tracked leaders, travelled strongly and ridden entering final furlong, just held
slowly into stride and held up, ridden and outpaced at 3f, made no impression
tracked leaders, ridden and made headway at 2f, outpaced inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and rallied well to lead inside final furlong, won gamely
led and headed at 2f, outpaced and weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and outpaced at 2f, kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
held up, ridden and outpaced at 2f, never a factor
Charlie Appleby complicates matters running the handicap debutants TANGLED WORDS and Mythical Dancer. The former gets a speculative vote on last month’s course and distance success though his stablemate shares the same handicap rating having won at Thirsk earlier and has been recently gelded. Boafo Boy is upped in distance for his handicap bow while Sydney Street drops down in trip after placing in a nursery at Chelmsford and that pair look best of the rest.
Mythical Dancer (IRE) 9-4fav (9-8) Raced wide early, led, ridden and joined 2f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened quickly and soon eased, 7th of 9, 7l behind Franz (9-2) at Haydock 1m stks (4) sft in Oct.
Tangled Words (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Mid division, headway on inside entering final furlong, ridden to lead final 100 yards, ran on well, won at Kempton 7f mdn stks (4) pol in Nov beating Later Darling (9-5) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Boafo Boy 10-1 (9-7) Raced mid-division, raced keenly, ridden 3f out, stayed on one paced, 4th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Hierarchy (9-7) at Salisbury 6f stks (4) gd in Aug.
Sydney Street 10-1 (9-8) Prominent and led until 2f, ridden and asked for effort inside final furlong, denied close home, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Prism (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m (5) pol in Nov.
Costa Adeje (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, outpaced by leaders and well held from over 1f out, 4th of 8, 7 1/2l behind Object (9-5) at Kempton 6f (4) pol in Nov.
Buachaill (IRE) 20-1 (9-5) Led 1f, chased leader until ridden inside final 2f, weakened quickly over 1f out, 5th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Kidwah (9-0) at Doncaster 6f mdn stks (4) sft in Nov.
Berkshire Phoenix (IRE) 15-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, driven 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 4l behind Top Exhibit (9-7) at Ffos Las 6f (5) gd in Aug.