prominent, outpaced 4f out, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened to fourth inside final furlong
held up, soon pushed along, ridden 6f out, chased leaders from 4f out, rallied to take distant second inside final furlong, stayed on
raced in third, outpaced 4f out, dropped to last 3f out, stayed on past tiring rival inside final furlong, never in contention
midfield but in touch, raced widest early, closed on leaders 4f out, went second before 2f out, soon outpaced by leader, ridden inside final furlong, dropped to third just before final 110 yards, kept on
made all, set good tempo, gradually increased advantage from 4f out, went further clear 1f out, ran on, impressive
close up, pushed along when lost position 3f out, weakened quickly from 2f out, finished nine lengths behind
held up, dropped to last after 3f, made very modest headway past tiring rivals in home straight, dropped to sixth final strides
held up towards rear, dropped to last before halfway, drifted to centre when stayed on past tiring rivals from 2f out, ran on to take fifth final strides
Skye Breeze has won over shorter trips on the all-weather while Can Can Girl finished runner-up over 2m at Ripon. The Dancing Poet has won four times here but never over this far while Ae Fond Kiss was still beaten a long way when second at Chester. It was heavy going when EBONY MAW scored over 1m5f at Ayr last week and he gets the vote to go in again raised only 2lb.
Skye Breeze (IRE) 5-2fav (9-10) Raced wide in mid-division, good headway out wide tracking leaders halfway, ridden hung badly left and weakened over 1f out, 5th of 10, 5 1/2l behind Down To The Kid (9-4) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Can Can Girl (IRE) 16-5 (9-1) Slowly away, held up, steady headway from 4f out, switched right and chased leaders from 2f out, went second 1f out, kept on but always held near finish, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Pledgeofallegiance (9-9) at Ripon 2m hcp (4) gd in Sep.
The Dancing Poet 14-1 (9-5) Front mid-division, pushed along in close 4th well over 2f out, ridden over 1f out and no impression, kept on one pace, 3rd of 10, 5 3/4l behind Valley Of Flowers (9-1) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Ebony Maw 10-1 (9-7) Prominent, led 6f out, ridden over 2f out, edged left but kept on gamely inside final furlong, always doing enough, won at Ayr 1m 5f hcp (6) hvy in Oct beating Tafsir (9-10) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Ask Peter (FR) 9-2 (9-11) Prominent, headway 3f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 7th of 9, 10l behind Jaminoz (9-6) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (6) sft in Oct.
Ae Fond Kiss 9-1 (8-11) Prominent, ridden and pressed leader 3f out, soon outpaced by leader, no chance in 2nd entering final furlong, kept on one pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 15l behind Dreams Adozen (9-3) at Chester 1m 6f hcp fll (4) hvy in Sep.
Crazy Crackers (IRE) 22-1 (9-4) Off the pace and always towards rear, 10th of 13, 9l behind City Of York (9-11) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Sugarpiehoneybunch (IRE) 28-1 (9-9) Held up, switched left early, dropped to last 4f out, outpaced from before 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 11, 11 3/4l behind Spirit Of Ash (9-6) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
