in touch in rear, ridden over 2f out, not trouble leaders
slow into stride, raced wide in touch, ridden and headway when rider briefly dropped rein over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish
led, 5 lengths clear halfway, pushed along and reduced lead 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, rallied close home
in touch, headway to chase leader entering final 2f, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on
keen, tracked clear leader until pushed along entering final 2f, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong
Wintercrack won a maiden here back in April but KAMANIKA also scored over track and trip in June and won again on soft going at Sandown last month. She should cope with the testing ground but it was fast underfoot when Barney's Angel won at Windsor earlier and Macho Sun is fitted with cheekpieces still looking for a first win. Hystery Bere scored over fences back in May and Swinging London was last seen over hurdles in the same month.
Swinging London (IRE) 5-1 (11-11) Prominent, pushed along after 3 out, soon beaten, 4th of 8, 14 1/2l behind Inferno Sacree (11-7) at Newton Abbot 2m 2f hcp (4) gs in May.
Hystery Bere (FR) 6-1 (10-9) Made all, shaken up before 2 out, ridden and stayed on well flat, won at Warwick 2m hcp (3) gd in May beating Herbiers (11-10) by 3l, 4 ran.
Wintercrack 10-1 (9-3) Disputed lead early, tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, no impression from over 1f out, lost 4th well inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 6l behind Tarbaan (9-10) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Kamanika (IRE) 4-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders out wide, headway and angled out over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear final furlong, won at Sandown 1m 2f hcp fll (5) sft in Sep beating Kynsa (9-6) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
Barney's Angel 7-2 (9-11) Mid-division out wide, pulled hard early, headway going well on outside 2f out, led approaching final furlong, ridden and clear final 100 yards when tied up, headed close home, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Western Stars (10-2) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (5) sft in Sep.
Macho Sun (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, nk behind Damascus Steel (9-8) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (5) hvy in Aug.