soon led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, stayed on
held up in rear, ridden 2f out, kept on, never nearer
held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, no impression
close up, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
raced wide towards rear, ridden 2f out, kept on, never nearer
held up, ridden and headway entering final furlong, nearest finish
tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed final strides
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
VARSOVIAN arrives in the best form having won two of her last three outings including over track and trip last time. Dean Ivory's charge is only 2lb higher today and is preferred to Another Try, whose recent close-up second came over a longer trip. Majestic Song has claims on her latest second at Wolverhampton but Angel Flores appears to have two ways of running, though has a shout on her best form. All-weather regular Desert Strike is never easily dismissed despite being out of sorts of late and Kempton winner Costa Filey has more scope than most of these.
Desert Strike 33-1 (9-7) Prominent until ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 12, 24l behind Realize (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f clm stks (6).
Tidal's Baby 25-1 (9-1) Ridden away from stalls, led after 1f, headed over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, 10th of 13, 16l behind Persepolis (9-5) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Costa Filey 16-1 (9-4) Rider removed hood late slowly away, in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 8, 5l behind He's My Boy (8-3) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Aug.
Sweet Talking Guy (IRE) 7-2 (9-1) Tracked leaders, pushed along and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 12l behind Head Space (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Oct.
Majestic Song 16-1 (9-5) Held up, headway over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, ran on, went 2nd close home, 2nd of 10, nk behind Spinning Cobblers (8-0) at Wolverhampton 6f app hcp 0-70 (5).
Temple Road (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, ridden inside final furlong, kept on, 4th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Salvatore Fury (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Oct.
Harrogate Fair 33-1 (8-4) In rear, ridden after 2f, headway approaching final furlong, not trouble leaders, 5th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Meadway (9-7) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.
Another Try (IRE) 33-1 (8-3) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed and unable to quicken inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind Stonefield Flyer (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
Varsovian 5-1 (8-13) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, ran on gamely, won at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol beating Top Offer (9-2) by nk, 10 ran.
Angel Flores (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, 11th of 13, 22l behind Holiday Magic (9-6) at Kempton 7f (4) pol.
Parisian Pyramid (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Raced towards near side rail, chased leaders, pushed along halfway, soon lost place, behind final 2f, 14th of 15, 21l behind Kinglami (9-2) at Windsor 6f hcp 0-80 (4) hvy in Oct.
Rock On Candy 8-1 (9-0) Raced centre held up, ridden halfway, never a factor, 14th of 16, 8l behind Dawn Catcher (9-7) at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Oct.
