held up towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge
in touch, ridden and edged left over 1f out, stayed on same inside final furlong
took keen hold in 3rd, went 2nd 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened final 100 yards
chased leaders on outside, outpaced 2f out, no danger after
chased leader until 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept trying until not pace of winner final 75 yards
held up in mid-division on inside, good headway well over 1f out, ridden to narrow lead inside final furlong, ran on until headed and not pace of winner final 75 yards
switched left star and held up rear, headwayon inside over 1f out, not clear run briefly and switched left 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge
towards rear and wide, wide straight, soon hung left and no impression
steadied and dropped in rear start, last and wide straight, strong run inside final furlong, led final 75 yards, won going away
pulled hard, soon steadied into mid-division, lost place inside final 3f
Miami Gator has been unlucky to come up against progressive types in Final Drive and BLUE MOON recently. The latter won more cosily than the winning margin of a neck suggests last time and Kevin Ryan's charge can land his hat trick. King's Colour went close over 7f here last month and that may be his best trip. In contrast, Kiss A Prince has improved for the step up to longer distances and may struggle here as a result. McConnell is in fine form but all five wins on the all-weather have come on the Fibresand so the improving Buaiteoir makes more appeal.
One Way Or Another (AUS) 20-1 (8-4) Took keen hold, held up in mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no impression over 1f out, soon weakened, 9th of 12, 9l behind Angel's Pursuit (9-11) at Kempton 7f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Kiss A Prince 7-2 (9-5) Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 8l behind Porgy (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
King's Colour 11-4 (9-7) Bumped start, pulled hard towards rear, headway approaching final furlong, stayed on well, nearest finish, 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Sarah's Art (9-2) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Dec.
Bawaardi (IRE) 10-1 (8-4) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, well held over 1f out, 9th of 10, 16l behind Nightjar (9-1) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-95 (3) fbs in Dec.
Inef (IRE) (8-11) won at Toulouse(FR) 1m stk gd in Nov beating Snider (9-2) by hd, 10 ran.
Miami Gator (IRE) 6-1 (8-11) Tracked leader, challenged over 2f out, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, soon hard pressed, headed narrowly and carried right inside final furlong, kept on, just held, 2nd of 9, nk behind Blue Moon (8-9) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Ocean Legend (IRE) 33-1 (8-5) Mid-division on inside, ridden along over 2f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, not pace to trouble leaders, 4th of 12, 4l behind Bravo Echo (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-95 (3) pol.
Wilfred Pickles (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, good headway over 1f out, soon switched left to challenge, led inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home, 2nd of 10, nk behind Final Drive (9-2) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Nov.
Blue Moon 7-2fav (8-9) Tracked leaders, challenged 1f out, ridden to lead narrowly when hung right inside final furlong, just held on, won at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec beating Miami Gator (8-11) by nk, 9 ran.
Buaiteoir (FR) Evensfav (9-7) Slowly into stride, took keen hold, held up in last pair in steadily run race, going well 2f out, effort on outside over 1f out, driven and closed on winner well inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 2nd of 8, nk behind Hip Hip Hooray (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Erinjay (IRE) 5-2 (9-3) Slowly away, in touch in 4th, headway over 1f out, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, led towards finish, held on well, won at Kempton 1m clm stks (6) std beating Opus Maximus (9-5) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
McConnell (USA) 5-4fav (9-7) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs beating Alpha Tauri (9-7) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
