held up towards rear, wide into straight 2f out, headway entering final furlong, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, not quicken close home
held up towards rear, ridden and headway when hampered approaching final furlong, short of room inside final furlong, ridden and rallied close home
held up, wide into straight 2f out, headway entering final furlong, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
keen tracked leader, led approaching 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
led, ridden and headed approaching 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
in rear, ridden and headway just inside final furlong, ran on, nearest finish
in touch, ridden and headway when edged left approaching final furlong, soon chase leader, kept on same pace
tracked leaders, pushed along to chase leader 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
close up, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong
OSLO won over 1m2f before going close again in a tougher contest than this over track and trip. He can return to winning ways back at this level. Fraser Island and Central City were both placed in this grade last time with the former finishing third here and the latter narrowly beaten at Kempton. The remainder are upped in class including Kendergarten Kop, who is also raised 8lb for winning here last month, but Marion's Boy beat both Sheila and Torochica when scoring at the track in November. Pawpaw landed a Class 5 race back in June and Horn Of Plenty is a novice winner at Wolverhampton.
Oslo 11-2 (8-10) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge and every chance inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Furzig (10-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Horn Of Plenty 11-2 (9-0) Keen in touch, headway when not clear run over 1f out, not recover, 6th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Fly Falcon (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Torochica 20-1 (9-10) Restrained towards rear, ridden and switched wide over 2f out, ran on strongly final furlong but could not reach leaders, 3rd of 12, 3 3/4l behind Fame N Fortune (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Kendergarten Kop (IRE) 18-5fav (9-11) Went right start, tracked leader, led approaching final furlong, ridden clear final furlong, eased close home, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating City Escape (9-5) by 3 1/4l, 11 ran.
Fraser Island (IRE) 13-2 (9-1) Pushed along early, tracked leader after 2f, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind C'Est No Mour (9-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Central City (IRE) 11-2 (8-10) Steadied and switched right start, held up in last pair, good headway towards inside over 1f out, ridden to lead final 100 yards, headed final strides, 2nd of 7, nk behind Culture (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Marion's Boy (IRE) 5-2 (9-4) Prominent, switched wide and ridden 2f out, quickened to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Fame N Fortune (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Sheila (IRE) 4-1cfav (9-7) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and ran on lead towards finish, headed final strides, 2nd of 12, shd behind Marion's Boy (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Pawpaw 66-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, not that fluent, weakened after 2 out, 5th of 8, 27l behind Adagio (11-2) at Cheltenham 2m 1f (2) sft in Dec.