chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out
edged left start, held up towards rear, hung right and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
carried left start, held up in 5th, not much room over 2f out, soon switched right, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
edged left start, held up in touch, effort to lead over 1f out, stayed on, headed towards finish
led, headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
awkward start, went left and slowly away, held up in rear, switched left over 1f out, headway entering final furlong, stayed on well, led towards finish
Fox Journey has won over 1m4f at Newbury and steps up in trip along with while Cool Party, who should last home having scored over 1m6f on heavy ground at Haydock. Dreams Adozen won over the latter trip at Chester while TEMPORIZE landed a higher grade handicap over a marathon distance at Goodwood before beaten in the Cesarewitch. He gets another chance back down in trip in this lower grade.
Temporize 10-1 (8-10) Off the pace and always towards rear, 28th of 31, dist behind The Shunter (9-1) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcp (2) sft in Oct.
Royal Scandal 13-2 (10-1) Towards rear but in touch, headway from before 3f out, pushed along 1f out, every chance when ridden and slightly short of room 1f out, kept on and took fourth inside final 110 yards, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Vaguely Royal (9-6) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Oct.
El Picador (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, soon lost touch and eased, last of 10, dist behind Postileo (9-9) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (3) gs in May.
Fox Journey 11-1 (9-0) Mid-division, pushed along 4f out, stayed on steadily, ridden 2f out, kept on inside last, never threatened, 3rd of 13, 5l behind Middle Earth (9-3) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) gf in Aug.
Cool Party 10-3 (8-12) Made all, forged clear 6f out, raced in centre home straight, shaken up and further clear over 3f out, pushed along and drifted left well over 1f out, in command and eased final 110 yards, easily, won at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (4) hvy in Sep beating Prince Alex (10-2) by 5 1/2l, 6 ran.
Dreams Adozen (FR) 7-1 (8-5) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon outpaced but held on well for remote third, 3rd of 11, 8 3/4l behind Lordship (9-6) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) sft in Oct.
C'mon Kenny 20-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, ridden and well beaten over 2f out, 12th of 14, 17 1/4l behind Motazzen (9-11) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (2) sft in Sep.