held up towards rear, not fluent 1st, headway before 6th, chased winner 2 out until last, no extra towards finish
always prominent, led before 3 out, stayed on, ridden out
jumped right, led, headed before 3 out, weakened before 2 out, mistake last
jumped right, in touch on inside, closed after 3rd, slow 6th, swishing tail final bend, not fluent 3 out, outpaced 2 out, stayed on flat, went 2nd towards finish
held up in rear, headway from 3 out, went 2nd and mistake last, stayed on, lost 2nd towards finish
chased leaders, pushed along on outside 3 out, no extra from last
held up in mid-division, lost place after 3rd, well beaten from 3 out, mistake 2 out and last
chased leader until not fluent 2nd, lost place after 4th, well beaten 3 out
Stonific finished ahead of Enthused at Market Rasen 11 days ago and was second at Southwell three days later but the veteran hasn’t won for a long time. Sufi has disappointed since winning at Stratford in June while Pillar Of Steel was well beaten on his first run for new connections at Plumpton. MINELLA PLUS is proving hard to catch right but he’s plummeted down the ratings and could be hard to beat if on a going day. Charles St has only finished out of the frame once over hurdles so far but he’s yet to win and may find one too good again here following a lay-off.
Pillar Of Steel 7-1 (11-6) Chased leaders, pecked 1st, lost some ground 4th, struggling 3 out, soon behind, 6th of 7, 27 3/4l behind Our Champ (11-1) at Plumpton 2m hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Enthused (IRE) 13-2 (11-2) Mid-division, headway 3 out, lost place before 2 out, 9th of 11, 11 3/4l behind Liverpool Knight (11-5) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Paros (FR) 7-1 (11-10) Tended to jump right, held up in rear, not fluent 1st, not fluent 5th, headway to take closer order 3 out, soon ridden and outpaced, weakened approaching last, last of 3, 22 1/2l behind Thibault (11-12) at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Charles St 17-2 (9-10) Led 2f, tracked leaders, lost place over 4f out, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden and no impression after, 5th of 8, 7 1/2l behind Hedonista (8-10) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Stonific (IRE) 10-1 (11-0) Towards rear of mid-division, prominent after 3 out, shaken up and went second after 2 out, ran on flat, no match for winner, 2nd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Feel The Pinch (11-7) at Southwell 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Minella Plus (IRE) 15-8fav (11-12) In touch, ridden along after 2 out, weakened before last, last of 6, 31 1/2l behind Allbetsoff (11-10) at Hexham 2m hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Sufi 16-1 (12-0) Towards rear, ridden after 3 out, weakened from 2 out, 6th of 10, 29l behind Spot On Soph (11-1) at Market Rasen 2m 3f hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Diamond Joel 28-1 (10-2) Mid-division, struggling and dropped to rear home turn, tailed off, last of 9, dist behind Vision Of Hope (10-2) at Huntingdon 2m hcp (5) gd in May.
