held up in rear, headway on inside 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
prominent on inner, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon in command and driven out
in rear, some late headway from over 1f out, never nearer
slowly into stride, soon pressed leader, lost place 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off final 2f
led, ridden clear over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner when headed inside final furlong
in touch until weakened from 2f out
prominent, not much room over 2f out, chased leaders and not clear run briefly over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not reached leaders
prominent, ridden to chase leader 3f out, no headway from 2f out, weakened over 1f out
took keen hold, held up, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, no impression over 1f out
raced wide, held up, headway and in touch 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out
The best race of the day can go to he improving Fajr, with Vortex, Red Spell and Happy As Larry heading a lengthy shortlist. The selection is Gaye Kelleway's new stable star and looks to be continually improving. He has won all five of his starts here, and although he incurs a 5lb rise for his latest cosy victory, he could be up to defying it. Voretex has the beating of Red Spell on the last two runs that they have clashed, however a turnaround in the weights could see Red Spell gain the upperhand in that battle, and he must certainly has major claims today. Happy As Larry was fifth last time out, however he was only beaten a length that day and must rate a danger today. He was given too much to do a week ago, however with Chris Catlin on board today he can go very close if racing a bit closer to the pace and he still looks progressive. Wavertree Warrior looks to be on a stiff enough mark, whilst the same cna be said for Kindlelight Debut. Therefore we will return to Fajr to maintain his unbeaten course record.
Vortex 11-2 (9-5) Took keen hold, held up in rear early, headway over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, ridden to lead final half furlong and always holding on afterwards, won at Lingfield 7f stk (4) pol in Dec beating Red Spell (9-0) by a hd, 6 ran.
Red Spell (IRE) 9-2 (8-12) Pulled hard in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong to take 2nd close home, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Fusili (8-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.
Kindlelight Debut 16-1 (9-0) Held up 4th, chased leaders 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 6th of 8, 2l behind Fusili (8-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.
General Knowledge (USA) (8-4) Prominent, one pace, 6th of 7, 3 1/2l behind My Man (8-10) at Lyon Parilly 1m stk in Oct.
Party Boss 12-1 (9-5) Led until headed half way, stayed prominent until over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Areyoutalkingtome (9-8) at Lingfield 6f stk (2) pol.
Fantoche (BRZ) 12-1 (9-0) In touch, ridden 3f out, one pace, 5th of 7, 8l behind Hattan (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f stk (2) pol.
Marajaa (IRE) 11-2 (8-2) Held up, headway over 1f out, ran on strongly, just failed, 2nd of 9, shd behind Areyoutalkingtome (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Dec.
Wavertree Warrior (IRE) 11-4fav (8-7) In rear, switched right to outer over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 9, 2l behind Orchard Supreme (9-3) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Dec.
Fajr (IRE) 7-4fav (9-0) In rear, headway on outer over 1f out, ran on to lead final 75 yards, readily, won at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol beating Katiypour (9-0) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Happy as Larry (USA) 15-8fav (8-4) Held up, ridden over 2f out, no impression over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 8, 1 1/2l behind Fusili (8-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.
