held up in rear, outpaced over 3f out, never threatened leaders
held up in touch, driven over 2f out, ridden and went 3rd 1f out, kept on, not pace to trouble front pair
tracked winner, driven to lead over 1f out, hard pressed when ridden inside final furlong, kept on, headed and no extra towards finish
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, stayed on well to regain lead towards finish
tracked front pair, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, well held when lost 3rd 1f out
held up in touch, outpaced 3f out, never near leaders
With a handicap rating of 87, TAWDEEA should still have enough to take this despite giving weight away to the three-year-olds. He has joined David O’Meara having finished third at Nottingham in August to Arthenus, who went on to land a hat-trick. Amazement was a well-beaten second at Wolverhampton on his return and Kieren Fallon picks up the ride while Sayedaati Saadati and Huntlaw look likely improvers stepping up in trip for their comeback runs.
Jethro (IRE) 5-1 (11-0) Prominent, went 3rd before 2 out, one pace, 3rd of 10, 17 1/4l behind Baltic Storm (11-0) at Fakenham 2m mdn (4) gd in Mar.
Tawdeea 11-4 (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 5, 2l behind Arthenus (9-5) at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) gs in Aug.
Amazement (GER) 11-10fav (8-5) Set steady pace, ridden tried to quicken 2f out, headed inside final furlong, just held on to 2nd, 2nd of 12, 4 1/2l behind Mitre Peak (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Huntlaw 3-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Cheeky Angel (9-0) at Ayr 6f mdn stks (5) gd in Oct.
Sayedaati Saadati (IRE) Evensfav (9-5) Held up in touch, pushed along over 2f out, effort over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 4th of 5, 5 3/4l behind Al Shahaniya (9-0) at Hamilton 6f mdn stks (5) gd in Aug.
Miss Macchiato (IRE) Holy Roman Emperor filly out of Cafe Lassere.
Glengarry Monsieur Bond colt out of Lady Mcbeth.