held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, never dangerous
tracked leader, led over 1f out, hung left, ran on
led after 1f, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, under pressure halfway, weakened over 1f out
pulled hard, held up in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden to challenge entering final furlong, not pace of winner
always behind
led 1f, effort over 2f out, kept on same pace
Perfect Act got the better of NEW LEYF last time but with the latter fitter coming into this and with a weight swing in his favour we side with Jeremy Gask's runner while Dvinsky has place claims off this mark. Two lengths was the margin of the defeat for the selection behind Perfect Act last time and while the weights this time perhaps just suggest a decreased margin the pick was retuning from 147 days off so if he can come on for that run he may overturn that result. Perfect Act was a pretty strong winner of that last race and has a chance of maintaining his superiority. That said he's yet to win under this much weight and could find his rival improving past him. Dvinsky ran well to place over course and distance last time and on with a further pound removed from his back he is now two better off than the last time he got up so looks value for the places. Tiddliwinks needs to be respected after his victory at Lingfield the last time we saw Kevin Ryan's runner but New Leyf could improve and looks value for the win.
Little Pete (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 7th of 10, 5l behind Fathsta (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Tiddliwinks 7-4fav (8-11) Led 1f, tracked leader, led on bit 1f out, soon quickened and in command, pushed out, won at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec beating King Of Defence (8-4) by 1l, 6 ran.
Timeteam (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) Steadied start, pulled hard, held up, headway on outside 3f out, pressed leaders 2f out, still chance over 1f out until ridden and found no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 3 1/2l behind Tiddliwinks (8-11) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Cawdor (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Raced against stands side rail, tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden and ran on, won at Nottingham 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Oct beating Cheyenne Red (8-12) by 3l, 16 ran.
Perfect Act 13-2 (9-1) Squeezed at start, steadied to rear, held up, edged out over 2f out, smooth headway over 1f out, ridden and led just inside final furlong, ran on strongly, won at Kempton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec beating New Leyf (9-1) by 2l, 11 ran.
Mogok Ruby 33-1 (8-10) Went left start, mid-division, outpaced 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 10, 9l behind Fathsta (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Dvinsky (USA) 10-1 (8-8) Bumped soon after start, pressed leader, every chance 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 9, 3 1/2l behind Lujeanie (8-10) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Methaaly (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden well over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 9, 5l behind Lujeanie (8-10) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
New Leyf (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Awkward leaving stalls and slowly into stride, in rear, headway over 1f out, not clear run and snatched up just inside final furlong, soon switched left, ran on well to snatch 2nd post, 2nd of 11, 2l behind Perfect Act (9-1) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
