slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, weakened over 2f out
stated very slowly, held up well in rear, good headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on to 3rd approaching final furlong, kept on closing stages, no chance with winner
held up, travelling well on inside looking for room inside final 3f, smooth headway on inside over 2f out, led inside final final 2f, clear over 1f out, easily
held up, ridden on outside 3f out, hung right and no progress over 2f out
held up, headway under pressure over 2f out, went 3rd well over 1f out until approaching final furlong, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, driven over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
soon led, headed over 3f out, driven over 2f out, weakened wel over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
pulled hard, soon steadied towards rear, hung badly left to outside rail over 10f out, soon tailed off, continued to hang left and raced on outside rail, not recover
chased leader, led over 3f out, hung left 2f out, soon headed, no chance with winner, kept on to hold 2nd
Woop Woop returned to winning ways over a shorter trip at Lingfield recently, but has won over today's trip before and should be in the firing-line once again. However, LAYLA'S KING is relatively unexposed and George Margarson's colt showed enough when second at Ripon in July to suggest he can make a winning reappearance. Guards Chapel has won over hurdles since scoring at Lingfield during the summer and can figure with Black Iceman and Drumadoon making most appeal of the remainder.
Our Play (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, 7th of 14, 11l behind Bennelong (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
History Repeating 12-1 (8-1) Held up towards rear, headway on inside rail over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 5l behind Alshazah (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Woop Woop (IRE) 9-1 (9-1) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating Indian Violet (9-2) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Layla's King 9-2 (8-4) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, switched left 2f out, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, not able to trouble winner, 2nd of 4, 2l behind Dragonera (9-7) at Ripon 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jul.
Guards Chapel 12-1 (9-4) Held up last, progress inside final furlong, no threat, 6th of 12, 9l behind Bright Abbey (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Sep.
Ultimate Best 7-2 (9-2) In rear, switched wide 7f out, outpaced and behind 5f out, last of 8, well behind Mediterranean Sea (9-12) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Labroc (IRE) 5-1 (9-4) In touch, effort over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 7l behind Mediterranean Sea (9-12) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Drumadoon (IRE) 8-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, mid-division, headway over 2f out, not clear run well over 1f out, no further progress, 10th of 13, 15l behind Deceptive (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Oct.
Black Iceman 10-1 (8-9) Held up mid-division, headway 3f out, led 2f out, headed and weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 3 1/2l behind The Drunken Dr (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
Who Loves Ya Baby 150-1 (9-3) Pulled hard soon prominent on outer, ridden and outpaced 3f out, last of 13, well behind Zain Shamardal (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 3yo mdn (5) gf in May.
