Poet's Prince and Bee Ina Bonnet are both eased significantly in class for this but are looking high enough in the weights at present. Give Em A Clump handled heavy ground well enough at Ffos Las last month but his only win over this longer trip was in a seller. Vodka Pigeon was second to a useful filly over 6f here on debut and came up against Group 1 winner Laurens last time, though was well beaten. BERTOG has progressed with each run and an opening mark of 72 is probably fair. John Mackie's colt can make a winning start in handicaps if handling the surface.
Poet's Prince 10-1 (9-1) Raced wide prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, last of 9, 11 1/4l behind Magic Jazz (8-11) at Hamilton 6f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Bee Ina Bonnet 25-1 (8-8) Took keen hold, chased leaders, weakened over 2f out, 11th of 13, 12 1/4l behind Awesometank (8-13) at Newmarket 7f fll (2) gs in Sep.
Bertog 22-1 (9-2) Behind, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 11, 2 1/4l behind Three Saints Bay (9-2) at Redcar 7f stks (5) gs in Oct.
Vodka Pigeon 9-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, 8th of 15, 11 1/4l behind Laurens (9-0) at Doncaster 7f mdn fll stks (5) gd in Jul.
Gossip Column (IRE) 2-1fav (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Connaught Ranger (9-5) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Sinaloa (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Tracked leader in centre, ridden over 1f out, not much room briefly inside final furlong, no extra, 7th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Lina's Star (8-12) at Newcastle 6f (5) pol in Sep.
Give Em A Clump (IRE) 9-4fav (9-7) Raced keenly, made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Ffos Las 6f (6) hvy in Sep beating Kheleyf's Girl (9-7) by 2l, 7 ran.
Barney George 12-1 (9-6) Slowly away, soon tracked leader, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 10, 7 3/4l behind Burn Some Dust (8-13) at Ayr 1m (6) sft in Oct.
