midfield, smooth headway and every chance 3f out, kept on same pace
prominent, driven along 4f out, soon lost position and eased
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never pace to challenge
held up in rear, ridden along to close 4f out, kept on without troubling winner
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, no impression 2f out
close up, shaken up over 3f out, every chance 2f out, weakened final 110yds
made all, shaken up 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong
always towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never a factor
Al Azhar won over this trip at Wolverhampton two runs ago and Highland Frolic was in good form over hurdles in the spring. Logistical has also been jumping but others look to have stronger claims. Denis Anthony hasn’t been beaten far at Epsom and Lingfield since scoring at Ffos Las and Spritzin' will also certainly appreciate this step up in trip but DREAMS ADOZEN (NAP) certainly wasn’t winning out of turn when landing the odds at Hamilton as she’d been thereabouts in decent handicaps off this mark previously.
Al Azhar (IRE) 7-2jfav (9-11) Tracked leaders out wide, weakened inside final 2f, 7th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Bug Boy (9-4) at Brighton 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Highland Frolic (FR) 9-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, plugged on in modest 4th final furlong, 4th of 6, 11l behind Lady Percival (10-0) at Salisbury 1m 6f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Genuflex 9-1 (11-13) Chased leaders, several slow jumps, lost place 3rd, well behind from 5th, tailed off, last of 7, dist behind Man Of The Sea (11-13) at Stratford 2m hcp (5) gd in Oct.
My Chiquita 6-1 (10-1) Tracked leaders, ridden and slightly outpaced 2f out, rallied towards finish, 3rd of 4, 1 1/2l behind Movie Star Looks (9-3) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp fll (5) gf in Aug.
Spritzin' (IRE) 6-4fav (9-3) Keen soon led, pushed along and edged right 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, short of room over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Night Eagle (9-10) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Denis Anthony (IRE) 5-6fav (9-8) Tracked leading trio, headway out wide into modest 3rd under pressure over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd towards finish, always held, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Lionella (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Dreams Adozen (FR) 4-6fav (9-2) Made all, pushed along and in command over 1f out, kept up to work final furlong, unchallenged, won at Hamilton 1m 3f mdn stks (5) sft in Aug beating Weigh Anchor (9-2) by 1 3/4l, 4 ran.
Logistical (IRE) 22-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, mistake 4th, pushed along and outpaced after 2f out, plugged on, 4th of 12, 20l behind Gifted Angel (11-2) at Stratford 2m mdn (4) gd in Aug.