tracked leaders, niggled along briefly halfway, ridden in 3rd and one pace final 2f
keen, raced wide, headway on outside chasing leaders 10f out, went 2nd 4f out until over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, stayed on
tracked leader, led after 4f, ridden over 1f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong, kept on
led 4f, tracked leader until 4f out, weakened and behind over 3f out
tracked leaders on inside, pushed along 7f out, outpaced and struggling 6f out, tailed off
Colonel Miller put a moderate debut behind him with a much better run at Stratford and is likely to make further progress. Phoenix River raced wide throughout at Fakenham and faded from over 1f out, as did Annajemima over this track and trip a couple of weeks ago. EL KALDOUN is a half-brother to six winners and went for €85,000 at Tatts Ireland Sales last year. He appears to have been found a good opportunity to make a successful start. Dom Garo Cateline is a half-brother to a bumper winner in France and his dam also won a French bumper so he's bred for this job but Millers Bank is out of a staying hurdler from a family of chasers.
Colonel Miller 33-1 (10-13) Mid-division, headway and in touch on outer 4f out, driven to chase winner over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, no impression when lost place inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 4 3/4l behind Forget Me Knot (10-9) at Stratford 2m mdn (5) gd in Jun.
Dom Garo Cateline (FR) Ungaro gelding out of Dame Jaune.
El Kaldoun (FR) Special Kaldoun gelding out of Kermesse D'estruval.
Millers Bank Passing Glance gelding out of It Doesn't Matter.
Phoenix River 25-1 (11-4) Raced very wide, tracked leaders, led after 3f, headed 5f out, lost place over 2f out, 7th of 8, 10 1/4l behind Skandiburg (11-4) at Fakenham 2m (5) gd in Oct.
Annajemima 66-1 (10-10) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 6th of 7, 10 3/4l behind Giving Back (11-3) at Lingfield 2m (5) pol in Nov.