hampered start, held up in rear, driven over 1f out, never dangerous
held up towards rear, some late headway, never dangerous
edged right start, led 1f, prominent, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
chased leaders 1f, mid-division, switched right and effort 2f out, no impression final furlong
prominent, led after 1f, headed over 5f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
took keen hold, prominent on outside, led over 5f out, headed inside final furlong, held towards finish
chased leaders, switched right 2f out, went 2nd 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, ran on
slowly into stride, held up in mid-division, driven over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Belisa De Vega missed out on a hat-trick when beaten at Wolverhampton and steps back up in distance while OVERSTATE found one too good here on the back of an earlier course and distance success. But he came up against the progressive Queen Of Ipanema on that occasion and should find this easier. Sun Festival has a shout on his placed efforts though hasn’t raced since June while Broughtons Mission finally showed some improvement for a slide down the weights when third at Wolverhampton.
Camerata (GER) 100-1 (10-0) Midfield, pushed along over 2f out, never nearer, 7th of 14, 4 3/4l behind Overstate (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Alice Kitty (IRE) 28-1 (9-6) In rear, pushed along over 3f out, kept on from over 1f out, short of room inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 6 1/2l behind At Liberty (9-8) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Sun Festival 9-2 (10-1) Led, narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied, just held, 2nd of 9, shd behind Night Eagle (10-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jun.
Belisa De Vega (IRE) 7-2 (9-7) Led over 1f, settled in 3rd 6f out, ridden towards inside over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 3 3/4l behind Cloch Nua (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Overstate 7-1 (9-6) Led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 11, 3l behind Queen Of Ipanema (10-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Eagle Eyed Freddie 20-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 8 1/4l behind Peripeteia (9-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Eltham Palace 11-2 (8-7) Held up towards rear, closed over 6f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 3 1/4l behind How Hard Can It Be (9-1) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp fll (5) pol in Feb.
Gold Standard (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Prominent, led over 4f out, headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 14, 9 1/2l behind International Law (9-0) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Broughtons Mission 28-1 (9-1) Raced keenly tracking leaders, pushed along over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, went modest 3rd 2f out, closed on 2nd but no chance with winner, 3rd of 11, 2 1/4l behind Lethal Touch (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Saxonhill (IRE) 20-1 (10-7) Mid-division, ridden and weakened 4f out, 10th of 14, 31 1/4l behind Contrast (11-1) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) sft in Oct.
