made most to well over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held in touch, headway over 1f out, hard ridden and ran on to take 2nd inside final furlong
close up, hard ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
slowly away, keen hold and held up last, shaken up over 1f out, never reached challenging position
dwelt, held up in rear, good headway on wide outside over 1f out, led just inside final furlong, soon clear
took keen hold, tracked leader to 7f out, stayed close up, until weakened 2f out
held up in rear, ridden and struggling final 3f
in touch, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
tracked leader 7f out, ridden to lead inside final 2f, headed just inside final furlong, soon no impression and lost 2nd
pulled hard, pulled way up to track leaders 7f out, pushed along 4f out, soon weakened
Picador can land this at the expense of Kilgary and Davidia. The selection carries a six pound penalty for his recent success over the same trip at Lingfield last time out and for that reason has to be respected. He ran well to finish second prior to that at Woverhampton so looks an improving type and a horse to look out for in the future. Kilgary is unexposed with only three runs under his belt to date and was a little disappointing at Wolverhampton last time out. Having said that he did run with promise prior to that so if given the benefit of the doubt he has to be considered. Davidia looked like coming back to his former self when running with credit at Lingfield on his latest run. He had been a little in and out of form prior to that but has shown enough in the past to warrant repect so is one to note. But for the winner we return to Picador.
Unicorn Reward (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) In touch, led over 4f out until edged left and headed over 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, last of 14, 40l behind Jordan's Light (8-8) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Nov.
Kilgary (USA) 4-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, behind, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous, 8th of 12, 9l behind One Night In Paris (8-12) at W'hampton 7f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Oct.
Davidia (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Behind, ridden halfway, moderate late headway, 5th of 10, 5l behind Ludovico (8-12) at Lingfield 7f clm (6) pol.
Blue Quiver (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Steadied start, took keen hold towards rear, never a factor, 13th of 14, 14l behind Jordan's Light (9-4) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov.
Generous Lad (IRE) 33-1 (9-2) Disputed lead, headed and weakened quickly over 2f out, 14th of 16, 22l behind Jackie Kiely (9-10) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Sept.
Picador 4-6fav (8-9) Led for 1f, tracked leader, led over 1f out, ran on well, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcap (6) pol beating Revolve (8-9) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Dream Mountain 10-1 (9-1) In touch, headway 2f out, led inside final furlong, caught final stride, 2nd of 12, shd behind Makai (8-8) at Brighton 1m 2f sll hcp (6) gs in Oct.
Camp Attack 10-1 (8-6) Always prominent, driven to challenge over 1f out, soon every chance, kept on well final furlong, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Broughtons Folly (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo hcp (6) pol in Nov.