jumped right, tracked leaders, headway to lead before 8th, hit 3 out, ridden and headed approaching next, soon weakened
mid-division, lost place 9th, soon behind, tailed off from 2 out
led, headed 6th, lost place quickly after next, behind when pulled up before 8th
held up, headway 9th, chased leaders approaching 3 out, soon outpaced, beaten when pulled up before next
in rear, headway into mid-division 9th, kept on under pressure from 2 out, nearest finish
held up towards rear, headway on outside after 7th, led approaching 2 out, soon ridden, stayed on gamely flat, just held on
soon towards rear, lost touch 9th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
held up towards rear, headway 9th, challenged approaching 2 out, ever chance last, rallied flat, just held
mid-division, reminders and lost place 7th, behind when pulled up before next
chased leaders, headway and every chance 3 out, ridden next, soon weakened
held up mid-division, headway 9th, went 3rd approaching 2 out, soon ridden, no impression when hit last
chased leaders, ridden and outpaced after 3 out, soon beaten
tracked leader, led 6th, headed before 8th, ridden and lost place next, soon beaten
mid-division, reminder 7th, lost place 9th, weakened 3 out, soon tailed off
We can't see too many of these getting into what is not a particularly competitive event, and we will side with Tiger Talk to get the better of Pottsy's Joy, Bergamo and Clear Dawn. The Richard Guest-trained Tiger Talk steps back up in trip after having won over 2m 3f here last time. However, he has stayed well enough before, handles the ground and in a race where few are in form he can follow up. Pottsy's Joy has never run on ground on the fast side of good, so we will learn whether he will handle it today. His effort over this sort of trip at Doncaster last time marks him out as a leading contender if he does go on it, and so he is given plenty of respect. Bergamo certainly does go over this trip on fast ground and the drop in grade will see him much closer than last time, while Clear Dawn continues over hurdles after reverting from fences last time and will also like conditions. But Tiger Talk comes from an in-form yard and looks just about good enough to take this last race of the year at Catterick.