slowly into stride, pushed along early in rear, wide home turn, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd final 100 yards, no chance with leading duo
wore hood to post, led and raced keenly, headed 8f out, chased leader until turning in, chased leaders, weakened and lost modest 3rd final 100 yards
held up tracking leaders in 4th on inside, pushed along 3f out, weakened soon after
held up tracking leaders in 5th, headway out wide over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, always held
soon chasing leaders out wide, led 8f out, ridden and headed turning in, hung badly left and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader over 1f out, handy 3rd, went 2nd again over 2f out, led turning in, ridden over 1f out, kept on well
awkwardly away, held up off the pace in last pair, pushed along over 4f out, some headway over 1f out, never involved
NonRunner
Stormingincame up short once again in an amateurs' race last week but GOLD STANDARD looks worth another chance. A winner at Southwell in October, he placed at Chelmsford last time and this is less competitive. No Such Luck showed no improvement for wind surgery on his latest start while My Lady Claire’s earlier success came in a classified race at Chelmsford.
Stormingin (IRE) 33-1 (11-1) Off the pace towards rear, headway and switched right to outer over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Villalobos (10-10) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Mummy's Boy 8-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 3f out, weakening when hampered on rail over 2f out, 10th of 14, 12 3/4l behind Ummsuquaim (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Faithless Insomnia 20-1 (11-0) Off the pace in rear, never a factor, tailed off, last of 10, dist behind Villalobos (10-10) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Gold Standard (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, ran on, 3rd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Eltham Palace (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
No Such Luck (IRE) 17-2 (9-7) Raced wide close up, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 10 1/2l behind Alwajd (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Uther Pendragon (IRE) 14-1 (11-4) Always towards rear, never a factor, 5th of 8, 16 1/2l behind Cornicello (12-0) at Wincanton 1m 7f hcp (5) gd in Nov.
My Lady Claire 7-2 (9-2) Held up towards rear, some headway on inside over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 10, 9 1/2l behind Carmela Soprano (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (6) pol in Feb.
Broughtons Mission 20-1 (9-1) Tracked leader, ridden and lost 2nd over 3f out, ridden and weakening quickly when hampered over 2f out, last of 14, 30 1/4l behind Ummsuquaim (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Carmela Soprano 100-1 (9-3) Chased leaders out wide, pushed along over 2f out, weakened turning in, 12th of 13, 15 1/4l behind Come To Pass (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Nov.