Turkish Sultan led early, always prominent, led well over 1f out, soon hard ridden, held on well towards finish

Grey Gurkha slowly into stride, held up and behind, pulled out over 3f out, good headway on outside over 2f out, soon hard ridden, every chance inside final furlong, ran on

Capped For Victory held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, challenged inside final furlong, ran on

Film Queen held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, hard ridden and every chance inside final furlong, ran on

Tapas Lad slowly into stride, held up and behind, not clear run from 3f out until switched left and headway on inside over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on inside final furlong

Holden Caulfield held up, soon behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong

Brigadore slowly into stride, behind, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headway 2f out, one pace final furlong

African Blues pulled hard, led over 6f out, hung badly right and headed well over 1f out, not recover

Strut The Stage held up in touch, pushed along over 2f out, eased when beaten well inside final furlong

Charlie Be behind, pushed along over 3f out, never troubled leaders

Nathan Dee prominent until weakened over 2f out, eased inside final furlong

Zayyir pulled hard, soon led, headed over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, eased final furlong

Scots W´Hae pulled hard towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, eased final furlong

April´s Quest prominent until ridden and weakened over 2f out, eased final furlong

Hatter´s Way held up in touch, weakened 3f out, eased over 1f out

Hold That Call held up and behind, short-lived effort on outside over 3f out, eased when no chance final 2f

A moderate classified contest, but plenty of runners and very competitive. They were spread all over the track in the straight, with the main action taking place up the middle.

TURKISH SULTAN, back with Milton Bradley after failing to take to hurdling for Evan Williams over the winter, just came out on top in a bunch finish. He had both the tongue-tie and visor left off this time and the refitting of cheekpieces clearly did the trick, for this was his first success at the 23rd time of asking (including three runs over hurdles). He had nothing in hand, but should remain competitive at this sort of level.

Grey Gurkha, whose only success twas gained on the Polytrack last December, stayed on from off the pace to have his chance, but he found one too strong late on.

Capped For Victory shaped well on his return from an absence at Beverley the previous week and he confirmed that promise with a close third.

Tapas Lad found all sorts of trouble early in the straight and had too much to do by the time he switched towards the far rail. He ran on once in the clear, but his only success to date came in a seller and he would be no sure thing to confirm this next time.

Holden Caulfield did enough to suggest there might be a small race in him in time.

African Blues, making his debut for a new yard after over a year off, lost his chance by edging over to the stands' rail in the straight, but this was still a much-improved effort considering he came into this rated just 5. His new trainer has improved the same owner's Justcallmehandsome and might be able to find a small race with this one in time.

Zayyir was too keen for his own good, and Scots W'Hae also took a grip.

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