in touch, ridden and slightly outpaced 2f out, ridden and rallied inside final furlong
keen tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
raced wide close up, headway approaching 2f out, shaken up to lead over 1f out, ran on strongly
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt towards rear, ridden 2f out, never nearer
dwelt keen in touch, ridden 2f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
raced wide in rear, pushed along over 3f out, never a factor
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace
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My Target is a prolific winner on the all-weather but has failed to get his head in front so far this year and drops in class. But ISOMER (NAP) has shown further progress this year and found only the smart Pactolus too good over track and trip last month. He’ll go close again with a similar effort in this. Manton Grange was runner-up in amateur company at Ascot last time though both previous wins came over 7f while Michele Strogoff finished in front of Samphire Coast at Chelsmford earlier but is upped in class today and Glory Awaits makes more appeal in this grade off his current mark.
Isomer (USA) 7-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, 2nd of 14, 1/2l behind Pactolus (9-12) at Kempton 1m hcp (2) pol in Oct.
Mountain Rescue (IRE) 80-1 (8-13) Held up behind, outpaced over 2f out, driven and kept on inside final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 10, 4 3/4l behind Argentello (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp (2) pol in Oct.
Breden (IRE) 50-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders far side, led this group over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, soon weakened, 15th of 19, 12 1/2l behind Jazeel (8-10) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Spare Parts (IRE) 18-1 (8-9) Led 1f, tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 12 3/4l behind Never Back Down (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Manton Grange 6-1 (11-0) In touch in rear, headway approaching 2f out, ridden to chase winner entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Cliffs Of Capri (11-7) at Ascot 7f hcp (3) gd in Oct.
Samphire Coast 12-1 (9-9) Held up behind, headway when not clear run over 1f out and again inside final furlong, kept on, never able to challenge, 9th of 14, 4l behind Equitant (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Glory Awaits (IRE) 14-1 (8-7) Led, headed 5f out, led again over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Very Talented (9-9) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Sep.
Michele Strogoff 10-3 (9-7) Keen to post, pulled hard, tracked leader, pushed along to challenge 2f out, led 1f out until entering final furlong, lost 2nd inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Why We Dream (8-12) at Nottingham 1m hcp (4) gf in Oct.
My Target (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Dwelt, held up towards rear, pushed along 2f out, never a factor, last of 8, 7 3/4l behind Hakam (9-2) at Lingfield 1m hcp (2) pol in Nov.