held up off the pace in 5th, headway on inside chasing leaders turning in, weakened over 1f out
held up off the pace in 4th, closer 6f out, headway out wide chasing leaders over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
tracked leader until turning in, weakened soon after
close 3rd on inside, looking for room over 2f out, went 2nd on inside turning in, led 1f out, stayed on gamely, all out
led, pushed along and wide home turn, headed 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
waited with off the pace in rear, smooth headway between horses over 1f out, went 2nd and every chance final furlong, just held
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Militry Decoration was well behind Genesius at Wolverhampton two runs ago but the latter has only raced beyond 1m4f once before and didn’t appear to stay. Smith is only a pound higher than when successful over course and distance in May but REECELTIC has the more recent form having won here last month with a bit in hand. Pat Phelan’s gelding has gone up 5lb but can reverse Chelmsford running in the spring with Central City. Arabescato is back on a winning mark but Russian Rumour struggles to get his head in front.
Arabescato 9-1 (9-8) Mid-division 4f out, pushed along out wide over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 9th of 10, 17 1/4l behind Duty Of Care (10-2) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Militry Decoration (IRE) 66-1 (10-2) Held up midfield, ridden and hampered 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Wannabe Brave (9-4) at Kempton 2m hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Russian Rumour (IRE) 12-1 (11-9) Held up in touch in mid-division, closed 4th, ridden 3 out, no extra from 2 out, 9th of 15, 15 1/4l behind The Height Of Fame (10-12) at Exeter 2m 6f hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Smith (IRE) 125-1 (11-0) Disputed lead, headed after 2nd, pushed along after 3 out, soon weakened, refused 2 out, at Plumpton 2m 5f (4) gs in Nov.
Gustav Holst (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Held up behind leaders, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 5th of 6, 7 3/4l behind Military Two Step (10-2) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Reeceltic 10-3 (9-10) In rear, switched wide over 3f out, headway to lead over 2f out, ridden out, won at Lingfield 2m hcp (6) pol in Nov beating Capricorn Prince (9-11) by 2 1/4l, 14 ran.
Genesius (IRE) 7-2 (9-8) Took keen hold, in rear of mid-division, ridden and weakened from over 2f out, 8th of 9, 10 3/4l behind Chaos Control (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Central City (IRE) 20-1 (9-12) Held up in rear, effort 4f out, soon hard ridden, weakened approaching final furlong, ran on, 8th of 14, 12 1/2l behind Hammy End (8-12) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.