held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders out wide over 2f out, carried right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders over 1f out, badly hampered inside final furlong, not recover
chased leaders went 2nd 6f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and hung right over 1f out, edged left and ridden when lost 2nd and weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders out wide, ridden and weakened over 1f out
led 2f, tracked leader until 6f out, handy 3rd, stayed on when hampered inside final furlong, not recover
slowly into stride and switched left start, held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders when not clear run and switched left over 1f out, ridden to lead and hung right inside final furlong, stayed on
off the pace in last pair, headway when not clear run and switched right over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, not reach winner
chased leaders, led 8f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened and lost places final 100 yards
off the pace in rear, never dangerous
Old Port’s earlier victory at Wolverhampton came over a longer trip while Chichester went close over a mile at Southwell. Fantastic Fox debuts on the all-weather having placed in heavy going at Newbury while the less exposed NATURAL WORLD returns from an absence. Charlie Appleby’s charge finished behind more strongly fancied stablemates on a couple of occasions back in July but gets a speculative vote given his yard’s current form. United Front landed a double at this time last year but Via Serendipity has yet to win over this far.
Felix 28-1 (9-6) Always towards rear, made no impression, 8th of 9, 13l behind Warren Point (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f lst stks (1) pol in Oct.
United Front (USA) 8-1 (9-12) Held up towards rear, headway and switched left over 2f out, driven over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Billyb (8-6) at Southwell 1m hcp (2) pol in Oct.
Via Serendipity 14-1 (9-3) Held up off the pace in last pair, some late minor headway, never on terms, 8th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Vafortino (10-1) at Goodwood 1m hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Natural World (IRE) 14-1 (9-9) In touch, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 6th of 13, 9l behind Warren Point (9-2) at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Fantastic Fox 10-1 (9-8) Held up in rear, shaken up and headway far side of group 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd near finish, never any chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 7l behind Mujtaba (10-0) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (2) hvy in Oct.
Old Port (IRE) 5-1fav (10-2) In touch, headway 4f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace and lost 3rd inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 8l behind Torcello (9-7) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (3) gs in Oct.
Chichester 10-3fav (9-0) Slowly away, in rear, switched right over 1f out, ran on and edged left inside final furlong, went 2nd post, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Billyb (8-6) at Southwell 1m hcp (2) pol in Oct.
Howth (IRE) 80-1 (9-11) Raced wide chasing leaders, pushed along out wide over 2f out, soon outpaced and beaten, 13th of 14, 10 3/4l behind Croupier (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (3) pol in Oct.
Alexander James (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Led until ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened quickly, 6th of 8, 25 3/4l behind Mujtaba (10-0) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (2) hvy in Oct.
Society Red 18-1 (9-2) Prominent, steadied over 8f out, in touch, not much room and lost place over 2f out, 13th of 14, 14 1/4l behind Yorkshire Lady (9-5) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
