in touch, led after 2f, ridden and headed narrowly 2f out, kept on until weakened inside final furlong
held up in last pair, headway on inside 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace and no impression in 4th inside final furlong
held up in last pair, driven to chase leaders over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace final furlong, no impression
held up mid-division, driven and headway on outside over 1f out, led narrowly 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on well towards finish
keen and led 2f, tracked leaders, effort on inside 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader after 2f, led narrowly 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed 1f out, not pace of front pair inside final furlong
mid-division, driven to chase leaders over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on and every chance final furlong, held towards finish
Winning hurdler Isaac Bell was returned a shock 100/1 winner of a maiden race over track and trip on his debut in this code. He beat a horse rated 77 so should give a good account while Alqamar has a shout back over today’s trip on an earlier second at Ascot. A prolific winner in India, DESERT GOD began life in this country off a mark of 100. He finally showed some improvement for this year’s slide down the weights when beaten three lengths at Windsor last time and Richard Hughes’ charge could go close off his current mark. Rydan and Berrahri have both been placed over 1m6f recently, though the former has to race off a higher mark back on the all-weather.
Elysian Fields (GR) 66-1 (9-3) Always towards rear, 10th of 13, 7 1/4l behind Daphne (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 5f lst fll stks (1) pol in Nov.
First Flight (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Held up in last pair, steady headway on inside over 3f out, ridden chasing leaders 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 9, 13l behind Reshoun (8-11) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Oct.
Rydan (IRE) 5-1 (9-9) Held up in mid-division, not clear run on inside well over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no threat, 5th of 9, 1 1/2l behind St Mary's (10-0) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Alqamar 9-4fav (8-11) Led, joined over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened and eased final furlong, 5th of 8, 8l behind Great Hall (10-0) at Yarmouth 1m 6f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Castlelyons (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Held up behind and keen, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 10th of 13, 4 1/4l behind Western Duke (8-11) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Desert God (IND) 12-1 (9-8) Prominent, pushed along over 2f out, close up inside final furlong, no extra final 75 yards, 5th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Solar Cross (8-8) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (3) gs in Oct.
Berrahri (IRE) 14-1 (9-8) Raced wide tracked leader, led 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 6 1/4l behind Golden Birthday (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp (3) gs in Oct.
Isaac Bell (IRE) 100-1 (9-11) Held up mid-division, headway 4f out to chase leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Kempton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct beating Stanley (9-11) by nk, 12 ran.
