led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, kept on
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon switched left, 3rd and no extra inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, outpaced 3f out, well beaten final 2f
tracked leaders, went 2nd just over 3f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong
chased leader until just over 3f out, well beaten final 2f
towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, went modest 4th over 1f out, no impression
CASTLE IN THE SAND posted his best effort so far back on soft going at Thirsk and can improve further over this extra furlong. Crimson Road also steps up in trip with a shout but Zayina is preferred having finished second over a mile at Pontefract last time. Show Biz Kid and Gregorina are not out of this either.
Castle In The Sand (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Wore hood to post, led and kept out wide early, set decent pace, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Zabriskie Point (9-10) at Thirsk 7f stks (4) sft in Sep.
Crimson Road (IRE) 9-4 (9-7) Held up rear of mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 4th last strides, 4th of 11, 4l behind Savvy Kingdom (9-7) at Kempton 7f stks (4) pol in Aug.
Cowboy Stuff (IRE) 66-1 (9-7) Towards rear, pushed along 2f out, never dangerous, 8th of 13, 8 1/4l behind Pressure's On (9-7) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Zayina (FR) 6-5fav (8-13) Wore hood to post, bit keen, led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Magico (9-4) at Pontefract 1m stks (5) gs in Sep.
Demanding Lilley 22-1 (9-2) Reluctant to load, handy on rail, pushed along well over 2f out, gradually weakened, last of 6, 6 1/2l behind Heartfullofstars (9-2) at Goodwood 1m fll stks (4) gd in Aug.
Gregorina (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Held up in touch in last, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 2f out, 3rd and no impression final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 4, 2 1/2l behind Consoling (9-7) at Newcastle 1m fll stks (5) pol in Oct.
Show Biz Kid (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Took keen hold, prominent, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden, lost second when no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Under The Sun (9-7) at Salisbury 1m stks (4) gf in Sep.