tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, held towards finish
soon led, headed over 2f out, edged left and beaten entering final furlong, one pace
led early, tracked leader, led again over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders, challenged over 1f out, soon ridden and edged left, led inside final furlong, stayed on well
Noguchi is the only one of these to have raced so far this year but does his winning in plating company nowadays. Haines ended last year on the up with a double over 2m at Kempton and Shades Of Silver scored over 1m4f at the same track back in September. THE QUARTERJACK landed a double last year and has changed yards since last seen at the track. Only 1lb higher than when winning a tougher race over today's trip at Salisbury in May, he should go close with a similar effort.
The Quarterjack 33-1 (9-3) Midfield, headway over 5f out, chased leaders over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 12, 8l behind Hell Hath No Fury (8-12) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) in Nov.
Shades of Silver 5-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd halfway, ridden 2f out, led well over 1f out, stayed on, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Sep beating Thunder Pass (9-4) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.
Noguchi (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Close up, headway to chase winner over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 2nd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Apollo Eleven (9-10) at Chelmsford City 2m hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Haines 4-9fav (8-10) Made all, clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Kempton 2m hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Dec beating Addazero (9-10) by 5l, 11 ran.