chased leaders, ridden and effort 2f out, weakened well inside final furlong
prominent, ridden 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
mid-division headway over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, 3rd and held close home
made most until well inside final furlong, 4th and held close home
held up in rear, well beaten over 1f out
held up, ridden 2f out, no impression
fly leapt just after start, mid-division, not much room over 2f out, headway over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, headed close home
held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on, led close home
steadied start, held up in rear, headway and switched right over 1f out, ran on, unable to reach leaders
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway when not much room over 1f out, closing when short of room well inside final furlong, snatched up and looked to finish full of running
prominent, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out
New Agenda won over hurdles in October and wasn’t beaten far when third over track and trip before that. NYLON SPEED is another winning hurdler but Alan King’s charge has won under this code either side of that success with his most recent victory coming at Lingfield earlier in the month. There looks more to come from him and he’s preferred to recent Wolverhampton runner-up Tangramm and Lingfield third Presence Process. Long Call returns to the Flat 6lb higher than when scoring at Leicester in September while Surrey Blaze has been off the track since August but has won three of only four starts on the all-weather.
New Agenda 6-1 (12-0) Tracked leader, led 3rd, made rest, shaken up after 2 out, 1 length clear last, ridden out flat, held on well, won at Ludlow 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct beating Mick Maestro (11-9) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Nylon Speed (IRE) 11-10fav (9-0) Close up, went 2nd over 8f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Jan beating Dutch Uncle (9-10) by 2l, 8 ran.
Tangramm 7-4fav (9-6) Held up, pushed along over 4f out, headway over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, no impression, 2nd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Fashaak (9-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Sep.
Surrey Blaze (IRE) 11-2 (8-12) Held up in rear, headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 7 3/4l behind Fairlight (9-3) at Brighton 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Berrahri (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Always close up, slight lead on inside 4f out, pushed along and headed over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 4th of 9, 5l behind Kasperenko (10-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (3) pol in Aug.
Sir George Somers (USA) 6-1 (11-5) Mid-division, 7th and ridden after 3 out, well beaten from next, 10th of 14, 24 1/4l behind Dizzey Heights (10-4) at Fakenham 2m hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Vampish 6-1 (8-8) Mid-division, outpaced when carried wide over 2f out, soon behind, last of 9, 21 3/4l behind Matchmaking (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Jul.
Dono Di Dio 7-1 (9-3) Set steady pace until headed halfway, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 4 3/4l behind Fearsome (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Central City (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Tracked winner, driven over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken 1f out, lost place inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Military Law (10-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Bobby Biscuit (USA) 6-1 (9-6) Raced wide in touch, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, kept on same pace, 6th of 11, 7l behind Katie Lee (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Long Call 12-1 (11-2) In rear, closed on leading pair 9th, ridden 2 out, soon beaten, last of 3, 26l behind Style De Garde (10-9) at Hereford 2m (4) gd in Nov.
Presence Process 10-1 (9-6) In touch, short of room 3f out, headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Mouchee (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
