Broke well to lead, soon tracked leader, travelled well to close entering straight, soon led, edged right and ridden over 1f out, headed under 1f out, kept on strongly to lead narrowly close home op 3/1
Ran 5th, travelled well over 2f out, headway on outer to challenge leader over 1f out, led narrowly under 1f out, kept on, headed close home op 4/1 tchd 5/1
Slowly into stride, raced towards rear, 6th halfway, ridden over 2f out, edged left 1 1/2f out, progress to 4th 1f out, kept on to 3rd close home, not trouble principals op 10/1
Slowly away, raced in rear, detached after 2f, closed up on field 2f out, headway on inner, 3rd 1f out, kept on same pace, dropped to 4th closing stages op 16/1
Pushed along to lead early, 4 lengths clear 4f out, reduced advantage entering straight, under pressure and headed over 2f out, weakened under 2f out, eased 1f out op 40/1
Hope Lake (5/2), Timia (3/1), Flawlessly (4/1), Nivvo (9/2), Poetic Choice (8/1), Maysonette (10/1), Blue Suede (10/1), World's Greatest (20/1)
With a number of the field possibly losing their chance at the start we could see early prominence paying off for C&D winner Timia, Hope Lake in first-time visor and the rock solid NIVVO to fight out the finish at the end of this 7f contest.