steadied start, held up in last pair, headway far side of group under pressure over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken inside final 2f, edged right and weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders on inside, ridden and weakened 2f out
held up in 5th out wide, laboured headway under pressure over 1f out, edged right and kept on but never going pace to get involved
led and took field centre in home straight, strongly pressed from 2f out, kept on until headed inside final 100 yards, no extra in 3rd towards finish
steadied start, held up in last pair, ridden and headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led towards finish
pressed leader, led narrowly inside final 100 yards, headed towards finish
NonRunner
DARING LEGEND will likely have finished closer than fourth at Haydock on his handicap debut with a clear run. Cheekpieces may also bring about improvement and he gets another chance. Sleven is fitted with a tongue-tie back over this shorter trip and Mad Punter is another racing in first-time headgear. Several make their handicap debuts with Hamilton runner-up Amancio and First Encore preferred to Hug A Tree and Deep Blue.
Deep Blue (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Midfield, ridden over 2f out, hanging slightly left over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Nariko (9-2) at Kempton 6f fll stks (4) pol in Sep.
Hug A Tree (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, ran on same pace, 2nd of 9, 8l behind Local Arms (9-2) at Beverley 7f fll stks (5) sft in Sep.
Sleven (IRE) 7-1 (9-9) Led, pushed along and headed 2f out, weakened, 8th of 11, 12 1/4l behind Making Dreams (9-11) at Thirsk 1m (5) gd in Sep.
Amancio 2-1fav (9-5) Midfield, ridden over 2f out, soon stayed on into 2nd, kept on entering final furlong, soon outpaced by winner, kept on one pace close home, 2nd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Esquire (9-7) at Hamilton 6f mdn stks (4) gs in Sep.
Queues Likely 250-1 (8-6) Chased leaders, pushed along well over 2f out, gradually weakened, 7th of 10, 10 1/4l behind Dragon Leader (8-8) at Redcar 6f lst (1) gd in Oct.
Mad Punter 10-1 (8-12) Raced keenly and held up in last pair, headway out wide chasing leaders over 3f out, weakened quickly inside final 2f, 6th of 7, 6 1/2l behind Phone Tag (9-7) at Windsor 1m (5) gd in Oct.
Land Of Magic 250-1 (8-11) Tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, lost 2nd inside final 2f, soon weakened quickly, 6th of 11, 12l behind Chic Colombine (9-3) at Goodwood 7f fll (2) sft in Sep.
First Encore (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 6l behind Elmonjed (9-9) at Haydock 6f stks (4) gd in Sep.
Daring Legend 16-1 (9-7) In touch, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 4 1/4l behind Chic Colombine (9-8) at Haydock 7f (5) gd in Sep.