keen tracked leaders, ridden and edged left over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out
led, ridden 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
held up, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, switched right entering final furlong, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
raced wide in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out
raced wide held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, never on terms
keen in touch, pushed along and effort 2f out, ridden and no impression final furlong
slow into stride in rear, never on terms
raced wide close up, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Ebbisham won at Kempton before finishing behind runner-up Music Major off today’s higher mark at the same track. The latter has subsequently been placed again but another chance goes to GERMAN WHIP in this. Gary Moore’s charge missed out on the hat-trick when third in this grade at Kempton in September but there should more to come from him after a short break. Rivers Of Asia is usually thereabouts without winning while Footlight ran well at Chelmsford in between more modest efforts.
Byres Road 10-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, hampered and switched left over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken well over 1f out, no headway, 6th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Presumido (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Torment 12-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders on inside, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final 2f, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, lost modest 4th towards finish, 5th of 12, 8l behind Presumido (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Rivers Of Asia 25-1 (9-4) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 15, 2 3/4l behind Squire (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Dec.
German Whip 7-1 (9-7) Raced on outside, towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on, never nearer 3rd final strides, 3rd of 14, 1 3/4l behind Cryptic (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Footlight 14-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, effort to challenge over 2f out, lost place 1f out, soon weakened, 8th of 14, 15 1/4l behind Testa Rossa (9-2) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Polymnia 6-1 (8-12) Bumped start, always towards rear, 7th of 12, 11 3/4l behind Zain Arion (8-11) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp fll (5) pol in Dec.
Music Major 5-2fav (9-7) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Fire Diamond (8-13) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Ebbisham (IRE) 3-1fav (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 3l behind Baltic Prince (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Pc Dixon 33-1 (9-5) Pulled hard, mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 11, 23 3/4l behind Burguillos (9-5) at Salisbury 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gs in Sep.
Kristoff (IRE) 25-1 (8-8) Mid-division, wide and headway approaching 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 10, 14l behind Onehelluvatouch (8-11) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Sep.