slowly into stride, chased leaders, effort 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, smooth headway over 1f out, chased winner approaching final furlong, kept on under pressure
steadied in rear, headway over 1f out, soon edged right, never on terms
made virtually all, ridden over 1f out, ran on well
broke well, gradually steadied in rear, switched left and headway over 1f out, nudged out, never placed to challenge
led early, tracked winner, outpaced halfway, weakened over 1f out
held up, under pressure over 2f out, soon beaten
Both Hurricane Alert and Glamorous Rocket bid for hat-tricks having won lower grades sprints. The former has been raised 3lb for winning on the Polytrack here and the latter is penalised after scoring at Windsor. But ROUNDABOUT MAGIC won at Brighton last month and has subsequently gone close in a Class 4 contest on the all-weather. He can land this with a similar effort and is also preferred to Defining Moment, who remains 6lb higher than when scoring at Yarmouth last year. Spin Top is back on a winning mark and may prove best of the rest.
The Big Short 14-1 (9-3) Keen, led after 1f, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong, 8th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Fruit Salad (9-7) at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Roundabout Magic (IRE) 10-3 (9-5) Chased leaders on outside, pushed along halfway, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 5, 2 1/2l behind Tawaafoq (9-0) at Brighton 5f hcp (5) fm in Jun.
Defining Moment 18-1 (9-1) Behind, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never a threat, 7th of 8, 13 1/2l behind Bashiba (9-7) at Nottingham 5f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Glamorous Rocket (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Quickly away, made all on rail, ran on well, unchallenged, won at Windsor 5f hcp (6) gf in Jun beating Firenze Rosa (9-1) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.
Spin Top 6-1 (9-0) Prominent, led 4f out, driven over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home, 5th of 14, 2 3/4l behind Desert Fox (9-7) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Hurricane Alert 14-1 (8-8) Chased leaders on inside, switched right over 1f out, ran on under pressure to lead final 50 yards, won at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol in Jun beating Monumental Man (9-2) by hd, 9 ran.
Deer Song 7-1 (8-13) Chased leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 11, 9l behind Terri Rules (9-1) at Brighton 5f hcp (6) gf in Jun.