tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to lead close home
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
with leader, led over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on, headed close home
held up mid-division outer, took keen hold, soon dropped towards rear, headway well over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on towards finish
slowly away, outpaced in rear, never dangerous
steadied start, switched right and held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, kept on towards finish
tracked leaders in 4th, ridden over 2f out, no extra last 100 yards
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous
dwelt, mid-division, ridden over 1f out, one pace
The newcomers Striking Eyes and Sofias Number One are worth noting for the future. In contrast, Buddy Miracle and Greenhead High seem to be treading water at present with no recent signs of improvement to point to. RAMBO WILL was always fighting a losing battle from a wide draw over C&D last time and his early effort to get a good position behind the leaders cost him in the latter stages. He should be able to settle better from a more a favourable draw here and John Jenkins' colt gets the vote.
Greenhead High 16-1 (8-2) Tracked leader, lost place when ridden over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 4th of 6, 5l behind Loki's Revenge (9-7) at Lingfield 6f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Rambo Will 33-1 (9-6) Soon in touch, ridden and pressing leaders over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 5th of 12, 7l behind Stirling Bridge (9-2) at Kempton 6f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Dec.
Sailing North (USA) 40-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, hard driven and effort over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 9, 8l behind Whipphound (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo clm stks (6) pol in Dec.
Sofias Number One (USA) Silver Deputy gelding out of Storidawn.
Speed Awareness Avonbridge gelding out of Over The Limit.
Buddy Miracle 9-2 (8-8) Pulled hard, soon led, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 5, 7l behind Insolenceofoffice (8-13) at Kempton 6f 2yo clm stks (5) pol in Dec.
Lady Ellice 100-1 (9-0) Mid-division, not much room and lost place after 1f, hampered just over 1f out, no impression, 8th of 10, 10l behind Camache Queen (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo mdn fll auc stks (5) pol in Sep.
Litotes 33-1 (8-9) Went right start, hung right throughout, under pressure over 2f out, kept on under pressue to take moderate 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 5, 8l behind Cloud Illusions (8-12) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
Striking Eyes Striking Ambition filly out of Tullochrome.