dwelt badly, behind, recovered and in touch by halfway, headway to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
led until over 1f out, faded final furlong
in touch, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, no impression
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, ran on, nearest finish
tracked leader, every chance over 2f out, soon hung right, weakened final furlong
in touch, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well
chased leader, hard driven halfway, weakened over 2f out
SANS SOUCI BAY made the most of favourable terms to win a selling race over track trip recently with Oakley Pride well beaten. Now with Scott Dixon. he can go in again. Vibes ran poorly over a mile last time but scored over today’s distance on the Turf course at Lingfield before that and looks the main threat. Lexington Sky has a shout at the weights and should have the measure of Topmeup but the rest have a tough task on these terms.
Sans Souci Bay 6-4fav (9-6) Chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, led over 1f out, drew clear final furlong, readily, won at Leicester 7f stks (6) gs in Oct beating Many Dreams (8-9) by 2 3/4l, 10 ran.
Vibes (IRE) 9-1 (9-13) Led, ridden and headed approaching final 2f, weakened entering final furlong, 5th of 6, 10 3/4l behind Duchess Of Fife (8-9) at Leicester 1m hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Lexington Sky (IRE) 18-1 (9-5) Mid-division, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Roaring Forties (9-13) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Oakley Pride (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Dwelt, held up, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 10, 10 3/4l behind Sans Souci Bay (9-6) at Leicester 7f stks (6) gs in Oct.
Tifl 20-1 (9-7) Soon chased leaders on outer, lost place over 3f out, 12th of 14, 17 1/4l behind Magic Mirror (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Tawfeer 16-1 (8-5) Pressed leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed final strides, 2nd of 7, shd behind Pick A Little (9-10) at Brighton 1m hcp (6) sft in Oct.
Topmeup 6-1 (8-7) Towards rear, pushed along 3f out, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Dashing Poet (8-12) at Lingfield 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Oct.
Majestic Girl (IRE) 125-1 (10-12) Mid-division, lost place when very slow 4th, soon behind, mistake 3 out, tailed off, 9th of 10, dist behind Fairy Pol (10-12) at Towcester 2m mdn (5) gf in Oct.