held up, ridden over 2f out, never a factor
raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden to lead approaching 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
keen in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, just held
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
raced wide, held up, rapid headway to track leader over 7f out, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
in touch,pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace
raced wide close up, riden over 2f out, kept on same pace
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, not trouble leaders
tracked leaders, pushed along and lost place quickly over 4f out, tailed off 3f out
led 2f, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
slowly away in rear, ridden and headway towards far side 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
led after 2f, ridden and headed approaching 2f out, soon weakened
keen close up, headway 2f out, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, unable to quicken inside final furlong
Winning hurdler Divin Bere won over 2m on the Flat at Bath in October while Jonjo O’Neill’s Spiritual Man scored over 1m6f at Wolverhampton recently. RAAQYAH needs to reverse latest running over 1m2f here with the runner-up Magic Mirror. But Roger Varian’s unexposed filly is expected to do so over this extra distance of ground and gets the nod to open her account having only her second outing since August. Bamako Du Chatelet’s earlier double came over further and he was well beaten over today’s trip at Wolverhampton a fortnight ago.
The Otmoor Poet 9-2 (9-9) Slowly into stride, held up in last pair, headway on outside chasing leaders 8f out, went 2nd 5f out, never any chance with winner, lost 2nd 2f out, weakened into 4th final furlong until weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 17 1/4l behind Arch My Boy (9-9) at Nottingham 1m 6f stks (5) gd in Oct.
Bamako Du Chatelet (FR) 6-1 (9-8) Blindfold off late and missed break, held up in rear, headway and edged left over 1f out, never nearer, 6th of 12, 5 3/4l behind Pink Phantom (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Whinging Willie (IRE) 8-1 (9-13) Raced wide in touch, headway to press leaders 5f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Landue (9-9) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Rainbow Rising (FR) 6-1 (9-7) Soon led, headed over 9f out, ridden over 2f out, no extra towards finish, 5th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Fitzwilly (9-4) at Kempton 2m hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Spiritual Man (IRE) 9-1 (9-13) In touch in mid-division, headway 3f out, not clear run briefly over 2f out, led 1f out, stayed on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Nov beating Calvinist (9-7) by 2 1/4l, 13 ran.
Raaqyah (USA) 11-2 (9-4) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 4th of 14, 1 1/2l behind Dono di Dio (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Divin Bere (FR) 5-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders, driven to challenge 2 out, weakened last, 5th of 9, 14 3/4l behind Fidux (11-2) at Ascot 2m hcp lst (1) gd in Nov.
Magic Mirror 9-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, never reached winner, 2nd of 14, 1 1/4l behind Dono di Dio (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Peace Prevails 40-1 (8-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 4th of 7, 12 1/4l behind Exceeding Power (9-9) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Lyn's Secret (IRE) 12-1 (10-5) In touch in 4th place, weakened from 3 out, 4th of 5, dist behind Cracker Factory (11-4) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f (3) gd in Jul.
Apache Blaze 33-1 (8-12) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders over 1f out, ridden and stayed on into 4th inside final furlong, not trouble front trio, 4th of 8, 5l behind Get Back Get Back (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Zenith One (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Dwelt, always behind, 11th of 14, 5 1/4l behind Dono di Dio (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Art Of Swing (IRE) 28-1 (9-7) Towards rear, ridden and weakened 2f out, 8th of 9, 10 3/4l behind Landue (9-9) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Echo Cove (IRE) 40-1 (9-2) Took keen hold tracking leaders, pushed along and hung right over 2f out, no headway, 6th of 10, 11l behind Silver River (10-0) at Kempton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Nov.