driven, soon led, ridden, headed inside final furlong, no extra
chased leaders, short of room over 4f out, soon lost position, headway 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on
held up in touch, ridden, effort over 2f out, soon one pace
mid-division, lost place halfway, soon beaten
steadied start, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, never able to challenge
held up in touch, headway approaching final furlong, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on well
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, effort over 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, effort well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
behind, kept on under pressure, never on terms
Nonrunner
Financial Times deserves to win this contest after a string of decent placed efforts but Stef Liddiard's gelding seems a shade high in the weights at present and may have to settle for minor honours again so preference is for Expensive Art, who gets the vote ahead of Silver Prelude. The last mentioned has disappointed in his last two starts on turf but recent all-weather form is solid Dean Ivory's gelding has to be respected. Willie Muir's Tony The Tap ran better last time but needs to improve again to trouble the judge, while Halsion Chancer is less exposed than most but has been punished by the handicapper for the winning start to his career. The vote then goes to Expensive Art. Neville Callaghan's filly was good value for her success at Catterick last time, handles the Polytrack well and she is taken to follow up here.
Financial Times (USA) 5-1 (9-4) Led, ridden well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 10, 2l behind Desperate Dan (9-4) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Bluebok 8-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, not clear run over 1f out, checked entering final furlong, eased afterwards, 8th of 10, 5l behind Desperate Dan (9-4) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Peter Island (FR) 20-1 (9-4) Behind, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, never dangerous, 9th of 10, 6l behind Desperate Dan (9-4) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Rocker 14-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, outpaced from halfway, 12th of 13, 11l behind Malapropism (8-13) at Newmarket 5f hcap (5) frm in Sept.
Expensive Art (IRE) 9-2 (8-7) Dwelt, soon tracking leaders, headway over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Catterick 6f 3yo hcp (5) gd in Oct beating Feelin Foxy (8-13) by 1l, 9 ran.
Halsion Chancer 12-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, effort over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 3 1/2l behind New York Oscar (8-12) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Peopleton Brook 33-1 (8-5) Chased leaders to over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong, last of 10, 8l behind Desperate Dan (9-4) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Silver Prelude 9-1 (9-2) Prominent far side, ridden along halfway, one pace until weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 14, 4 1/2l behind Make My Dream (8-11) at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Oct.
Make My Dream 12-1 (8-11) In touch far side, ridden along over 2f out, led group and overall leader inside final furlong, kept on gamely, won at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Oct beating Brandywell Boy (8-12) by a shd, 14 ran.
Tony The Tap 6-1 (9-3) Towards rear, plenty to do over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong to take 2nd towards finish, not reach winner, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Desperate Dan (9-4) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
