held up towards rear, ridden and brief effort over 2f out, no impression
tracked leaders, bumped over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, soon well behind
tracked leaders, switched left over 3f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
soon led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, no impression
mid-division, headway on outside when bumped slightly over 3f out, one pace from over 1f out
held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, went 4th well inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
led early, tracked leader, led again over 1f out, edged right well inside final furlong, headed close home
slowly into stride, soon mid-division, headway when switched left over 2f out, soon not clear run and switched right, went 2nd, closed final 100 yards, stayed on against inside rail to lead close home
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A winner at Ripon, Eskendash failed to cope with a rise in the weights at Newmarket last time. Matewan scored over 1m2f at the latter track and has a 7lb hike to contend with while the progressive WEATHER FRONT (NAP) has been upped a further 6lb after winning at Hamilton and beating Helioblu Bareliere in the process. But the winner scored more easily than the winning margin would suggest and the hat-trick beckons for Karen McLintock’s charge. Vision Clear won over track and trip before disappointing at Wolverhampton while Winston C won at the same track last year and debuts for Harry Fry on his reappearance.
Winston C (IRE) 14-1 (8-7) Raced wide in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 13th of 16, 14 1/4l behind First Nation (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Oct.
Mutadaffeq (IRE) 14-1 (9-9) Towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong, 14th of 16, 19 3/4l behind Arrowtown (9-3) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Eskendash (USA) 10-1 (9-12) Keen held up, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Dubawi Prince (10-0) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Be Perfect (USA) 33-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed when short of room just inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 16, 2 3/4l behind Arrowtown (9-3) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Sunglider (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) Always towards rear, 12th of 13, 25 1/2l behind Ourmullion (8-11) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Weather Front (USA) 7-1 (9-4) Not much room start, held up in rear, headway on outside from 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Aug beating Multellie (9-5) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Vision Clear (GER) 7-2 (9-4) Held up, driven over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out, 5th of 7, 16 3/4l behind Great Beyond (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Helioblu Bareliere (FR) 11-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, driven and went 2nd 2f out until inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 9, 5 3/4l behind Weather Front (9-4) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Matewan (IRE) 2-1fav (8-3) Tracked leaders, led approaching 2f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, won at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Aug beating Black Lotus (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Lopes Dancer (IRE) 25-1 (9-9) Tracked leader until over 10f out, in touch, lost place over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out, last of 7, 25 1/2l behind Great Beyond (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
