raced wide close up, headway 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, just held
in rear, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, ran on final furlong to snatch 3rd final strides
towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders
keen, tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
led after 1f, made rest, ridden 2f out, driven inside final furlong, all out
led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, driven inside final furlong, lost 3rd final strides
keen close up, ridden and weakened over 2f out
GAKKU took a hike in the weights for a fourth in Listed company here in November but ran nowhere near a rating of 92 when failing to take advantage of favourable terms in a maiden on the Fibresand at Southwell last time. She’s worth another chance back on this surface. Fearsome has plenty to find at the weights but went close at Kempton back in October while Barrsbrook wasn’t beaten far on his debut in this code over 1m2f here. American Gigolo, Haafapiece and Give Him Time all debut on the Flat with the former rated the highest over hurdles.
American Gigolo 6-5fav (11-4) Mid-division, headway when blundered 4 out, close up next, led narrowly before 2 out, headed narrowly last, ridden and kept on same pace flat, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Dell Oro (10-12) at Ascot 2m (3) gd in Nov.
Give Him Time 4-1 (11-8) In touch, jumped right throughout, mistake 3rd, tracked leaders next, driven to challenge after 3 out, no extra closing stages, 3rd of 6, 8 3/4l behind Stoical Patient (11-3) at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp (5) gd in Nov.
Haafapiece 12-1 (11-6) Behind, headway 3 out, chased leaders next, never able to challenge, 4th of 15, 11 1/2l behind Al Shahir (11-6) at Towcester 2m mdn (5) gs in Dec.
Barrsbrook 33-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, never troubled leaders, 4th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Colourful Career (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Fearsome 11-2 (9-5) Dwelt and bumped start, soon chasing leaders, 2nd 5f out, closed all the way to the line but lost 2nd post, 3rd of 13, 1/2l behind Stanley (9-11) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Gakku 4-6fav (9-0) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed entering final furlong, weakened tamely, 3rd of 10, 10 1/2l behind Summer Name (9-10) at Southwell 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Kerre (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Went right start, in rear, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 6th of 7, 27l behind Spinning Melody (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Reedway (IRE) Intikhab gelding out of Mistress Bailey.