slowly away, towards rear, effort over 1f out, never dangerous
dwelt, held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
removed hood late, dwelt, in rear pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous
chased leaders in 3rd, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up mid-division, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, effort over 1f out, soon outpaced, kept on entering final furlong, went 3rd towards finish
held up mid-division, headway over 1f out, chased winner final furlong, no extra and lost 2 places towards finish
led, headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon headway, stayed on inside final furlong
held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd towards finish
slowly away, towards rear, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, one pace and no impression
chased leader, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly
It's difficult to make a decent case for any of this lowly bunch and a purely speculative vote goes the way of RIGID. He scored over track and trip early last year and will have come on for a recent reappearance at Wolverhampton. Crucis Abbey, Give Us A Belle and Boris The Bold have all finished a bit closer of late but haven't managed a single win between them so far and Compton Target and Avon Supreme make more appeal on recent placed efforts. Gay Gallivanter has been well beaten since winning at Southwell in November but Fashion Flow has some scope for improvement dropped in class.
The Which Doctor 16-1 (9-2) Behind, some late headway, never nearer, 8th of 11, 8l behind Safwaan (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f Selling Handicap (0-60) (3yo+) (6) pol in Dec.
Surrey Dream (IRE) 66-1 (9-8) Mid-division, headway to track leaders after 4f, weakened 4f out, 12th of 13, 46l behind Roughlyn (9-6) at Lingfield 2m am hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Pytheas (USA) 17-2 (9-4) Went right start, held up, headway over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Delightful Sleep (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Gay Gallivanter 50-1 (8-9) Led and set decent pace, ridden and headed 3f out, chased leader until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 10l behind Electrician (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 2f sell stks (6) pol.
Rigid 33-1 (9-6) Always behind, never on terms, 9th of 13, 7l behind Kyllachykov (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-52 (6) pol.
Boris The Bold 11-4 (8-12) Held up mid-division, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 13l behind Strategic Action (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
Byrd In Hand (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Towards rear, headway over 4f out, weakened 2f out, last of 10, 13l behind Calypso Magic (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Dec.
Avon Supreme 17-2 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 10l behind Delightful Sleep (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Give Us A Belle (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Prominent, ridden 3f out, no extra towards finish, 5th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Hittin'the Skids (9-4) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Dec.
Compton Target (IRE) 9-2 (9-4) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 5l behind Michael's Nook (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Compton Crofter 20-1 (8-9) Took keen hold, led until over 10f out, soon settled in 4th until dropped to mid-division over 8f out, headway on inside approaching final 2f, no impression when not clear run and switched left well over 1f out, 8th of 13, 9l behind Nolecce (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Crucis Abbey (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 1f out, went 4th inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, never going pace to challenge, 4th of 13, 1 1/4l behind Commercial (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Litmus (USA) 14-1 (8-2) Dwelt, pulled hard in mid-division, headway over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, never nearer, 4th of 10, 1l behind Mubtadi (8-11) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Fashion Flow 33-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 13, well behind Rodrigo De Freitas (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
