track leaders, led 3 out, ridden 3 out, headed last, one pace under pressure
track leaders, reminder 2nd, drop rear next, tailed off halfway, pulled up before 3 out
raced keen, track leaders, closed up 3 out, every chance next, weakened flat
mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, ridden and weakened between last 2
track leaders, led halfway, headed when mistake 3 out, soon weakened
held up, mid-division, headway 4 out, led last, ridden out
pulled hard, led 1st, headed halfway, weakened quickly 4 out, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
toward rear, behind when blundered 2 out
mid-division, mistake 4th, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
led to 1st, remained close up, chance 3 out, ridden and weakened before next
towards rear, headway 3 out, ridden 2 out, no further progress
towards rear, never dangerous
prominent to halfway, soon lost touch
mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, effort 2 out, kept on one pace running
held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, ridden between last 2, no extra flat
Factor Fifteen shaped well enough on his Musselburgh debut to get the vote over Inglwood and Paddy The Piper. Although not in the same class as other Howard Johnson-trained ex-Flat horses such as Inglis Drever and Chivalry, Factor Fifteen made the long odds-on Contraband pull out all the stops on his debut over timber at Musselburgh, and should have learnt enough to go one better here. Paddy The Piper, a dual bumper winner at Catterick and Wetherby, has been ready to run for some time now and by all accounts has schooled exceptionally well. He will be a danger, perhaps more so than Inglewood who was lucky to collect at Bangor in August when the leader Downtherefordancin came to grief. He did though have a recent spin on the all-weather at Wolverhampton so should be straight enough. The one to be on this time though is Factor Fifteen who can give his in-form stable another winner.
