in touch, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace
led, ridden when rider dropped rein over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on
dwelt, in touch in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, kept on same pace
held up, pushed along and dropped to rear over 2f out
held up, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out
tracked leader, ridden when whip was knocked out of hand over 1f out, not quicken towards finish
keen tracked leaders, pushed along over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
raced wide in touch, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened final furlong
close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
Plenty can be given a chance but SARIM has more scope than most. He made a winning start for Warren Greatrex’ yard when scoring over 1m4f here on his handicap debut and return from a lay-off and there should be more to come. Contrast bids for a hat-trick on the back of victories over 1m2f while Torochica was narrowly beaten over the same trip at Chelmsford last week. Ocala was placed yet again at Epsom in September and is another to consider along with Queen Constantine, who wasn’t beaten far when fourth at Chelmsford on her latest start.
Ocala 9-4fav (10-2) Held up in touch, closer in modest 3rd over 3f out, plugged on towards finish, almost snatched 2nd, no chance with winner, 3rd of 8, 5 1/4l behind King Of The Sand (9-4) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp stks (4) hvy in Sep.
Exceeding Power 40-1 (9-2) Led early, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Just The Man (8-10) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Oct.
Family Fortunes 8-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Simoon (9-4) at Goodwood 1m 1f hcp (4) hvy in Sep.
Zack Mayo 33-1 (10-0) Held up, effort over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, soon eased, tailed off, last of 11, dist behind Point In Time (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Sarim (IRE) 20-1 (10-7) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on and held on towards finish, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Nov beating My Boy Sepoy (11-0) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Torochica 12-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway on inside over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, ran on, 2nd of 14, 3/4l behind Wimpole Hall (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Queen Constantine (GER) 6-1 (9-5) Hampered start, mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Junior Rip (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Voi 25-1 (9-4) Started very slowly, well behind, still plenty to do when headway over 1f out, nearest finish, 5th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Sashenka (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp fll (4) pol in Nov.
Contrast (IRE) 9-1 (9-6) Held up, headway entering final furlong, ridden to lead final 75 yards, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Sep beating Kendergarten Kop (9-8) by nk, 14 ran.