led, jinked left at false doll marker on bend before 6th, headed and ridden 2 out, no impression flat
tracked leader until 2nd, raced in 3rd until ridden in last from 7th, not fluent 4 out, behind from next
held up, went 3rd from 7th, shaken up before 2 out, weakened approaching last
tracked leader from 2nd, led 2 out, clear flat, stayed on
Ability to handle conditions will be key today and there are concerns on that score surrounding Cool Sky. But the going shouldn’t be a problem for either Le Breuil, who possibly saw much daylight on his reappearance at Kempton, or Black Ivory, who went close over 3m here in October. Reverting to a longer trip will suit ALPHABETICAL ORDER, even though he ran well over 2m at Ayr last month. He has won over 2m on heavy going on the Flat and looks the one to beat.
Le Breuil (FR) 4-1 (10-11) Led, mistake 3rd, mistake and narrowly headed 2 out, chased leader and every chance last, not much room and weakened run-in, 5th of 7, 4 1/4l behind Bags Groove (10-12) at Kempton 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Nov.
Cool Sky 8-1 (10-2) Tracked leaders, mistakes, weakened 3 out, 7th of 9, 23 3/4l behind Dashing Oscar (11-0) at Bangor 2m 4f hcp (2) sft in Nov.
Alphabetical Order 28-1 (10-0) Held up in rear, headway after 4 out to chase leaders, led before 3 out, ridden and headed last, every chance run-in, kept on and held towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Martila (10-0) at Ayr 2m hcp (2) hvy in Nov.
Black Ivory 15-2 (11-5) Towards rear, headway after 4 out, chased leaders 2 out, went 2nd last, ridden and kept on flat, not quite reach winner, 2nd of 15, 3/4l behind Bon Chic (11-6) at Aintree 3m 1f hcp (3) gs in Oct.
