tracked leader, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
slowly away in rear, effort on inner approaching final furlong, no impression inside final furlong
in touch, headway and edged left entering final furlong, soon led, ridden and ran on
keen tracked leaders, hung left from 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong
soon led, headed over 6f out, tracked leaders, ridden when short of room and hampered 2f out, soon weakened
not much room soon after start, held up, headway on inner over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
took keen hold, raced wide tracked leaders, headway to lead over 6f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
short of room soon after start and lost place, towards rear, ridden and ran on final furlong, nearest finish
close up, ridden to chase leader briefly approaching final furlong, stayed on one pace
Battalion has won four times here and Petite Jack has won five of his six previous starts on the track, though will need to up his game to land a race like this. Victory Bond beat BOYNTON (NAP) on similar terms at Chelmsford last month but had a fitness advantage over the Godolphin colt, who has since run well in this grade at Newmarket and can take his revenge today. Ayrad won in this grade at Sandown last year but is making his all-weather debut while Master The World has rather lost his way since a fourth at York in August.
Ayrad (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 10 3/4l behind Best Solution (8-12) at Newbury 1m 4f Grp 3 stks (1) sft in Oct.
Battalion (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 9, 18 1/4l behind Convey (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (2) pol in Apr.
Master The World (IRE) 50-1 (9-10) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 16th of 23, 10 1/2l behind Saunter (8-13) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) sft in Nov.
Petite Jack 9-4 (9-10) Held up in rear, not clear run over 1f out, hung left and no impression, 6th of 7, 5 1/4l behind Plutonian (8-9) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Sands Chorus 16-1 (9-4) Tracked leader until pushed along over 3f out, weakened quickly over 2f out, 5th of 7, 12 1/4l behind Permission (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 2f lst stks (1) gs in Nov.
Victory Bond 3-1 (9-3) Held up in 4th, pushed along over 2f out, switched right and effort over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (3) pol in Oct beating Boynton (8-13) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Boynton (USA) 11-2 (9-1) Keen, led, ridden and hung right to far rail from over 1f out, headed 100 yards out, no extra in 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Permission (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 2f lst stks (1) gs in Nov.
In The Lope (IRE) (8-9) won at Chantilly 1m 1f hcp pol in Oct beating Jedi Princess (8-13) by 3/4l, 17 ran.
Mia Tesoro (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on into never nearer 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Muffri'Ha (9-3) at Lingfield 1m lst fll stks (1) pol in Nov.
