held up in rear, headway over 1f out, led final 75 yards, readily
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 2f out every chance 1f out, kept on
held up towards rear, ridden and struggling on outside over 2f out
held up towards rear, effort over 1f out, never troubled leaders
tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden over 1f out, headed and unable to quicken inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out
behind and pushed along, always towards rear
mid-division, raced freely, headway over 3f out, challenged over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner final 75 yards
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra towards finish
Helvetian beat Louie de Palma only a neck at Salisbury recently and there is little between that pair today. Tashaaboh found one too good at Wolverhampton on his handicap debut and there should be more to come from him while Vegas Boy ran well at Ascot last time but struggled when racing wide here earlier and is drawn high once again. Lightning Charlie won a lower grade sprint here recently but another chance goes to PROCEDURE as soft ground looked a legitimate excuse at Pontefract last time and she’d been threatening to score before that.
Polybius 8-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, headway when not much room over 1f out, hampered inside final furlong, well held after, 7th of 14, 3 1/4l behind Glenamoy Lad (9-3) at Newcastle 6f hcp (2) pol in Oct.
Merhoob (IRE) 28-1 (9-6) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 11, 10 3/4l behind Confessional (9-0) at Haydock 6f hcp (3) hvy in Oct.
Quench Dolly 25-1 (9-0) Mid-division, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 15, 9 3/4l behind Intense Romance (9-0) at Ayr 5f lst fll stks (1) hvy in Sep.
Helvetian 10-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, switched left over 1f out, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong, led final strides, won at Salisbury 6f hcp (2) gd in Oct beating Louie de Palma (9-0) by nk, 8 ran.
Louie de Palma 9-2 (9-0) Tracked leader, effort over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on when hard pressed inside final furlong, headed final strides, 2nd of 8, nk behind Helvetian (9-0) at Salisbury 6f hcp (2) gd in Oct.
Tashaaboh (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Keen tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 8, 2l behind Major Partnership (9-6) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (3) pol in Oct.
Upstaging 10-1 (9-4) Keen in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway entering final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Alaadel (8-10) at Goodwood 6f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Vegas Boy (IRE) 40-1 (8-6) Held up towards rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Tabdeed (9-3) at Ascot 6f hcp (2) gd in Oct.
Lightning Charlie 6-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, switched right over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on, won at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Oct beating Rose Berry (9-5) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Procedure 2-1fav (8-13) Steadied start, held up in rear, never on terms, 7th of 9, 10l behind Maid In India (9-3) at Pontefract 6f hcp fll (2) sft in Sep.
Only Spoofing (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Raced wide close up, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 11, 1 3/4l behind Erissimus Maximus (8-10) at Ascot 5f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
