held up in touch, under pressure over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon driven to chase leaders, ridden to lead well inside final furlong, headed post
mid-division, headway halfway, chased leaders over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed closing stages, rallied to lead again post
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led, headed over 4f out, led again over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened
held up towards rear, some late headway, never nearer
mid-division, headway on wide outside over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, never troubled leader
with leader, led over 4f out, headed over 2f out, gradually weakened
dwelt, behind, never a factor
slowly into stride, held up in touch, lost place over 3f out, rallied over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
This is no better than the first division and a chance is taken that the lightly-raced LASER BLAZER will improve further. He caught the eye finishing strongly in the closing stages at Wolverhampton last time behind subsequent hat-trick hero Maven and Jeremy Gask's charge can reverse running with third-placed Corrib. Supporters of recent Wolverhampton winner, Idol Deputy, will be looking for a big run from runner-up Red Flash in the previous race, while Prince Of Thebes and Regal Rave are both likely to attract some interest on the back of their recent placed efforts.
Diamond Twister (USA) 16-1 (8-6) Held up towards rear, reminders over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, tailed off, 7th of 8, well behind Buddy Holly (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Jun.
Idol Deputy (FR) 9-4fav (8-8) Held up towards rear, headway on bit over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, easily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol beating Red Flash (8-12) by 1 3/4l, 12 ran.
Corrib (IRE) 40-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, stayed on final furlong, went 3rd last 100 yards, nearest at finish, 3rd of 12, 2 1/4l behind Maven (9-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Prince Of Thebes (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride in rear, wide over 3f out, headway to chase leaders over 2, ridden over 1f out, driven and went 2nd post, 2nd of 14, shd behind Shirataki (8-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-52 (6) pol.
Do More Business (IRE) 25-1 (8-8) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out, 11th of 13, 9l behind Storm Runner (8-5) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol.
Prince Blue 20-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders early, soon mid-division, headway over 4f out, driven to challenge over 2f out, hung right under pressure inside final furlong, weakened close home, 5th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Ninfea (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (0-65) (6) pol.
Laser Blazer 16-1 (8-13) Held up behind, pushed along 3f out, kept on from over 1f out, 6th of 12, 4l behind Maven (9-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Regal Rave (USA) 8-1 (8-10) Held up in last pair, headway under pressure 3f out, stayed on to 2nd inside final furlong, no impresion on winner, 2nd of 14, 2 3/4l behind Whodunit (9-4) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Heading To First 16-1 (8-11) Led and soon clear, ridden and headed over 3f out, soon weakened, last of 14, 42l behind Shirataki (8-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-52 (6) pol.
Nesnaas (USA) 50-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, ridden and weakened 2f out, 10th of 11, 16l behind Summer Glow (8-10) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Suffolini 66-1 (8-4) Held up, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, eased over 2f out, tailed off, last of 13, well behind Honourable Knight (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Nov.
