slowly into stride, in rear, outpaced over 2f out, ridden, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, nearest finish
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden halfway, weakened well over 1f out
always in rear, eased over 1f out
held up, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, never a factor
soon led, ridden 2 lengths clear 2f out, driven over 1f out, headed towards finish
chased leading quartet, took closer order halfway, ridden to chase leader 1f out, driven to lead towards finish
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
soon pushed along in rear, outpaced over 2f out, never a factor
Hellbender arrives in search of a hat-trick in this valuable 7f handicap but he is forced to race from 2lb out of the weights today so is passed over in favour of JOHNNY MUDBALL who can land this at the chief expense of Everymanforhimself. Tom Dascombe's colt easily disposed of his rivals when landing a maiden over course-and-distance last time and undeniably faces a stiffer task here off a mark of 89 for his handicap debut. However such was the ease of this son of Oasis Dream's victory that he could be a value bet against horses with proven handicap form in the book here. Richard Kingscote again takes the ride and we hope he can boss these into submission from the front. Everymanforhimself carries top weight under Jamie Spencer and was last seen taking second in a valuable turf handicap at York off a mark of 99. That effort over today's trip suggested the winners enclosure may not be too far away although the horse has in fact not won beyond 6f. It may well be that the horse wants a seventh furlong at the age of five but until he proves that to be the case he is just worth opposing. Hellbender won well over course and distance last time ahead of several hardened handicappers but he has more on his plate today racing from just out of the weights. His neck victory over Autumn Blades was a cosy one but today's opposition is definitely tougher, that said Sylvester Kirk's horse comes here at the top of his came and must be respected with Martin Dwyer up. Carcinetto is another worthy of mention having taken second behind a much higher rated rival over this trip at Kempton last time. David Evans has his horses in good nick and with son Richard taking off 5lb the horse may take a hand in the finish, whilst Fathsta remains well handicapped if David Simcock can coax him back to the form he showed when competing in some top handicaps last season. A cracking and tough to solve handicap that can go to the improving Johnny Mudball.
Everymanforhimself (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway from 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and one pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 20, 2 3/4l behind Light From Mars (8-13) at York 7f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Oct.
Flowing Cape (IRE) 11-2 (9-2) In rear, ridden 2f out, not trouble leaders, 7th of 12, 8l behind Stand Guard (8-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.
Carcinetto (IRE) 40-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, ran on into 2nd, final 75 yards, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 9, 3 1/2l behind Khor Dubai (8-10) at Kempton 7f stks (3) pol.
Jet D'eau (FR) 20-1 (9-6) Held up, outpaced 3f out, never on terms, 10th of 11, 7l behind Crystal Moments (8-9) at Newbury 7f flls hcp 0-95 (3) sft in Oct.
Orchard Supreme 10-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, wide straight, short lived effort on outside over 1f out, 10th of 12, 8l behind Rock Ascot (9-0) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Oct.
Jonny Mudball 9-2 (9-3) Made most, ridden clear over 1f out, unchallenged, won at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct beating La Marseillaise (8-12) by 5l, 13 ran.
Elna Bright 12-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden, effort on inside over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 7l behind Bab Al Salam (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.
Fathsta (IRE) 5-1 (9-1) Keen, led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 6th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Hellbender (8-6) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-90 (3) pol.
Hellbender (IRE) 11-1 (8-6) In touch, ridden to lead inside final furlong, all out, won at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-90 (3) pol beating Autumn Blades (8-8) by nk, 10 ran.
