tracked winner, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on and no impression
made all, kept on well from over 1f out, pushed out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, went 3rd over 2f out, kept on same pace
held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, went 4th over 1f out, one pace
behind and pushed along, weakened over 3f out, tailed off
Joe Fanning sticks with LATE SHIPMENT ahead of Wolverhampton scorer Maxie T, which is no surprise after the top weight ran away with a Lingfield handicap last week on his reappearance. A penalty is unlikely to prevent a follow-up. Maxie T could provide a 1-2 for Mark Johnston as Blue Talisman already looks exposed and Wolverhampton fourth O'Raghallaigh is 4lb wrong in the weights.
Late Shipment 6-4 (9-7) Led 1f, remained prominent, led over 1f out, soon clear impressive, won at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Flying Author (8-0) by 10l, 5 ran.
Maxie T 5-1 (9-5) Made all, ridden over 1f out, edged left and stayed on gamely, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar beating Zamra (9-7) by 1/2l, 4 ran.
Blue Talisman (IRE) 20-1 (8-4) Held up, headway 8f out, challenged 4f out, no impression on leader over 1f out, lost 2nd and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Fair Flutter (8-11) at Nottingham 1m 2f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Oct.
Bentons Lad 50-1 (8-1) Towards rear, never near leaders, 10th of 14, 27l behind Firecruise (9-0) at Pontefract 1m 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) hvy in Oct.
Sirpertan 16-1 (7-11) Always in rear, 8th of 9, 25l behind Fair Flutter (8-3) at Beverley 1m 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep.
Mister Uno (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Mid-division, outpaced over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 15l behind Emerahldz (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
O'raghallaigh (IRE) 33-1 (8-4) Slowly away, in rear, pushed along and headway to go poor 4th over 3f out, never dangerous, 4th of 6, 17l behind Indian Trifone (10-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn auc stks (5) pol in Mar.