held up in touch, headway tracking leaders approaching 2 out, 2nd approaching the last, driven ahead inside final 150 yards
tracked leader, led before 2 out, ridden and headed between last 2, weakened last
held up in rear, headway before 2 out, plugged on into modest 4th close home
not fluent 1st, held up in touch, headway chasing leaders after 3 out, challenged and went left 2 out, 3rd and one pace between last 2
took keen hold, held up in last pair, headway on outside tracking leaders after 3 out, every chance 2 out, ridden and weakened between last 2
not fluent 1st, tracked leaders, pushed along when mistake and stumbled badly 3 out, ridden and weakened on long run before next, soon behind
tracked leaders on outside, 2nd 2 out, led between last 2, ridden and strongly pressed run-in, headed and no extra inside final 150 yards
tended to jump right, led until headed before 2 out, weakened quickly
Sea Wall has won twice here on heavy going but disappointed when well backed at the track last month, finishing behind Coeur Tantre and Steel City. Druid's Folly got off the mark last time but that was over a longer trip, as was an earlier second at Market Rasen. May Hay is back on a winning mark so can’t be ignored while Darwins Theory has his ground and will strip fitter for his third here in November. CRIEVEHILL hasn’t been done any favours by the handicapper but has shown he handles soft ground and improved at Ffos Las last time to reverse earlier Ludlow running with Old Salt. If he settles better today in headgear, he could surprise a few of these.
Crievehill (IRE) 9-2 (10-12) Tracked leaders, ridden before last, no extra run-in, 4th of 15, 5 1/2l behind Red Indian (10-12) at Ffos Las 2m (4) sft in Dec.
May Hay 2-1 (11-12) Disputed lead, hit 5th, led narrowly approaching 2 out, headed and outpaced between last two, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 4, 10l behind Late Night Lily (11-10) at Southwell 2m hcp (3) gs in Dec.
Sea Wall (FR) 3-1fav (11-12) Held up in rear, good headway tracking leaders from 3 out, ridden and weakened between last 2, 7th of 12, 10 1/4l behind Pure Vision (10-8) at Lingfield 2m hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Druid's Folly (IRE) 15-8fav (10-12) Held up in rear, not fluent 1st, headway from 7th, not much room 3 out, soon squeezed through on inside to lead, 3 lengths ahead before last, driven out, won at Towcester 2m 5f (4) gs in Nov beating Thomas Shelby (10-12) by 3/4l, 14 ran.
Coeur Tantre (IRE) 7-1 (11-5) Waited with in last pair, good headway on outside chasing leaders when mistake 5th, led after next, not fluent 2 out and ridden, headed last, not pace of winner run-in, kept on for clear 2nd, 2nd of 12, 3 3/4l behind Pure Vision (10-8) at Lingfield 2m hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Steel City 17-2 (11-3) Raced wide, chased leader, blundered and lost 2nd briefly 4th, led 5th until after next, lost 2nd 2 out, chased leading pair, ridden and one pace in 3rd between last 2, 3rd of 12, 5 3/4l behind Pure Vision (10-8) at Lingfield 2m hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Darwins Theory (IRE) 16-1 (10-6) Took keen hold, held up and raced wide, headway tracking leaders 4th, 3rd on long run before 2 out, ridden and no impression soon after 2 out, mistake and stumbled last, 3rd of 7, 19 1/2l behind Billy No Name (11-12) at Lingfield 2m 3f hcp (3) hvy in Nov.
Beau Lake (IRE) 7-1 (11-8) Chased leaders on inside, weakened after 5th, tailed off when went right 3 out, 9th of 10, dist behind Shimba Hills (11-9) at Plumpton 2m hcp (4) sft in Jan.
