tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
raced wide close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
led, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on
dwelt towards rear, ridden and headway inside final furlong, no impression towards finish
keen, raced wide, held up, ridden and weakened over 1f out
keen in rear, ridden 2f out, never nearer
in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
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The recent winners are all upped in class today. Island Of Life has also been raised 7lb after scoring at Newcastle while both Polybius and Eljaddaaf landed Class 3 sprints over track and trip on their respective latest starts. Udontdodou won at this level at Windsor in August but is rated 12lb higher back on the all-weather and was behind Tropics when the latter scored at Chelmsford in June. But Dean Ivory’s charge has struggled since and a chance is taken on the unexposed DANZAN improving for last month’s return to action at Newmarket. He won novice races over today’s trip at Chelmsford early in the year and has scope for improvement now handicapping for the first time.
Tropics (USA) 20-1 (9-0) Led, ran wide bend into straight 2f out, ridden and headed just inside final furlong, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Breathless Times (8-13) at Lingfield 7f stks (3) pol in Nov.
Gulliver 33-1 (9-3) Dwelt, raced wide always towards rear, last of 12, 4 1/4l behind Encrypted (9-3) at Lingfield 6f lst stks (1) pol in Nov.
Atletico (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Went left start, in touch, ridden and headway entering final furlong, no impression after, 8th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Encrypted (9-3) at Lingfield 6f lst stks (1) pol in Nov.
Danzan (IRE) 15-8 (9-13) Led 1f, chased winner until halfway, ridden and rallied to chase winner again inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 4, 2l behind Sir Thomas Gresham (9-10) at Newmarket 6f stks (3) sft in Nov.
Polybius 9-2 (9-7) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, led final 75 yards, readily, won at Kempton 6f hcp (3) pol in Oct beating Procedure (8-12) by 1l, 11 ran.
Mokaatil 16-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, raced awkwardly in rear, headway on inside and hung badly left over 1f out, kept on same pace and no impression final furlong, last of 7, 3 1/2l behind Verne Castle (8-5) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (2) pol in Aug.
Eljaddaaf (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Kempton 6f hcp (3) pol in Nov beating Watchable (9-2) by nk, 9 ran.
Island Of Life (USA) 15-8fav (9-9) Held up towards rear, headway inside final 2f, soon challenged, led inside final furlong, pushed out, won at Newcastle 6f hcp fll (4) pol in Nov beating Twilight (8-11) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Udontdodou 8-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, never on terms, gradually weakened inside final furlong, 14th of 21, 4 3/4l behind A Momentofmadness (9-4) at Doncaster 6f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Ultimate Avenue (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Led, pushed along over 2f out, soon headed and weakened quickly, last of 8, 25 1/2l behind Mankib (9-2) at Newbury 7f lst stks (1) gs in Sep.