led, pushed along over 2f out, headed over 1f out, lost 2nd towards finish, stayed on same pace in 3rd
chased leaders on inside, every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders on outside, weakened 2f out
last pair, never on terms
pulled hard in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on well towards finish, never nearer
difficult loading, chased leader, every chance 2f out, kept on into again 2nd towards finish
dwelt, soon chasing leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, always towards rear
in touch, good headway on inside to challenge 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on
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Anandita, St Ouen and Ginger Fox all won handicaps on their latest starts with the latter making most appeal despite carrying a penalty. But SHOW OF STRENGTH finished clear of the rest at Haydock when second to the progressive Lincoln Park on his handicap debut and Archie Watson’s colt may be the one to side with in this. Golden Valour and Conspiritor have shown bits of form in novice company with the former getting closer with every run and likely to show further improvement now handicapping.
Golden Valour 9-2 (9-2) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out, 4th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Buffalo River (9-2) at Kempton 7f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Show Of Strength (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, chased winner over 1f out, kept on and held towards finish, 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind Lincoln Park (10-1) at Haydock 7f (5) hvy in Oct.
Carrie's Vision 9-2 (8-3) Quickly away, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Princess Power (8-3) at Goodwood 6f fll (2) gd in Sep.
Conspiritor 7-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, ridden and stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 3rd of 8, 10 1/2l behind Jash (9-4) at Salisbury 6f stks (4) gf in Sep.
Hold Still (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Led, headed halfway, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, at Leicester 7f stks (4) gd in Sep.
Ginger Fox 7-2jfav (9-4) Close up, headway to lead over 1f out, ridden and ran on, won at Yarmouth 7f (5) gs in Oct beating Queen Constantine (9-5) by 2l, 10 ran.
Anandita 6-1 (9-9) Went right start and slowly into stride, behind, headway on outside over 1f out, soon edged left, led entering final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 7f (6) pol in Oct beating Elegant Love (9-8) by 2 1/2l, 9 ran.
St Ouen (IRE) 10-1 (9-1) In touch, pushed along when edged left approaching final furlong, pressing leading pair when rider dropped whip, ran on to lead towards finish, won at Brighton 7f (5) gf in Oct beating Red Armour (9-0) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Uncle Jerry 14-1 (8-13) Towards rear, headway on outside under pressure 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on into 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1l behind So Hi Storm (9-1) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Wolf Hunter (IRE) 14-1 (8-3) Slowly away, in rear, never dangerous, 5th of 11, 5 1/4l behind Mr Diamond (8-7) at Nottingham 6f (3) gd in Oct.