midfield, shaken up over 2f out, bit short of room and switched right around rivals over 1f out, no response and weakened inside final furlong
prominent on inner, ridden along over 2f out, lost position over 1f out, soon no extra
chased leaders on outer, made headway 3f out, soon led, ridden along over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, faded gradually from over 1f out
close up, ridden along over 2f out, soon beaten
in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden along and went second over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong but no match for winner
awkward leaving stalls, held up in last, ridden and kept on from 2f out, never seriously involved
ridden along to gather stride and held up in rear of mid-division, outpaced over 3f out, soon ridden, never dangerous
held up off the pace in rear, going okay but plenty to do when pushed along over 2f out, ridden out wide rounding home turn, went third inside final furlong, kept on
Greatgadian has a good strike rate on the all-weather and won over a shorter trip at Newcastle last month. But REGHEEB is less exposed and can be forgiven a below par effort on heavy going at Nottingham on his handicap debut. A novice winner over track and trip, he gets another chance in this. Storm Catcher scored at Newcastle in August while Citizen General won over a longer trip at Pontefract in the same month. Ayr winner Thundering drops down in class while Udaberri placed in a lower grade recently.
Greatgadian (GER) 15-8fav (10-0) Held up last, still a lot to when started to make headway before 2f out, pushed along and made rapid headway on nearside to go prominent before 1f out, slightly intimidated by rival just before final furlong but lost little momentum, rallied and ran on strongly when led well inside final 50 yards, just prevailed, won at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Oct beating Pastiche (9-10) by nk, 8 ran.
Regheeb (IRE) 11-2 (9-8) Close up, pressed leader over 3f out, led over 2f out, soon pushed along and pressed for lead, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 18 3/4l behind Mr Alan (9-13) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (3) hvy in Oct.
Storm Catcher (IRE) 2-1 (9-2) Raced keenly, held up in last pair, good headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on in 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with winner, lost 3rd final strides, 4th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Base Note (10-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Citizen General (IRE) 5-1 (11-9) Tracked leader out wide, ridden and lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened quickly inside final 2f, 9th of 11, 25 1/2l behind Belgoprince (10-5) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Throne Hall 66-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along and weakened over 2f out, 14th of 15, 16 1/2l behind Laafi (9-13) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) hvy in Nov.
Forca Timao (IRE) 50-1 (8-11) Held up in last, pushed along over 2f out, some minor late headway, no telling impression, 4th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Positive Impact (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Thundering 80-1 (8-6) Raced near side, held up towards rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved, 13th of 34, 4l behind Astro King (9-12) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Expressionless 28-1 (9-3) Towards rear, pushed along 3f out, 13th of 15, 15 1/2l behind Laafi (9-13) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) hvy in Nov.
Udaberri (IRE) 6-1 (9-12) Steadied and switched left start, held up in last pair, good headway on inside turning in, went 2nd inside final furlong and stayed on, always held, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Moogie (9-10) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
