started slowly, soon in mid-division on inside, ridden and weakened over 2f out
towards rear of mid-division, headway on outside and hung left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd last strides, no chance with front pair
held up towards rear, headway inside final 2f, chased winner inside final furlong, strong challenge upsides and every chance final 100 yards, just failed
chased leader until pushed along 3f out, weakened soon after and in rear
led and wide on 1st turn, ridden and joined 2f out, soon headed, weakened soon after
towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not able to reach leaders
mid-division on outside pushed along 3f out, soon no progress and beaten
always towards rear, ridden and struggling 3f out
in touch effort to 4th 2f out, driven to 3rd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear of mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, chased leaders 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
towards rear, wide straight, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
chased leading pair, went 2nd 3f out, challenged 2f out, soon led, joined and pressed when hung right well inside final furlong, rallied and went left close home, just held on
chased leading trio, went 3rd 2f out, ridden and one pace inside final furlong, lost 3rd close home
A wide open handicap to finish where LUNAR RIVER is just preferred. Well held by an extremely well handicapped runner last time David Pinder's charge still looks fairly treated off the same mark and lighter in the weights than some decent placed form this term. Opera Prince is clearly well-weighted on his best but hasn't really shown he is up to that recently while Hurricane Thomas narrowly scored last time but his penalty should stop a repeat. Duberville's run behind Piano should look good form in time so he isn't ruled out but Lunar River can go in.
Vinces 12-1 (9-12) Prominent, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, last of 13, 49l behind Lombok (9-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Oct.
Opera Prince 9-2 (9-4) Held up towards rear, driven and headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on well, 4th of 11, 3 1/2l behind April Fool (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Oct.
Final Drive (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Dwelt, held up in rear, under pressure and last 3f out, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 5th of 11, 9l behind April Fool (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Oct.
Levitation (IRE) 16-1 (9-8) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 15l behind Classically (9-12) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Sep.
Mountrath 12-1 (9-3) Mids-division, lost place over 2f out, 11th of 13, 10l behind Devil You Know (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Oct.
Hurricane Thomas (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) With leaders, challenged on inside 3f out, led 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Nottingham 1m 2f ladies hcp 0-65 (6) sft in Oct beating Kenyan Cat (9-11) by 3/4l, 13 ran.
Mister Bit (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Held up in rear and switched right to inside rail, headway over 2f out, no impression, 9th of 14, 13l behind Loden (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
D'urberville 11-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 6l behind Piano (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Amends (USA) 20-1 (9-4) Dwelt, soon chased leaders, weakened quickly over 3f out, eased and virtually pulled up final 2f, tailed off, last of 15, well behind Rodrigo De Freitas (9-0) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Oct.
Astrodiva 14-1 (9-0) Took keen hold, towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on same pace, 7th of 13, 8l behind Pocketwood (10-4) at Newbury 1m 4f ladies hcap (5) gs in Oct.
Professor John (IRE) 28-1 (8-4) Prominent, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 20l behind Rock N Roll Ransom (9-6) at Salisbury 1m 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jul.
Lunar River (FR) 9-1 (9-3) In touch, effort 2f out, went 2nd on inside over 1f out, no chance with winner, just held on for 2nd, 2nd of 15, 5l behind Jovial (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 4f app hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
Ermyn Express 20-1 (8-0) Chased leader, every chance over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 11, 2 1/4l behind Song To The Moon (9-5) at Windsor 1m hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Oct.
Ermyntrude 9-2 (8-9) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader over 2f out, pressed winner and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 2 1/4l behind One Hit Wonder (9-7) at Brighton 1m 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Oct.
