soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
broke smartly, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden to lead briefly over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
raced wide in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong
in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, edged right towards finish
in touch in rear, ridden over 2f out, never a factor
raced wide, keen close up, progress to track leaders 5f out, led approaching 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on
VINTAGE FOLLY remains unexposed having finished runner-up in Listed company in soft ground at Yarmouth last time. Hugo Palmer’s filly can confirm running with fourth-placed Indulged and go one better here. Time Chaser was a well beaten third in testing going at Haydock in September but it’s too soon to write her off while Gracious Diana has struggled in Pattern races so far and hasn’t raced since June. Empress Ali, Brief Visit and Star Rock have all been competing in handicaps and step up in class and Melesina has something to prove on last week’s modest effort at Lingfield.
Brief Visit 11-10fav (9-3) Made all, clear over 1f out, easily, won at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Sep beating Turning Gold (8-10) by 7l, 3 ran.
Empress Ali (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Close up, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 14, at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in Oct.
Indulged 9-2 (9-2) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 11, 5 3/4l behind Beautiful Morning (9-2) at Yarmouth 1m 2f lst fll stks (1) sft in Sep.
Gracious Diana 20-1 (9-0) Held up last, some late moderate headway, never a factor, 10th of 12, 8 1/4l behind Coronet (9-0) at Ascot 1m 4f Grp 2 fll stks (1) gf in Jun.
Melesina (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 12, 5l behind Muffri'Ha (9-3) at Lingfield 1m lst fll stks (1) pol in Nov.
Star Rock 11-2 (8-2) Chased leaders, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Brimham Rocks (8-8) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in Oct.
Time Chaser Evensfav (9-1) In touch on outside, led 3f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, soon no chance with easy winner, lost modest 2nd inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 7 1/4l behind Company Asset (9-5) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp fll (2) hvy in Sep.
Vintage Folly 12-1 (8-11) Raced wide close up, ridden to chase winner entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Beautiful Morning (9-2) at Yarmouth 1m 2f lst fll stks (1) sft in Sep.
