led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up, ridden over 1f out, not trouble leaders
close up, headway to lead over 1f out, ran on, comfortable
in rear, stayed far side alone from 4f out, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace
towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, kept on same pace
tracked leaders, pushed along 2f, weakened approaching final furlong
tracked leader, ridden and slightly outpaced over 1f out, rallied towards finish
raced wide in touch, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
raced wide held up, pushed along 6f out, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
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Queen Gamrah completed a double at Kempton and Newcastle then went close to landing a hat-trick at Wolverhampton when conceding 9lb to the winner. She'll improve this season as will her stable companion Festival Day, a very easy winner at Chepstow before finishing last in the Group 2 Rockfel at Newmarket. Kuwait Shield scored at Catterick then just failed to outbattle the winner on his first all-weather start at Southwell. Finest Sound twice ran very well at Sandown before beaten a long way into third at Newmarket and has had wind surgery. Blue Skyline showed potential in his three starts and looks on a fair mark as does EL NASERI. He also had three runs in the autumn and finished close up in all of them suggesting he'd do better in his second campaign.
Queen Gamrah 4-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, ridden and every chance until unable to quicken close home, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Locked N' Loaded (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (4) pol in Dec.
Festival Day 7-1 (9-0) Keen led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 17 1/4l behind Daahyeh (9-0) at Newmarket 7f Grp 2 fll stks (1) gd in Sep.
Finest Sound (IRE) 10-3 (9-2) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 15, 11 1/4l behind Kinross (9-2) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) gs in Oct.
High Flying Bird (FR) 10-1 (9-6) Keen tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, ran on, won at Newmarket 7f (5) sft in Oct beating Elegant Erin (9-7) by 1l, 12 ran.
Silver Samurai 11-2 (9-3) Mid-division on inside, headway 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge and lost 3rd towards finish, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Dance Fever (9-11) at Kempton 7f (4) pol in Nov.
El Naseri (IRE) 11-2 (9-5) Chased leaders, staying on when hung left under pressure inside final furlong, kept on well, 3rd of 9, 3/4l behind Al Rufaa (9-5) at York 7f stks (3) sft in Oct.
Kuwait Shield 13-2 (9-5) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed narrowly approaching final furlong, driven and still every chance inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 7, hd behind Bermuda Schwartz (9-6) at Southwell 1m (5) pol in Oct.
Sir Charles Punch 12-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, held up, headway over 1f out, never on terms, 6th of 9, 7 1/4l behind Clay Regazzoni (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (4) pol in Oct.
Trumpets Call (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Chased leader, pushed along over 2f out, soon every chance, ridden and weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 6 1/2l behind Highest Ground (9-5) at Leicester 7f stks (3) gf in Sep.
Blue Skyline (IRE) 5-2fav (9-0) Keen close up, pushed along and no impression over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 8l behind Tuscan Gaze (9-0) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) sft in Nov.
