always in rear
slowly into stride, never dangerous
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 3f out
towards rear, effort and headway on inside over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on
towards rear, ridden and headway on inside 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, faded final furlong
mid-division, ridden and outpaced 2f out, stayed on, not troubled leaders
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened quickly
I CONFESS is the form pick to land the finale with both Southandwest and Cornus worth noting. The selection runs off the same mark as he did when winning over course and distance recently. He was falsely rated at around 85 during the summer and it is only now that he has been able to be competitive. He comes to the race in fine form and is the one to stay on the right side of for the time being. Southandwest has been running well in defeat of late. Again he has been rated higher in the past and has to be respected off his current mark. Cornus looks fairly exposed and although he ran well when second of twenty one at Doncaster last month he was disappointing when last seen on the all weather so has to be treated with caution. So for the winner we return to I Confess.
Bellomi (IRE) 11-8fav (9-9) Steadied at start and held up, headway on outer over 3f, effort over 2f, no impression, 4th of 7, 16l behind Bookiebasher Babe (9-4) at Southwell 1m clm (6) fbs.
Dudley Docker (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, behind until driven, kept on final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 11, 4l behind Turn Me On (7-13) at Catterick 7f hcap (5) gf in May.
Glencalvie (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Held up, outpaced halfway, not a danger after, 5th of 6, 6l behind First Order (8-4) at Great Leighs 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Buxton 12-1 (8-12) Towards rear, effort on outside 2f out, kept on, 8th of 11, 5l behind Internationaldebut (9-6) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov.
Southandwest (IRE) 5-2fav (8-11) With leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 6, 4l behind First Order (8-4) at Great Leighs 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Perfect Act 8-1 (8-4) Soon led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 9, 18l behind Councellor (8-10) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-95 (3) pol.
Miss Mujanna 14-1 (8-8) Slowly away, reminders start, behind final 2f, 11th of 13, 14l behind Superduper (8-13) at Windsor 6f 3yo hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Cornus 13-2 (9-4) In touch, chased leaders 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 12, 3 1/2l behind I Confess (8-10) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Super Frank (IRE) 33-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, never reached leaders, 5th of 12, 6l behind Randama Bay (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
I Confess 4-1jt-fav (8-10) Made virtually all, headed briefly over 2f out, kept on well, won at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol beating Everybody Knows (9-4) by 2 1/2l, 12 ran.