raced wide behind, headway over 1f out on outer, strong run inside final furlong, just failed
behind, headway on outer 1f out, finished well, not reached leaders
always towards rear, outpaced final 2f
in touch until weakened quickly over 1f out
chased leader to over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened over 1f out
started slowly, towards rear, in touch when not clear ran uchecked well over 1f out, kept on when clear inside final furlong
led, hard pressed inside final furlong, not extra and headed towards finish
in rear, slightly hampered bend after 1f, headway over 1f out, ran on well final furlong, nearest finish
tracked leader, ridden and effort 2f out, still every chance 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well from over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, just held on
mid-division, ridden along over 2f out, soon no impression, weakened final furlong
Shade Cozy, Small Stakes and Sahara Silk are three against the field in a competitive opener and the narrow vote is given to Shade Cozy. The selection was a fair second behind Tarttartafata last time out, that bform has since been franked and with the return to this longer trip also in his favour he will be hard to beat despite top weight. Small Stakes rates the main danger as he won well last time when beating Make My Dream but he has a penalty for that win and this looks tougher and he will need to improve again to score. Sahara Silk is another worthy of respect on his latest third behind Night Prospector but he has yet to win on this surface and is taken on win with this in mind. Of the remainder Taboor is from a yard in form and could go well at a price but for the winner we return to Shade Cozy.
Shade Cozy (USA) 5-2fav (9-10) In touch, led inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Tartatartufata (9-5) at W'hampton 5f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov.
Ever Cheerful 20-1 (8-13) In rear, ridden and stayed on from over 1f out, not reach leaders, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Briannsta (9-2) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Sahara Silk (IRE) 14-1 (8-5) Keen, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed towards finish, 3rd of 8, 3/4l behind Night Prospector (8-11) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Taboor (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Towards rear, kept on, 7th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Fizzlephut (8-13) at W'hampton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Quality Street 16-1 (8-5) Prominent, brief effort over 1f out, not quicken, weaken final furlong, 9th of 10, 6l behind Little Edward (9-10) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Star Of Russia (IRE) 6-1 (9-9) Mid-division, ridden and no impression straight, 10th of 18, 8l behind Talihoya (9-7) at Leopardstown 7f hcp 0-70 sft in Oct.
Small Stakes (IRE) 11-10fav (9-3) Held up, checked when effort over 1f out, ran on to lead near finish, won at W'hampton 6f mdn aut stk (5) pol in Nov beating Make My Dream (9-3) by a nk, 12 ran.
Monashee Prince (IRE) 12-1 (8-9) In touch, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong, 14th of 17, 6l behind Dancing Mystery (8-11) at Goodwood 5f app hcp (5) gd in Sept.
