held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, chased leaders approaching final furlong, never a threat
midfield, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, never on terms
in touch, under pressure over 3f out, switched right to race towards stand side over 2f out, soon beaten
always behind
midfield, under pressure when switched right to race towards stand side over 2f out, soon beaten
led 1f, remained prominent, led again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on under pressure closing stages
midfield, smooth headway on inside over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, led over 1f out, ridden out
outpaced towards rear, never a factor
chased leaders early, soon midfield, pushed along over 3f out, switched right to race towards stand side over 2f out, weakened quickly
dwelt, behind, weakened over 5f out, tailed off well over 2f out
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, every chance over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Plenty of recent course form on offer and Sellingallthetime narrowly beat Card High over track and trip 10 days ago with Deep Resolve further behind. The former has been raised 4lb for that while Cloud Monkey is up 2lb after finishing runner-up here three weeks ago with Indira well beaten. Multellie went close at the track on his penultimate start but POETIC VERSE was beaten only a length in Class 2 company over course and distance last month and John Quinn's mare should come out best with a similar effort having run over hurdles since. Captain Swift is upped in class off a higher mark on the back of a win at Haydock and will find this tougher.
Latenightrequest 8-1 (9-10) Led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 12, 19l behind Dance King (9-6) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Oct.
Shrewd 16-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, behind, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace, never on terms, 7th of 20, 4 1/4l behind Empress Ali (9-7) at York 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Oct.
Sellingallthetime (IRE) 8-1 (9-11) In touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, all out, won at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Oct beating Card High (9-2) by shd, 10 ran.
Odeon 16-1 (9-6) Led after 1f, headed over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f, 9th of 13, 9 3/4l behind Lahayeb (8-13) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in Oct.
Poetic Verse 11-4fav (11-7) Held up towards rear, headway after 2 out, 4th and one pace when not fluent last, no extra flat, 4th of 8, 9 3/4l behind Northern Meeting (10-1) at Stratford 2m hcp (3) gd in Oct.
Cloud Monkey (IRE) 14-1 (9-12) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, led over 1f out, headed 1f out, no extra, 2nd of 12, 4 1/2l behind Strait Of Magellan (9-3) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Archie's Advice 18-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, soon headed, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 8 1/2l behind First Sitting (9-10) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Multellie 17-2 (8-10) Took keen hold tracking leaders, joined leader over 5f out, lost place 2f out, last of 7, 12 1/4l behind Good Contact (9-7) at Chester 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Card High (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Towards rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, ridden and ran on, just failed, 2nd of 10, shd behind Sellingallthetime (9-11) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Captain Swift (IRE) 13-2fav (9-9) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, won at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Sep beating Zenafire (8-13) by 1l, 9 ran.
Indira 12-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 4th of 12, 13 1/4l behind Strait Of Magellan (9-3) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Jammy Moment 16-1 (9-10) Tracked leading pair, lost place over 6f out, outpaced over 3f out, soon behind, tailed off, last of 6, dist behind Trafalgar Rock (10-0) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Deep Resolve (IRE) 13-2fav (9-0) Close up, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Sellingallthetime (9-11) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Oct.
