prominent, led over 2f out, soon headed and pushed along, weakened entering final furlong
chased leaders, headway well over 1f out, ridden and led over 1f out, pushed out and stayed on strongly inside last, readily
led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, soon dropped away
mid-division, ridden and beaten 2f out
handy, pushed along over 2f out, led well over 1f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace
in rear, ridden 2f out, ran on into 3rd 1f out, no impression thereafter
towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, plugged on, never threatened
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, gradually weakened
Holbache represents last year’s winning trainer and jockey combination but THORNABY PEARL is a genuine mud-lover who may have found conditions were not testing enough when favourite at Doncaster last week. King Of Speed, a previous course and distance winner, certainly isn’t out of this while San Francisco Bay is in great form but rapidly climbing the weights. Destiny's Spirit is heading in the opposite direction but was in good form at this time last year while Spirit Of Cahala made a promising reappearance at Chepstow having a first start for new connections. Another maiden, Albert Cee, has been knocking on the door on Polytrack but keeps edging up the weights.
Thornaby Pearl 9-4fav (9-12) Chased leader until 2f out, chased leaders, outpaced over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Onemorenomore (9-2) at Doncaster 6f hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Albert Cee (FR) 5-4fav (9-5) Raced keenly, with leader, led 5f out, ridden over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, headed final 110 yards, no extra, 2nd of 7, 3/4l behind The Toff (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Holbache 4-1 (9-1) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 6 1/2l behind Tolstoy (9-6) at Brighton 6f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
San Francisco Bay (IRE) 7-4fav (9-12) Raced keenly tracking leader out wide, led 4f out, pushed clear over 1f out, shaken up inside final furlong, ran on well, easily, won at Lingfield 6f hcp (6) gf in Jul beating Spirit Of Breeze (9-10) by 2 3/4l, 8 ran.
Mumayaz (IRE) 15-2 (9-3) Chased leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Lilkian (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (5) pol in Jul.
King Of Speed (IRE) 15-2 (9-11) Tracked leader, pushed along over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 5 1/4l behind Firenze Rosa (9-0) at Lingfield 6f hcp (6) sft in Aug.
Spirit Of Cahala 20-1 (9-7) Mid-division, pushed along and headway well over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 12, 3 1/4l behind Stalingrad (9-12) at Chepstow 6f hcp (6) gs in Aug.
Destiny's Spirit 11-2 (9-4) Rear mid-division, pushed along 2f out, never a danger, 7th of 12, 6 1/4l behind Ceilidh (9-2) at Ffos Las 7f hcp (6) sft in Sep.
