slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on, went 3rd close home
led early, prominent, ridden to lead 2f out, headed and stayed on same pace inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up in rear, driven over 1f out, stayed on well final 100 yards, nearest finish
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, weakened 3f out
held up in rear, switched right and headway 2f out, stayed on same pace final 100 yards (disqualified following an objection by the clerk of the scales)
prominent early, chased leaders, pushed along 5f out, weakened 3f out
mid-division, driven and effort 2f out, one pace inside final furlong
slowly into stride, rear of mid-division, driven 3f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
soon led, headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent, every chance 2f out unable to quicken inside final furlong (promoted to 4th)
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, never really threatened, one pace final furlong
Great Return was placed in an amateurs’ race over today’s trip at Lingfield a fortnight ago and can race off the same mark but Navajo Star has looked in the handicappers’ grip since landing a double in October. Several of these have been hurdling including Maid Of Tuscany, who won over 1m6f on the Flat last season, while Ding Ding was runner-up at Lingfield on her penultimate start. A runner-up over hurdles last time, BLACK PRINCE won over 2m at Chelmsford before that and the three-year-old gets the vote to go in again with further progress likely.
Spiritoftomintoul 10-1 (8-11) Held up in last pair, headway towards far side of group over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 8th of 9, 10 1/4l behind Incus (8-13) at Newbury 2m hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Great Return 10-1 (11-0) Dwelt close up, ridden to track leaders 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Strictly Art (10-11) at Lingfield 2m hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Aumerle 33-1 (9-3) In touch, headway 5f out, tracked leaders 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 14, 11l behind Mister Showman (9-2) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Unblinking 33-1 (9-2) Behind, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 8th of 13, 5 1/2l behind Essenaitch (9-12) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Howardian Hills (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Held up in mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, never on terms, 5th of 12, 6 1/2l behind Captain Swift (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Maid Of Tuscany (IRE) 17-2 (11-8) Chased leaders, outpaced 4 out, rallied after next, hampered 2 out, kept on well closing stages, 3rd of 10, 5 1/2l behind Hey Bob (10-0) at Southwell 2m hcp (5) gd in Nov.
Tommys Geal 25-1 (9-1) Slowly away held up, ridden 2f out, never nearer, 8th of 16, 2l behind Sky Marshal (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Wintour Leap 10-1 (9-3) In touch, driven and lost place over 3f out, soon behind, eased 2f out, tailed off, 12th of 13, dist behind Author's Dream (9-6) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Enola (IRE) 50-1 (9-4) In touch, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 6th of 14, 15 1/2l behind Mister Chow (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Grey Diamond 16-1 (9-7) Raced wide, headway to track leader after 2f, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 12 1/2l behind Take A Turn (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) gs in Aug.
Sea's Aria (IRE) 25-1 (11-12) Prominent and disputed, led before 4th, ridden and headed 2 out, no extra before last, kept on one pace, 7th of 16, 7 1/4l behind Grey Mountain Mist (10-5) at Thurles 2m 2f hcp Good - Yielding in Oct.
Navajo Star (IRE) 9-2 (8-13) Tracked winner, challenged over 3f out, ridden and every chance over 2f out to over 1f out, soon outpaced, well held in 4th final furlong, 4th of 6, 8 3/4l behind Volturnus (8-2) at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Black Prince (FR) 5-1 (10-12) Tracked leader, keen, every chance 3 out, led after next, soon headed, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 11, 5l behind Thounder (11-4) at Wincanton 1m 7f (4) gd in Oct.
Ding Ding 14-1 (11-2) Held up in touch, outpaced 3 out, ridden after next, never on terms, weakened flat, 6th of 8, 15 3/4l behind Jester Jet (11-11) at Plumpton 3m 1f hcp (3) gs in Dec.
