held up in 5th, driven to chase leaders inside final 2f, kept on same pace, never on terms
led after 1f, headed narrowly 2f out, soon ridden, weakend inside final furlong
held up in 4th, headway on outside 3f out, ridden and strayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
chased leading pair, driven 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out until inside final furlong, no impression
steadied start, held up in rear, outpaced over 4f out, never near leaders, tailed off
led 1f, tracked leader, led again narrowly 2f out, driven clear final furlong, comfortably
Paphos bids for a hat-trick but comes up against much higher rated rivals in this including Ertikaan. However, the latter has something to prove on only his second start over a mile and Tornado Force moves in the opposite direction as he's been doing his winning over 1m4f of late. It could pay to stick with the veteran and multiple C&D winner RED SOMERSET here as Mike Murphy's charge returned a seven length winner at Wolverhampton on Monday and is taken to go in again.
Tornado Force (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Mid-division, driven and lost place over 2f out, soon weakened, 6th of 7, 16l behind Royal Peculiar (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Dec.
Ertikaan (9-6) 7th of 16, 8l behind Birthday Sun (8-12) at Deauville(FR) 6f clm stks fbs.
Red Somerset (USA) Evensfav (9-0) Chased leaders, led 2f out, drew clear inside final furlong, easily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f sell stks (6) pol beating Jack Who's He (8-13) by 7l, 4 ran.
The Mongoose 9-4fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace over 1f out, 4th of 7, 5l behind Golden Desert (9-4) at Kempton 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
McConnell (USA) 40-1 (8-11) Held up behind, outpaced over 2f out, never dangerous, 8th of 9, 20l behind Beautiful Day (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Paphos 4-5fav (8-2) Ridden from start to chase leader, led inside final 3f, ridden well over 1f out, held on gamely close home, all out, won at Lingfield 7f 4yo clm stks 0-70 (6) pol beating Restless Bay (8-7) by shd, 4 ran.