held up in rear, outpaced over 3f out, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish
tracked leaders, switched left soon after start, driven to challenge over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well
hampered soon after start, in touch, headway over 1f out, never a threat
hampered soon after start, held up towards rear, never dangerous
slowly into stride, chased leaders on outside, hung right on bend when challenging over 1f out, kept on under pressure closing stages
led, set strong pace, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on over 1f out, never on terms
MYTHMAKER (NAP) just missed out over track and trip last week when second to Boomerang Bob. He looks up to landing this competing off the same mark and is just preferred to Seychelloise. The latter also went close here when bidding for a hat-trick but is now 10lb higher than her win over course and distance in November while Russian Realm is capable in this grade on his day and is back on a winning mark. Ballista has been running well without success in tougher sprints than this of late and makes more appeal than Normal Equilibrium.
Russian Realm 6-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, pushed along over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, last of 5, 4l behind Calling Out (8-12) at Lingfield 1m stks (3) pol in Dec.
Mythmaker 3-1jfav (9-4) Led early, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 7, nk behind Boomerang Bob (9-3) at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Normal Equilibrium 5-1 (9-5) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 5 1/4l behind Red Stripes (8-10) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Trojan Rocket (IRE) 40-1 (9-7) Prominent, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 9 1/4l behind Ian's Memory (9-5) at Southwell 7f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Seychelloise 9-4fav (9-5) Led, driven and strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed and no extra final 50 yards, 2nd of 9, nk behind Tempting (9-2) at Lingfield 7f hcp fll (3) pol in Dec.
Ballista (IRE) 28-1 (8-5) Soon led, ridden when hard pressed over 1f out, kept on, headed and no extra final 100 yards, 6th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Spring Loaded (8-3) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Taajub (IRE) 15-2 (9-6) Held up, pushed along halfway, headway on inside over 1f out, weakened final 100 yards, 7th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Jebediah Shine (9-4) at Kempton 5f hcp (4) pol in Dec.