reared and lost 6 lengths start, soon in touch in rear, headway to chase leading pair 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, ran on under pressure to lead near finish
close up on outer, driven, hung left and not look keen over 1f out, flashed tail and ran on under pressure to take 3rd inside final furlong
chased leader, hard ridden and weakening when hung left final furlong
led, kept on when strongly pressed final furlong, caught near finish
chased leaders, hard ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
prominent over 3f, lost touch final 3f
chased leaders over 4f
Indian Wizard should be good enough to beat this bunch, Ten Shun and Assumption may be the ones to chase him home. The selection was successful at Musselburgh back in October and returned to the track at Wolverhampton recently and ran a race full of promise behind Noble Edge. This contest looks decidedly weaker and he should return to winning ways. Ten Shun has been running consistently well at Southwell recently and will go close if handling this different surface. Meanwhile Assumption is from a top yard and is starting to get the hang of things, she is dropping in class and holds solid place claims. So this race will not take too much winning and Indian Wizard is the form choice.
Indian Wizard (IRE) 5-2fav (9-4) Dwelt, good headway well over 1f out, led briefly 1f out, ridden and headed, hanging left inside final furlong, no extra close home, 4th of 13, 1 1/2l behind Noble Edge (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f 2yo sll (6) pol in Dec.
King's Charter (USA) 100-1 (8-11) Always in rear, last of 13, 21l behind Book Of Music (8-11) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (5) sft in Oct.
Teddy Monty (IRE) 9-1 (8-6) Started slowly, soon in touch, chased leaders 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out, 6th of 9, 4l behind She Whispers (8-6) at Lingfield 6f 2yo sll (6) pol in Dec.
Ten Shun 20-1 (8-11) Led, driven over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4l behind Salute The General (8-9) at Southwell 1m 2yo mdn aut (6) fbs in Dec.
Assumption (IRE) 12-1 (8-9) Steadied start, headway from 2f out, kept on, never dangerous, 4th of 11, 6l behind Beauchamp Unique (8-6) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn aut (7) pol in Dec.
Cape Gigi (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Dwelt, ridden along in rear, mostly outpaced, 8th of 10, 10l behind Veronica's Girl (8-11) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Dec.
Skezahra 50-1 (8-5) In touch, pulled hard, effort over 3f out, gradually faded, last of 13, 24l behind Ms Rainbow Runner (8-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f 2yo mdn clm (7) pol in Dec.
African Blues 100-1 (8-7) In rear, lost touch 4f out, soon well behind, tailed off, last of 13, 37l behind Deserted Prince (8-12) at Windsor 1m 2yo sll (5) gd in Oct.
Yeoman's Girl 20-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 14, 7l behind Countrywide Belle (8-10) at Southwell 1m 2yo clm (6) fbs in Nov.