held up behind, headway 3f out, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, stayed on to challenge inside final furlong, led narrowly towards finish
mid-division on outside, tracked leaders 6f out, outpaced over 2f out, no impression when hung left over 1f out
held up in rear, headway 3f out, soon outpaced, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, never troubled leaders
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened over 1f out, tailed off
tracked leader, driven and lost place over 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, challenged on inside 2f out, led over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on when hard pressed inside final furlong, headed narrowly towards finish
mid-division, headway 6f out, chased leader over 3f out, hung left when ridden inside final 2f, kept on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no impression with front trio final furlong
UNCLE ALASTAIR looked suited to a thorough test of stamina when getting up close home at Wetherby and today's softer ground can enable him to follow up. Dunly was beaten a long way when runner-up at Newcastle but will have benefited from the run and gets plenty of weight from the selection. Witness Time looked in need of the run here in December and is another who should make progress but the newcomer Tosie could prove more of a threat as her dam has produced two winning bumpers with her first foals to run.
Uncle Alastair 12-1 (11-5) Held up behind, headway over 3f out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Wetherby 2m (5) gs in Jan beating Eskendash (10-7) by nk, 10 ran.
Night Comes In (IRE) Definite Article gelding out of Couture Daisy.
Witness Time (IRE) 12-1 (10-12) Towards rear, headway over 6f out, one pace in 5th over 1f out, no impression, 5th of 15, 14l behind Silver Bullion (10-12) at Ayr 2m (6) sft in Dec.
Sophie Fatale 50-1 (10-12) Mid-division, reminders over 6f out, soon outpaced, 8th of 12, dist behind Illwalktheline (10-12) at Carlisle 2m 1f (6) sft in Dec.
Tosie Tikkanen M out of Azturk.
Dunly (FR) 16-1 (10-12) Rear division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, soon chased winner, no impression, 2nd of 14, 10l behind Midnight Shadow (10-12) at Newcastle 1m 7f (6) sft in Dec.
Rooster Spirit (IRE) Craigsteel gelding out of Turlututu.
Green Tikkana 100-1 (10-10) Mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, soon weakened, 6th of 10, 25 1/4l behind Mountain Path (10-10) at Wetherby 1m 4f fll (6) gs in Jan.