tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
raced wide, held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on, not pace to challenge
mid-division, switched left over 1f out, ridden and ran on strongly to lead post
held up, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
pulled hard, led after 1f, ridden 2f out, caught post
led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
in rear, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders
tracked leader over 4f out, ridden 2f out, no extra and lost two places near finish
always in rear
slowly away, in rear, kept on final furlong, never nearer
Frankie Dettori makes the dash from his afternoon base in Newmarket to ride two for Mark Johnston on this card and we think he takes that journey mostly to ride ELUSIVE FAME who gets the call here ahead of handicap debutante Brother Cha while last time out winner Jake The Snake makes some appeal. A little bit in and out on the form lines the pick has been almost exclusively campaigned at Southwell in recent runs. He does act around here and only found a subsequent winner too good off a pound better last time. Brother Cha duly stepped up on his debut effort to score on his last start as a three-year-old. The second placed animal has since scored a hat-trick including off a mark of 81 so he looks weighted well enough to go well on debut in these ranks with more expected. Jake The Snake has a great strike-rate here and the late nature of his win over course and distance last time gives the handicapper a headache and he still should be in the mix off this rating. Hurricane Spirit is a former course and distance winner that has a chance but maybe lacks fitness so we turn to Frankie and Elusive Fame.
Dingaan (IRE) 8-1 (8-13) Very slowly away, lost all of 8 lengths, rushed up to join the rear of field over 6f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 11, 24l behind Gaily Noble (9-4) at Lingfield 1m app hcp (0-85) (4yo+) (4) pol in Mar.
Hurricane Spirit (IRE) 13-2 (8-8) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, effort on inside well over 1f out, chased leading pair inside final furlong, no impresion, lost 3rd near finish, 4th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Rock Ascot (9-0) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Oct.
Jake The Snake (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Dropped out start, took keen hold in last place, not clear run when travelling strongly from over 2f out until over 1f out, soon picked up well, running on well when bumped inside final furlong, led last strides, won at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar beating Dinner Date (8-7) by nk, 8 ran.
Prince Of Thebes (IRE) 16-1 (8-8) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, edged left and kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 16, 2 1/2l behind Highly Regal (9-0) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Brother Cha (IRE) 13-8 (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, won at Chepstow 7f 3yo mdn (5) gf in Aug beating Luc Jordan (9-3) by 1l, 6 ran.
Block Party 14-1 (8-13) Mid-division, hampered over 4f out, ridden and some headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 9th of 16, 4 1/2l behind Highly Regal (9-0) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Gallantry 33-1 (8-9) Raced wide, mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 15th of 16, 8l behind Highly Regal (9-0) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Carnivore 14-1 (8-6) Held up in rear, ridden 2f out, no real impression final furlong, 5th of 7, 6l behind Arachnophobia (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar.
Archie Rice (USA) 10-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out, 7th of 9, 11l behind Beat The Bell (9-1) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar.
Elusive Fame (USA) 7-2 (9-4) Prominent, led over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, stayed on under pressure, not pace of winner, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Pendragon (8-4) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Mar.
