waited with in rear, headway out wide over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f
tracked leader until ridden 2f out, weakened quickly
held up in last pair, good headway on inside tracking leaders over 2f out, led final 110 yards, stayed on well
held up off the pace in last trio, pushed along 4f out, headway out wide over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f
held up in 5th, headway out wide tracking leaders 3f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, went 2nd inside final 100 yards, not quite pace to challenge
raced keenly in close 3rd on inside, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed final 110 yards, no extra in 3rd inside final 1oo yards
dwelt, soon tracking leaders, went 2nd 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden inside final 2f, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Surrey Gold ended last year with a victory at York and stable companion Ravens Ark won a lower grade contest at Lingfield a fortnight ago. The progressive Secret Shadow is preferred to stablemate Morando bidding for a hat-trick on her return to action but OMAN (NAP) makes most appeal. The latter was beaten only a neck over today’s trip at Salisbury earlier in the month and given the winner has gone in again since, he gets the vote to go one better in this.
Morando (FR) 16-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders out wide, ridden and stayed on same pace in 3rd final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Ilaraab (9-4) at Newbury 1m 4f Grp 3 stks (1) sft in Oct.
Cardano (USA) 12-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, ridden after 2 out, soon well held, kept on one pace, 4th of 13, 11 3/4l behind Seventeen O Four (10-12) at Chepstow 2m (4) sft in Dec.
Inchicore (IRE) 15-2 (9-5) Steadied start, held up in rear, headway tracking leaders 3f out, hung left over 2f out, plugged on in well held 3rd inside final 2f, no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 7, 4l behind Ahorsewithnoname (8-7) at Newbury 2m hcp (2) gd in Apr.
Oman (IRE) 4-6fav (9-7) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on until headed and not pace of winner final 100 yards, kept on, 2nd of 4, nk behind Spirit Mixer (8-10) at Salisbury 1m 6f hcp (3) gf in May.
Surrey Gold (IRE) 9-2 (8-10) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, edged left from 2f out, sustained challenge inside final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish, won at York 1m 6f hcp (2) sft in Oct beating Star Caliber (8-12) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
Secret Shadow (IRE) 3-1fav (8-9) Keen in touch, smooth headway over 2f out, briefly not clear over 1f out, ridden entering final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish, readily, won at Newbury 1m 5f hcp (3) hvy in Oct beating Maketh Believeth (8-5) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Ravens Ark 9-4 (9-4) Raced wide tracked leader, ridden to lead 2f out, pressed inside final furlong, ran on gamely, won at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (4) gf in May beating Charging Thunder (9-8) by 1l, 6 ran.
Dancing Harry (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Led, ridden over 2f out, driven and headed approaching final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 6, 3l behind Protected Guest (9-7) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (3) gf in Apr.
Alfred Boucher 6-1 (9-7) In touch, effort over over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 19 3/4l behind Going Gone (9-4) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in Apr.
