in touch, ridden along when outpaced over 3f out, stayed on final furlong
tracked leader, ridden along over 4f out, soon beaten
made all, led steady pace, quickened 3f out, driven and kept on gamely final furlong
started slowly and behind, headway to go 2nd over 5f out, ridden and outpaced 3f out
held up, headway over 4f out, driven over 2f out, kept on final furlong, held
This looks an ordinary looking seller with Tittili, High Frequency and Naughty Nod all worth noting but the tentitive vote goes to the last named. Naughty Nod ran well in a non selling event last time out when finishing an eye catching fourth of twelve behind York Cliff at Ayr last time out. Prior to that his form looked exposed in similar events to this and looked a horse to be wary of. Having said that to have run such a big race at big odds last time means if reproducing that form he has to be given every chance of landing this. Tittili has been flip flopping from the flat to jumps this season and although she was beaten a long way at Towcester over jumps last time out she is better judged on her efforts on the level prior to that. She was not beaten far when fifth of ten at Southwell and could nick a place here. As can High Frequency who did show some form in handicaps last year to warrant respect but has been disappointing of late over jumps so is probably best watched. So for the winner we return to Naughty Nod as the likely winner.
Court One 7-1 (10-12) Slowly into stride, towards rear, never dangerous, 11th of 12, well behind Ostfanni (11-5) at Musselburgh 2m amt hcp (6) gd in Jul.
High Frequency (IRE) 25-1 (8-2) In touch and led after 2f, headed over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 13, 7l behind Vice Admiral (8-10) at Catterick 2m hcp 0-65 (6) gf in May.
Phoenix Nights (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 9th of 10, 25l behind Son of Thunder (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 2f sll (6) gs in Aug.
Cadeaux Rouge (IRE) 28-1 (9-0) Mid-division, pushed along over 5f out, headway over 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Alani (8-2) at Catterick 2m sll (6) gf in Aug '05.
Kristalchen 40-1 (8-5) Mid-division, headway to lead over 9f out, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 12, 15l behind York Cliff (8-11) at Ayr 1m 7f hcap (6) gs in May.
Tiltili (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, held up mid-division, one pace from over 1f out, 4th of 10, 6l behind Revolving World (8-13) at Ripon 1m 4f sll hcp (6) gf.
Naughty Nod (IRE) 6-1 (8-0) Awkward start, soon tracking leaders, shaken up over 5f out, weakened over 3f out, 4th of 6, 4l behind Megaton (9-0) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcap (5).
