close up on outer, steady headway over 2f out, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
towards rear, asked for effort over 2f out, no impression soon after
took keen hold, in rear, waiting for room briefly and switched left 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, always held
led, asked for effort and headed 2f out, kept on same pace towards finish
tracked leaders on inner, smooth headway on inner over 2f out, led under pressure 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, always doing enough
The step up to 7f on his handicap debut brought improvement from MONOPOLISE and he opened his account at Newmarket. Today’s longer distance promises to bring further progress and he’s preferred to Maxi King. The latter is also upped from 7f after placing at Newcastle while Ludo's Landing beat Prince Nabeel when scoring at Carlisle earlier but both have been beaten over today’s distance subsequently. Nap Hand makes his handicap debut having been gelded.
Maxi King (IRE) 9-2 (9-4) Prominent, shaken up over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong but no match for first two, 3rd of 9, 3 1/4l behind Lord Sam's Castle (9-5) at Newcastle 7f (4) pol in Nov.
Prince Nabeel (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Led 1f, chased winner until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 7 1/2l behind Grey's Monument (9-7) at York 1m (2) gs in Oct.
Nap Hand (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Dwelt, in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on but never on terms, 5th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Have Secret (8-11) at Haydock 7f (4) gd in Aug.
Ludo's Landing (IRE) 7-2 (9-6) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on, 4th of 5, 3l behind Hello Deira (9-9) at Kempton 1m (4) pol in Oct.
Monopolise 17-2 (8-10) Raced wide, close up in rear, headway 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Newmarket 7f (4) sft in Oct beating Spioradalta (9-4) by 3/4l, 5 ran.