held up in rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well
pulled very hard in mid-division, lost place over 6f out, effort over 1f out, never on terms
slowly into stride, mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, outpaced well over 2f out, stayed on approaching final furlong, never able to challenge
held up in touch, headway over 1f out, soon driven to challenge, stayed on same pace
led until over 5f out, weakened over 2f out
held up in rear, headway over 3f out, driven to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, lost place over 3f out
prominent, ridden and weakened over 3f out
pulled hard in rear, headway on outside to lead over 5f out, headed over 1f out, no extra closing stages
held up, saddle slipped over 4f out, rider continued but was unseated inside final furlong
SWIFT BLADE beat The Blue Dog with a bit to spare over track and trip last month. The latter subsequently landed a hat-trick so the form looks rock-solid and Lady Herries' charge can take this under one of the leading amateurs. Dellbuoy won here before finding the selection too good and Linkable won a similar contest over course and distance in November with Jennifer Powell on board. Royal Marskell was only beaten a head by the latter and also has claims along with recent Kempton winner Obboorr.
Swift Blade (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Held up behind, headway over 2f out, ridden and stayed on well on outside from over 1f out, led towards finish, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec beating The Blue Dog (9-2) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.
Whinging Willie (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Held up in rear, effort over 1f out, no impression, 5th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Ssafa (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Dellbuoy 7-4fav (9-7) Held up in last pair, headway over 5f out, chased leaders over 2f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 6th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Swift Blade (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Linkable 8-1 (10-9) Held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on, won at Lingfield 1m 4f amat hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov beating Royal Marskell (11-0) by hd, 16 ran.
Obboorr 11-4 (9-10) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on and found extra when pressed towards finish, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating Jamaica Grande (9-9) by nk, 9 ran.
Flag Of Glory 66-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, under pressure over 3f out, soon weakened, last of 13, 42l behind Artistical (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Royal Marskell 5-2fav (9-5) Tracked leading pair, lost place 4f out, rallied on inside 2f out, ridden and stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, no impression, 2nd of 5, 2 1/4l behind Short Shrift (8-12) at Southwell 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Osgood 12-1 (9-10) In touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 15, 17l behind Joshua The First (9-3) at Carlisle 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) hvy in Sep '12.
Langham Lily (USA) 33-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, 8th of 11, 13l behind Java Rose (9-6) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Teide Peak (IRE) 14-1 (9-9) In rear, headway on outer over 3f out, no impression final 2f, 5th of 12, 8l behind Fujin Dancer (11-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f am hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Baan (USA) 16-1 (10-6) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 13, 16l behind Epsom Salts (10-3) at Lingfield 2m am hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.