held up in rear, ridden along, virtually tailed off over 6f out, headway over 2f out, stayed on towards finish
in touch, ridden along over 3f out, driven to chase winner final furlong
towards rear, headway over 2f out, driven to challenge, every chance over 1f out, no extra final furlong
held up behind leaders, smooth headway 2f out, quickened to lead over 1f out, ran on final furlong
led, ridden along over 4f out, headed over 3f out, soon beaten
in touch, ridden along over 5f out, effort over 2f out, soon weakened
Nonrunner
In the finale, Dr Sharp is selected ahead of Inchnadamph and Kasthari. Dr Sharp bounced back to form last time when second at Newmarket. It was a race that he had won the previous year and was unlucky to come up against an improving rival that day in Double Banded. He has won from today's mark and at this track so his claims seem very fair. Bulwark is well weighted based on his best 2006 form but recent efforts have been tame, while Kasthari loves this track - he has won over fences and hurdles here and even dead heated in the 2004 Doncaster Cup - and is still capable of running well from his current mark. Finally, the Cesarewith fifth Inchnadamph is just five pounds above a winning mark and is another that is not ruled out of a good run. For the selection, though, we return to Dr Sharp.
Bulwark (IRE) 14-1 (9-13) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 3f out, last of 8, 15l behind Dansant (8-3) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcap (2) gf in Sept.
Kasthari (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 33, 13l behind Leg Spinner (8-11) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcap (2) gs in Oct.
Chocolate Caramel (USA) 11-10fav (9-9) Led, pushed along 3f out, headed approaching final furlong, weakened, 4th of 5, 7l behind Know The Law (8-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Oct.
Inchnadamph 20-1 (8-4) Mid-division, headway over 5f out, every chance 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 33, 12l behind Leg Spinner (8-11) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcap (2) gs in Oct.
Dr Sharp (IRE) 5-2 (9-13) Bumped start, led after 1f, ridden 4f out, headed over 1f out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 5l behind Double Banded (9-0) at Newmarket 2m hcp 0-90 (3) gd.
Ned Ludd (IRE) 40-1 (8-2) Prominent until over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out, 18th of 33, 21l behind Leg Spinner (8-11) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcap (2) gs in Oct.
Dium Mac 16-1 (9-2) Raced keenly in mid-division, headway over 2f out, not much room and checked inside final furlong, not recover, 10th of 19, 5l behind Whenever (8-10) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.
Backbord (GER) Won at San Siro 1m 6f lst stk gs in Oct '05 beating Simone Boccanegra by a nk, 9 ran.
Winged d'Argent (IRE) 22-1 (9-1) Held up, pushed along over 6f out, outpaced and lost place over 4f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 10l behind Highland Legacy (8-6) at Nottingham 2m hcp 0-95 (3) sft in Oct.
