raced keenly tracking leaders out wide, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
raced keenly, led narrowly over 1f, chased leader until over 2f out, weakened quickly inside final 2f
chased leaders on inside, weakened inside final furlong
badly hampered start, behind, headway on inside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not recover
badly hampered start, off the pace towards rear, not clear run and switched left inside final 2f, headway out wide over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, going on close home, unlucky
badly hampered start, towards rear and no chance after, not recover
badly hampered start, towards rear and no chance after, not recover
hampered start, switched right and held up off the pace towards rear, never involved
swerved violently left start and badly hampered five rivals, rallied to lead over 4f out, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed final stride
pulled hard and prominent, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, strong challenge inside final furlong, led final stride
NonRunner
BIBULOUS returns to the all-weather for the first time this year having been beaten only a neck at Ffos Las recently. He scored over track and trip last season and is preferred to Vape, who scored at Windsor last time with The Princes Poet behind. Porfin has been thereabouts at Wolverhampton and Gold Medal placed at the latter track last month while Rattling went close here earlier and is less exposed than Red Alert.
Bibulous (IRE) 7-2 (9-1) Held up behind leaders, closed over 3f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 8, nk behind Dora Penny (10-0) at Ffos Las 6f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
First Company (IRE) 17-2 (9-9) Held up behind leaders, closed on outside over 2f out, one pace and no impression from over 1f out, 4th of 5, 4 3/4l behind Some Nightmare (9-11) at Ffos Las 5f hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Whistledown 10-1 (8-13) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, never near leaders, 8th of 12, 11 3/4l behind Marlay Park (9-12) at Epsom 7f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Porfin (IRE) 10-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on, just held, 2nd of 11, hd behind El Hombre (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Gold Medal 7-2 (9-6) Off the pace towards rear, headway out wide over 1f out, ran on under pressure inside final furlong, went 2nd final strides, not reach winner, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Beauty Choice (9-9) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Rattling 10-1 (9-5) Towards rear, ridden over 2f, no impression, 7th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Newyorkstateofmind (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Musical Mystery 9-1 (9-9) Went right start, off the pace and always towards rear, 10th of 12, 7l behind Harb (9-10) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Red Alert 7-2 (9-12) Held up off the pace in last pair, never involved, 9th of 10, 6 3/4l behind Whistledown (9-11) at Brighton 6f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
Vape 7-2fav (9-9) Quickly away and went right start, made all, strongly pressed throughout final furlong, battled on gamely, all out, won at Windsor 6f hcp (6) gd in Oct beating Big Bard (9-10) by shd, 16 ran.
The Princes Poet 17-2 (9-12) Slightly hampered start, off the pace towards rear, headway and switched out left over 2f out, ridden edged left and weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 16, 2 1/2l behind Vape (9-9) at Windsor 6f hcp (6) gd in Oct.
Em Jay Kay 3-1 (9-2) Chased leader, ridden 2f out, kept on, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Time Shadow (8-11) at Wolverhampton 5f mdn stks (6) pol in Apr.
Tell'em Nowt 7-2 (10-2) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, no impression on winner, 2nd of 10, 3l behind Ring of Light (9-10) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
