held up, pushed along over 2f out, headway to lead 1f out, hard ridden and headed well inside final furlong, ran on
led, ridden and headed just over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
always prominent, every chance over 1f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
keen early, with leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
chased leader over 4f, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt and went left, held up in rear, headway well over 1f out, hard ridden to lead well inside final furlong, edged right, ran on
held up, headway over 2f out, slight lead briefly just over 1f out, ridden and no extra well inside final furlong
held up and behind, ridden and headway just over 1f out, never able to challenge
Archaeology missed the break at Newmarket last month so did well to get within a length of the winner. If he gets away on terms today, he’s a danger to all on that evidence but the interesting pair look to be Newmarket raiders ROMOLA and Lehoogg. Sir Michael Stoute’s filly gets the nod as she was a ready winner of a novice race at Lingfield in September and there should be plenty more to come. Roger Varian’s colt found one too good at Thirsk on his reappearance but the first two pulled well clear and the handicapper may have been lenient. Absolutio won at Redcar last month but this is a better race and he is 6lb higher.
Tulfarris 33-1 (9-1) Held up, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 14, 5 1/2l behind Happy Power (9-4) at Newbury 7f hcp (2) sft in Apr.
Absolutio (FR) 11-2 (8-13) Made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Redcar 1m hcp (4) gd in Apr beating On The Line (9-5) by 1l, 8 ran.
Romola 9-4 (9-0) Prominent, led over 2f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on, readily, won at Lingfield 7f fll stks (5) pol in Sep beating Hostess (9-0) by 2 1/2l, 11 ran.
Production 20-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride and hampered start, always towards rear, 11th of 14, 6 1/4l behind Luxor (9-1) at Newbury 6f (3) gs in Oct.
Triple Distilled 9-2 (9-5) Prominent, driven to lead approaching final furlong, ran on strongly, won at Carlisle 6f (5) hvy in Sep beating Mayfair Spirit (8-13) by 3l, 9 ran.
Archaeology 14-1 (9-0) Last to break, held up in rear, headway on rail over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on, held by winner, 2nd of 14, 3/4l behind Aweedram (9-1) at Newmarket 1m hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Lehoogg 3-1 (9-9) Prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 13, 2l behind Top Rank (9-7) at Thirsk 1m stks (5) gf in Apr.
Rangali Island (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to take 3rd place towards finish, 3rd of 13, 6 1/2l behind Zakouski (9-2) at Kempton 7f stks (5) pol in Nov.
