steadied start, held up in rear, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
tracked winner, ridden 2f out, one pace and lost 2 places close home
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, driven and stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong
held up, effort over 1f out, no impression final furlong
made all, ridden clear final furlong, unchallenged
in touch, pushed along 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go 3rd near finish
raced wide keen close up, ridden over 2f out edged left and weakened final furlong
GULLIVER has been winning handicaps including a course and distance success on his penultimate start. He’s clear of the opposition at the weights and is preferred to Bumptious. The latter defied unfavourable terms to win a conditions race at Wolverhampton a fortnight ago and will need to do the same here while Brittanic landed a double at Newcastle before struggling in a Listed race at Goodwood. Hakam has plenty to find with the selection while Chevallier has been off the track since June and C Note has his first start of the year having changed yards.
Brittanic (IRE) 18-1 (8-11) Slowly away, always in rear, last of 7, 23 1/4l behind Monarchs Glen (8-11) at Goodwood 1m 2f lst stks (1) sft in Sep.
Bumptious 5-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead narrowly inside final furlong, held on, won at Wolverhampton 7f fll stks (2) pol in Nov beating Pepita (9-0) by nk, 6 ran.
Chevallier 33-1 (8-9) Chased winner after 1f until 2f out, chased leaders, ridden and edged left from 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 4l behind G K Chesterton (8-10) at Epsom 1m 1f hcp (2) gd in Jun.
C Note (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Raced wide, close up, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Realize (9-3) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (2) pol in Dec.
Early Morning (IRE) 25-1 (9-6) Pushed along to lead, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, chased leader until inside final furlong, weakened soon after, 10th of 14, 5 1/4l behind Brigliadoro (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp (3) pol in Oct.
Hakam (USA) 9-2 (9-7) Slowly into stride, in rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 4 1/4l behind Gulliver (9-2) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (3) pol in Oct.
Gulliver 11-8fav (9-13) Tracked leader, pushed along 2f out, led approaching final furlong, edged left and ran on, won at Kempton 6f hcp (3) pol in Nov beating Intransigent (9-1) by 3/4l, 11 ran.