slowly away, took keen hold, held up and behind, injured and pulled up approaching halfway
raced keenly, tracked leaders, weakened final furlong
held up, towards rear, some late headway, never on terms
held up, in mid-division, switched right and headway on outside over 1f out, ridden and stayed on in 4th inside final furlong, not reach leaders
tracked leaders, on outside, went 2nd 6f out until ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, in touch, in mid-division, headway on inside under pressure over 1f out, soon eged left, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not pace to threaten
led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd close home
always towards rear, never a factor
slowly into stride, held up, towards rear, some headway on inside over 1f out, never dangerous
held up, towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to lead well inside final furlong, headed post
pulled hard, tracked leader 2f, tracked leading pair, switched right and went 2nd again over 1f out, ridden to througout final furlong, led post
Easily the best race on the card, though highly competitive. Qaffaal beat Loyalty and Chevallier when landing a hat-trick with his recent success here but is upped in class under a penalty. Pactolus also beat Chevallier, Lunar Deity and Fort Bastion in this grade over track and trip last month and is upped 6lb. Chester Street won a Class 4 contest here last time but will find this much tougher and SUPERSTA (NAP) is preferred. The latter scored over course and distance in May when beating Unforgiving Minute and is racing off a similar mark with a recent comeback run under his belt, Mike Appleby’s charge gets the nod to come out best.
Gabriel's Lad (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, behind, ridden 2f out, never a threat, 6th of 9, 6 1/2l behind Chookie Royale (9-3) at Kempton 7f stks (2) pol in Nov.
Majestic Moon (IRE) 40-1 (8-11) Raced wide prominent, switched right and joined leader halfway, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 6l behind Sovereign Debt (8-11) at Doncaster 7f stks (3) gd in Oct.
Lunar Deity 25-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, 11th of 14, 8 1/4l behind Pactolus (8-8) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Supersta 5-1jfav (9-2) Held up, in mid-division, headway under pressure chasing leaders over 1f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong, dropped to 4th towards finish, 4th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Charles Molson (8-12) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Pactolus (IRE) 6-1 (8-8) Made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Nov beating Chevallier (8-8) by 2 1/4l, 14 ran.
Fort Bastion (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Held up, ridden 2f out, never on terms, 10th of 14, 7 1/4l behind Pactolus (8-8) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Michele Strogoff 6-1 (9-0) With leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened towards finish, 5th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Keystroke (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Chevallier 9-2jfav (9-3) Close up, not clear run over 1f out, soon switched right, ridden and ran on, not reach leaders, 3rd of 15, 2 3/4l behind Qaffaal (8-9) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Unforgiving Minute 9-1 (8-13) Held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed towards finish, no extra, 3rd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Keystroke (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Loyalty 20-1 (9-2) Led 1f, tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, soon led, headed inside final furlong, one pace, 2nd of 15, 2 3/4l behind Qaffaal (8-9) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Qaffaal (USA) 8-1 (8-9) Held up, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (3) pol in Dec beating Loyalty (9-2) by 2 3/4l, 15 ran.
Chester Street 5-2fav (9-2) Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, not clear run and switched left over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Nov beating Marbooh (9-2) by 2 3/4l, 9 ran.
