keen towards rear, wide and headway over 1f out, switched right entering final furlong, soon edged left and led inside final furlong, ran on
raced wide prominent, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
led, headed over 3f out, led again over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong
rider couldnt remove hood and very slowly away, behind, ridden wide and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd close home (unlucky)
towards rear, wide and headway over 1f out, ridden and every chance when edged left inside final furlong, stayed on
close up, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, kept on
prominent early, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent early, tracked leaders, pushed along over 1f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, headway over 1f out, not clear run and hampered inside final furlong, not recover
It took Lingfield winner Doonbeg Farmer 16 attempts to open his account and he’s worth taking on raised 6lb. Golden Claim beat Waltzing Queen at Kempton earlier and that pair are closely matched on latest running while Fox Leicester’s earlier win came over 1m2f and Maykir is best at Southwell. SIR JOHN BOWDLER disappointed at Pontefract last time but is the least exposed in a weak contest and gets a token vote handicapping for the first time.
Fox Leicester (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Prominent and tracked leader, ridden and kept on at 2f, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Motawaafeq (9-10) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Maykir 80-1 (9-5) Disputed lead early, prominent, ridden and lost place over 2f out, last of 8, 10 3/4l behind Crestwood (8-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) sft in Jun.
Too Shy Shy (IRE) 22-1 (9-10) Tracked leaders towards far side, lost place under 4f out, weakened from over 2f out, 10th of 11, 15l behind First Dance (9-5) at Newmarket 1m hcp fll (5) gf in Jul.
Azets 16-1 (9-4) Last pair, never involved, 7th of 9, 6 1/4l behind Epsom Faithfull (9-11) at Lingfield 7f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Lenny's Spirit (FR) 11-2 (9-7) Held up off the pace in 5th, headway near side of group, and hung left inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 10l behind Cosmos Raj (9-10) at Newmarket 1m hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Golden Claim 5-2jfav (9-4) Chased leaders on inside, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed final 110 yards, weakened and lost two places towards finish, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Solomons Judgement (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Waltzing Queen (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Solomons Judgement (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Kraka (IRE) 50-1 (9-4) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, lost 4th towards finish, 5th of 13, 9 1/2l behind Available Angel (8-8) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Sir John Bowdler (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Slight stumble start, tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, unbalanced raced awkwardly and weakened quickly final furlong, 7th of 8, 14 3/4l behind Alpha Cru (9-0) at Pontefract 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Doonbeg Farmer (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Slow into stride, in rear, wide and headway to lead 2f out, ridden and ran on, won at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Aug beating Hellavapace (9-6) by 2 1/4l, 11 ran.
