chased leaders, lost place 4th, behind 6th, effort on outside before 3 out, weakened next
held up in rear, not fluent 6th, headway approaching 3 out, soon weakened
chased leader until before 4th, outpaced approaching 3 out, rallied 2 out, no extra flat
took keen hold, chased leaders, not fluent 3rd, led before 3 out, headed 2 out, weakened flat
held up in rear, headway approaching 5th, went 2nd when jumped left and not fluent last, held by winner, kept on
held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, went 3rd flat, kept on
led, not fluent 5th, headed before 3 out, weakened next
held up in rear, not fluent 1st, weakened before 3 out
NonRunner
Several of these ran in the race won by Global Tour, who runs in the first division, here earlier in the month. Nefyn Bay fared best, finishing eight lengths ahead of Karakoram with Marju's Quest and Kabrit well beaten. Donald McCain’s charge had also finished second at Bangor in August so probably deserves a change of luck but the same could be said of Thaqaffa, who has yet to finish out of the frame. GREGARIOUS will need to be positively ridden around here but Lucy Wadham’s grey probably has the class to run the finish out of these if fully wound-up. Bobble Emerald would also have claims on his second at Southwell two runs ago.
Gregarious (IRE) 9-2 (11-12) Led until 2nd, chased leader, led again briefly before 3 out, chased leaders, weakened soon after next, 10th of 18, 14 1/4l behind Cilaos Glace (11-11) at Chepstow 2m hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Thaqaffa (IRE) 16-1 (11-9) Held up towards rear, headway on outside 3 out, not fluent 2 out, mistake last, went 2nd post, 2nd of 11, 2l behind Lock's Corner (11-2) at Huntingdon 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Karakoram 22-1 (11-10) Held up in rear, headway before 5th, led approaching 3 out, soon headed, not fluent last, one pace, 3rd of 17, 11l behind Global Tour (11-11) at Ludlow 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Nefyn Bay 20-1 (11-6) Prominent, jumped right 3rd, led 3 out, headed last, no impression towards finish, 2nd of 17, 3l behind Global Tour (11-11) at Ludlow 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Bobble Emerald (IRE) 8-1 (11-12) Prominent, led 2nd, headed before 2 out, soon weakened, mistake last, 6th of 13, 20 1/2l behind Sizing Tara (12-2) at Newton Abbot 2m 2f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Wilde Spirit (IRE) 8-1 (11-4) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened before 2 out, 5th of 11, 9 3/4l behind Our Rockstar (11-4) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Kabrit (IRE) 25-1 (11-4) Rear of mid-division, big and slow 2nd, mistake and in rear 5th, 12th of 17, 30 1/4l behind Global Tour (11-11) at Ludlow 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Marju's Quest (IRE) 40-1 (10-10) Led, jumped right 1st, headed after 6th, no extra 2 out, 8th of 17, 22 1/2l behind Global Tour (11-11) at Ludlow 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
May Mist 50-1 (10-9) Always in rear, behind when awkward 3 out, 11th of 14, dist behind Fern Owl (11-7) at Stratford 2m hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Avantgardist (GER) 6-1 (11-5) Chased leaders until lost place before 5th, rallied on inside approaching 3 out, 3rd and one pace before the last, 3rd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Notachance (11-12) at Newbury 3m hcp (4) gs in Mar.
