tracked leaders, led 8th, ridden 2 out, hard ridden from last, held on well towards finish
tracked leader, ridden and weakened from 3 out, pulled up before next
mid-division, some headway 9th, ridden and outpaced approaching 2 out, beaten when not fluent last
behind, went prominent 7th, weakened from 3 out, pulled up before next
held up towards rear, headway 7th, ridden approaching 2 out, in 5th and beaten when eased approaching last, virtually pulled up flat, finished lame
led to 8th, lost place 3 out, pulled up before next
held up mid-division, prominent 7th, lost place from 3 out
in touch, hit 6th, one pace from 2 out
held up, headway to go prominent 3 out, every chance when hit last, stayed on towards finish
chased leaders, lost place from 3 out
Nonrunner
Amicelli gets the vote here, with Common Girl, Millenaire, Toni Alcala and Nightwatchman rating best of the others. For us, Amicelli holds the best form here and looks the one to beat, even under his double penalty. He looked a progressive type when beating Romany Prince last time and, with the trip holding no fears, looks sure to go well. Common Girl is also a dual winner, those wins having come at Fakenham, but was a little disappointing in handicap company last time at Wetherby. However, she cannot be ruled out of a place. Millenaire looked promising when running behind Marcel at Newbury last November but has had his troubles since. However, up in trip today, it will be interesting to see how he goes. Of the others, Toni Alcala's second to Thedublinpublican last time affords him some respect, while Nightwatchman stays well and put up a reasonable effort at Stratford last month, and he wears a first-time tongue tie today. He is respected but, for the winner, we return to Amicelli.
Amicelli (GER) 7-4 (11-4) Led 2nd, hit 3 out, soon ridden, clear 2 out, ran on, won at Stratford 2m 6f nov hdl (C) gs in Jul beating Romany Prince (11-8) by 5l, 7 ran.
Millenaire (FR) Evensfav (11-0) In touch, mistake 1st and 6th, ridden after 3 out, one pace, 5th of 13, 27l behind Forager (11-0) at Windsor 2m 4f nh mdn hdl (E) sft in Dec.
Nightwatchman (IRE) 5-1co-fav (11-4) Led to 9th, behind when pulled up 2 out in race won by Burundi (11-10) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-115 (D) gf in Sept, 10 ran.
River Marshal (IRE) 9-1 (11-6) Led to 5th, in 3rd and every chance when unseated rider 4 out in race won by Manbow (11-8) at Wetherby 3m 1f nov hcp chs 0-105 (E) gs in Mar, 9 ran.
Runshan (IRE) 25-1 (11-1) Held up, headway on inside 3f out, edged right and weakened 2f out, 8th of 17, 16l behind The Grey Man (10-8) at Worcester 2m nhf (H) gs in Apr.
Toni Alcala 5-2 (10-12) Mid-division, headway when hampered 9th, hung left from 3 out, outpaced approaching 2 out, ran on towards finish, 2nd of 8, 2l behind Thedublinpublican (10-12) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f nov hdl (E) gd in Sept.
True Temper (IRE) 11-2 (10-4) Tracked leaders, headway 7th, led briefly after 3 out, soon ridden, weakened after 2 out, 4th of 12, 13l behind High Country (11-2) at Sedgefield 2m 5f mdn hdl (F) gf in Aug.
Common Girl (IRE) 13-2 (11-5) Led, headed before 3 out, weakened next, 4th of 10, 27l behind Shining Strand (11-0) at Wetherby 2m 4f nh nov hdl (D) gd in May.
