held up in rear, headway into 4th 4 out, weakened next, left in modest 3rd last
chased leaders, 2nd approaching 7th, hit 3 out, weakened next, left in modest 2nd last
led after 1st, mistake 4th, hard driven when pressed after 2 out, left well clear last, ran on
tracked leaders, switched right and bumped rival after 3 out, driven to challenge next, every chance when dived and unseated rider last
held up, outpaced 4 out, soon beaten
led until after 1st, remained prominent, lost place 7th, beaten 4 out
VIKING RUBY has the best recent form having gone close at Wincanton last month before scoring at Taunton. She’s raised 7lb but looks on the upgrade and it could pay to stick with Neil Mulholland’s mare. Both Taras Day and Quasha failed to build on earlier good efforts when well beaten last time though the latter drops down a grade for this and may prove the biggest threat. Perfect Moment faded badly in the closing stages at Plumpton back in May but makes more appeal on her reappearance than the remaining pair.
Lassana Angel 33-1 (11-13) Held up in rear, steady headway approaching 4 out, ridden and weakened after next, 5th of 7, 25 1/2l behind Jonjoela (10-0) at Plumpton 3m 1f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Quasha 20-1 (10-3) Raced keenly and jumped right, led until went badly right and headed 2nd, chased leader until after 6th, chased leaders, weakened 3 out, 7th of 9, 21 3/4l behind Oscar Rose (11-10) at Southwell 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Perfect Moment (IRE) 10-1 (11-6) Held up towards rear, headway before 2 out, plugged on from next, 5th of 11, 20 1/2l behind Alanjou (10-0) at Plumpton 3m 1f hcp (5) gd in May.
Viking Ruby 11-4fav (10-10) Held up just off the pace in 4th, closer in 3rd after 3 out, went between horses to lead next, soon clear, stayed on well, won at Taunton 3m hcp (5) gd in Oct beating Cushuish (11-10) by 2 3/4l, 11 ran.
Taras Day 7-1 (11-0) Towards rear, closer in mid-division 6th, pushed along after 3 out, plugged on in 4th between last 2, 4th of 13, 13l behind Buck Dancing (11-11) at Southwell 3m hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Broadway Belle 20-1 (10-2) Held up, headway after 2 out, never on terms, 5th of 10, 21l behind No Trumps (11-12) at Hexham 2m 7f hcp (5) hvy in Nov.