ELDEYAAR ran 14 times on the all-weather before reverting to Turf at Ripon and beating Wade's Magic half-a-length. He only went up 4lb and came here to beat the runner-up again, this time by just under two lengths. Another 5lb shouldn't be too much of a problem while John Kirkup is up just 3lb for landing a heavy-ground handicap at Redcar, the tenth victory of his career. Two Summers gained her only success to date over the course and distance at this fixture a year ago though hasn't been seen since May while Mr Trevor didn't get the clearest of runs at Ripon after scoring at Hamilton. Langholm is on a long losing run but has dropped to a very fair mark as a consequence while Redrosezorro counted this among his eight course victories way back in 2017 and again a year ago so can never be left out of calculations.
Object 7-2 (10-10) Prominent, headway under pressure over 1f out, ran on, not reach winner, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Willingly (10-10) at Nottingham 5f hcp (6) hvy in Oct.
Redrosezorro 7-2 (9-10) Prominent on outer, pushed along over 2f out, gradually weakened 1f out, 4th of 6, 8 3/4l behind Havana Rum (9-7) at Catterick 6f hcp (6) sft in Sep.
Highjacked 6-1 (9-7) Held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Rainbow Rain (9-7) at Newcastle 6f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Eldeyaar (IRE) 11-4 (9-3) Made all, brought field near side in home straight and bagged rail, ridden edging left over 1f out, ran on well, unchallenged, won at Catterick 6f hcp (6) sft in Sep beating Wade's Magic (9-2) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
John Kirkup 11-2 (8-11) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to lead post, won at Redcar 5f hcp (5) hvy in Oct beating Woobay (9-9) by ns, 11 ran.
Kitbag 8-1 (9-3) Close up, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 14, 3 1/4l behind Giddy Aunt (8-9) at Bath 6f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Langholm (IRE) 4-1 (9-9) Led, headed over 5f out, led again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 5 3/4l behind Pembrokeshire (9-9) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (6) gd in Oct.
Two Summers (IRE) 5-2fav (9-4) Rear mid-division, pushed along halfway, soon struggling, 19th of 20, 21 1/4l behind Danzart (8-9) at Thirsk 6f hcp (6) gd in May.
Round The Island 20-1 (8-7) Towards rear, pushed along halfway, never showed, 9th of 10, 11l behind Beauty Choice (9-5) at Pontefract 6f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Mr Trevor (IRE) 10-3fav (8-13) Prominent, briefly outpaced 2f out, ridden before 1f out, went fourth 1f out, kept on, 4th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Hoof It Hoof It (9-7) at Ripon 6f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
