pressed leader throughout, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, beaten when short of room and snatched up near finish
mid-division, ridden 2f out, slightly outpaced over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong without troubling leaders
towards rear, in last 2f out, good headway approaching final furlong, strong run on outside to lead final strides
started slowly, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, strong run inside final furlong to press leaders, every chance, took 2nd final stride
behind, good headway on inside over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, headed and lost 2 places final strides
towards rear, ridden along over 2f out, no impression over 1f out, never dangerous
led narrowly and pressed throughout, no extra when headed well inside final furlong, lost 2 places close home
chased leaders to 3f out, soon lost place, weakened over 2f out
prominent on inner, ridden along 4f out, kept in touch until weakened quickly over 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden and effort inside final 2 furlongs, not quicken, faded final furlong
Mudhish was good value for his win in a handicap at Southwell two starts ago but Clive Brittain's gelding has disappointed here before and he looks best watched in a race taken to go to ZERO COOL, who gets the verdict ahead of Smokey Rye. George Baker's filly has won a couple of claimers in recent outings and has every chance if able to reproduce a similar level of form today but she has disappointed in a two outings of late and is hard to trust completely so may be best watched. Northern Desert has more to do under his penalty for winning here last time, while Garden Party has bit to find on official BHA ratings. Jamie Poulton's Nikki Bea is proving to be expensive to follow and a better bet looks to be Zero Cool. Gary Moore's gelding has not won for some time but the yard have their runners in good form at present and he looks to have been found a suitable opportunity to resume winning ways.
Mudhish (IRE) 6-1 (8-10) Pressed leader 6f out, led well over 1f out, headed just inside final furlong, one pace, 4th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Ravi River (9-3) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
Northern Desert (IRE) 2-1fav (10-0) Keen hold, held up behind, in touch, closed on leaders 2f out, ridden to lead just over 1f out, asserted inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Lingfield 7f sll (6) pol beating Hawkspring (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.
Smokey Rye 9-2 (8-5) Tracked leader, under pressure over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 4, 5l behind Jake The Snake (9-1) at Kempton 1m clm (6) pol in Jan.
Garden Party 4-1 (8-7) Prominent, pressing leaders 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 3rd of 5, 2 1/2l behind Carnivore (9-3) at W'hampton 1m 1f clm (5) pol.
Sir Ike (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Held up and keen, headway on inner over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Highly Regal (9-0) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Yakama (IRE) 13-8jt-fav (9-3) Steadied start, held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders, 4th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Langham House (9-3) at Kempton 7f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Dec.
Zero Cool (USA) 9-4 (8-5) Keen, broke well, soon steadied to rear, improved approaching 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, soon no impression, 2nd of 5, 5l behind Blacktoft (8-11) at Lingfield 1m 2f clm (6) pol.
Lucky Forteen 100-1 (8-10) Always behind, 8th of 12, 12l behind Samurai Warrior (9-0) at W'hampton 7f sll (6) pol in Nov.
Nikki Bea (IRE) 12-1 (8-2) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, no impression final 2f, 6th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Kipchak (8-13) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Red Current 7-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, soon pushed along, lost place over 4f out, no impression after, 7th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Over To You Bert (8-7) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-50 (6) pol.
