse the form on better terms this time around, but he still has a length to find with TEVEZ on running here last month. Des Donovan's charge did well to finish a close-up third over C&D after being badly hampered last time and looks set to strike in this.
First Post (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Keen early towards rear, never on terms, 9th of 11, 6l behind Forceful Appeal (8-11) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-95 (3) pol.
Tevez 10-1 (9-6) Mid-division, headway 2f out, hampered over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Knowe Head (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Thunderstruck 9-2 (9-7) Soon prominent, ridden 3f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Knowe Head (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Standpoint 1-8fav (8-11) Made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on, pushed out, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f clm stks (5) pol in Feb beating Petomic (8-7) by 1 3/4l, 2 ran.
Calypso Magic (IRE) (8-11) 15th of 17, well behind African Art (8-11) at Saint Moritz(FR) 1m 2f stk in Feb.
Veroon (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) Keen mid-division, ridden over 2f out, not trouble leaders, 8th of 11, 4l behind Junoob (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol in Feb.
Gritstone 4-1 (9-4) Close up, chased leader over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 8l behind Call To Reason (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Feb.
West End Lad 9-1 (9-7) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 8th of 10, 10l behind Reachforthebucks (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Feb.
Chosen Forever 11-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 11th of 13, 8l behind Archie Rice (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Jan.
Calaf 7-1 (8-5) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner 2f out, lost two places final strides, 4th of 6, 4l behind Dare To Dance (9-4) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) sft in Sep.
Dubai Bay (FR) 12-1 (8-9) Held up mid-division, effort over 2f out, faded final furlong, 6th of 11, 10l behind Metropolitain Miss (9-6) at Musselburgh 1m flls hcp 0-130 (3) gf in Sep.
Patriotic (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) In touch, headway 2f out, edged left and chased winner 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Honey Of A Kitten (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcp (0-70) (4yo+) (5) pol in Feb.
Twinkled 5-1 (8-11) Steadied start, held up in rear, headway on outer from over 1f out, ran on to lead towards finish, readily, won at Lingfield 1m hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb beating Cativo Cavallino (9-1) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
