held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
in touch, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
behind, pushed along and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish
in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on well
towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on towards finish
Calling Out was in good form over further early this year and won over 1m4f at Lingfield. Pactolus finished ahead of Mythical Madness when scoring over 1m2f at Wolverhampton recently but has won over course and distance before while both Certificate and Steel Train have been running well over 7f lately with the latter winning here three weeks ago. But a chance is taken Jeremy Noseda has ABE LINCOLN ready for action on his return given he has strong claims on his narrow-margin defeat in the Britannia at Ascot in July and he gets the vote on that form.
Calling Out (FR) 5-1 (9-2) Took keen hold, tracked leading pair on inside, pushed along 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Watersmeet (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f stks (2) pol in Feb.
Certificate 6-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway on outside from over 1f out, went 3rd towards finish, unable to challenge, 3rd of 8, 3 1/4l behind Steady Pace (9-5) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (2) pol in Sep.
Pactolus (IRE) 7-1 (9-8) In touch, headway 2f out, ridden to lead just inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Nov beating Mount Tahan (9-3) by nk, 13 ran.
Steel Train (FR) 8-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (2) pol in Nov beating Swift Approval (9-0) by 1l, 11 ran.
Abe Lincoln (USA) 13-2 (9-8) Held up mid-division, lost place over 2f out, 13th of 14, 11 1/2l behind Chiefofchiefs (8-9) at York 1m hcp (2) gd in Jul.
Mythical Madness 10-1 (9-10) Held up, pushed along and headway entering final furlong, no impression, 6th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Pactolus (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Mutawathea 12-1 (9-10) Held up towards rear, not clear run inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, never ale to threaten, 8th of 13, 4 3/4l behind Gulliver (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Bancnuanaheireann (IRE) 33-1 (9-13) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 13th of 17, 13 1/2l behind Storm King (9-8) at Goodwood 1m 1f hcp (3) sft in Aug.
London (FR) 14-1 (9-1) Led, ridden and headed final furlong, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 3 3/4l behind Bowerman (8-12) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (3) pol in Dec.