held up towards rear, headway on inside over 3f out, went 3rd over 2f out, driven to challenge and every chance approaching final 1f, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up in rear, never a factor
pulled hard, headway to 2nd over 10f out, led inside final 7f, ridden and strongly pressed approaching final 1f , headed inside final furlong, soon no extra in 3rd
held up towards rear, headway under pressure over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong,
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders under pressure inside final 2f, sustained run from over 1f out, stayed on to lead final 50 yards
mid-division, some headway over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened
led after 1f, headed inside final 7f, chased leader until 5f out, went 2nd again inside final 4f until over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, headway over 4f out, went 3rd inside final 4f, went 2nd over 3f out, driven to challenge 2f out, led inside final furlong, headed and no extra final 50 yards
chased leaders, went 2nd 5f out until over 4f out, weakened rapidly over 3f out, soon lost touch, tailed off
led 1f, chased leader until over 10f out, stayed in 3rd until inside final 4f, weakened soon after
Jamarjo won a shade cosily at Wolverhampton when recording his third victory in his last four starts with Irish Jugger well beaten. However, another 6lb rise means Sovento is weighted to take revenge on earlier running and the latter looks a real threat. SHIRATAKI is another in fine fettle and he added to last month's double when beating subsequent winner Kai Mook by three lengths over C&D last time. He's up in the weights but may not have finished improving and gets the nod to go in again. Beggars Belief has claims on earlier form with the selection and Honourable Knight could figure if forgiven his recent below par effort.
Sovento (GER) 5-4fav (9-8) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on to have every chance towards finish, 2nd of 12, nk behind Jamarjo (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Irish Jugger (USA) 14-1 (9-11) Held up in last trio, reminders 3f out, no impression when bumped on outside well over 1f out, soon hung left and beaten, 7th of 8, 9l behind Jamarjo (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Shirataki (IRE) 2-1fav (9-3) Tracked leaders and keen, led well over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-68 (6) pol beating Kai Mook (9-6) by 3l, 11 ran.
Time Square (FR) 33-1 (9-1) Hampered start, behind, never on terms, 10th of 14, 15l behind Beat Route (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Honourable Knight (IRE) 15-8fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 25l behind Illustrious Forest (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Dec.
Bin End 8-1 (9-3) Held up in mid-division on outside, pushed along 3f out, one pace final 2f, 7th of 10, 11l behind Fascinating (9-11) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Oct.
Valmari (IRE) 33-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, held when short of room 2f out, 6th of 9, 13l behind Sircozy (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jun '10.
Beggers Belief 3-1 (9-7) Towards rear, weakened over 2f out, 4th of 6, 11l behind Whodunit (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f app hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Ayaarah (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Started very slowly and flashed tail after start, always in rear, never a factor, tailed off, last of 8, 25l behind The Holyman (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
The Snorer 33-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, ridden 5f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 7, 36l behind Illustrious Forest (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Dec.
Jamarjo (IRE) 5-2fav (9-6) Took keen hold, tracked leading pair, went 2nd 12f out, led 2f out, stayed on well, ridden out, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Maison Brillet (9-9) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
