midfield in touch, switched left over 2f out, soon ridden and stayed on, weakened inside final furlong
close up in touch, ridden over 2f out, disputed lead entering final furlong, sustained duel with rival inside final furlong, led at winning post
held up in midfield, ridden over 2f out, kept on entering final furlong, switched left close home, not reach leaders
fly leapt start, midfield, ridden over 1f out where edged left, stayed into 3rd near finish, not reach leaders
slowly away, soon recovered, midfield in touch, ridden 2f out, soon no impression, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, led, ridden 2f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, prominent, ridden and headway to lead over 1f out where disputed lead, sustained duel with rival inside final furlong, headed at winning post
held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway entering final furlong, no extra close home, weakened near finish
took keen hold, prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, weakened inside final furlong
held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, soon wandered around and no impression, weakened inside final furlong
Never Fear is 4lb higher than when scoring at Wolverhampton while Petra Celera runs over this far for the first time having won over 6f at the same track. Enpassant is fitted with headgear after placing yet again when second at Lingfield but FARIHA showed a big improvement fitted with cheekpieces and beaten only a nose over course and distance on her handicap bow. She looks up to winning at this level on that evidence.
Callianassa (IRE) 4-1 (8-13) Squeezed by rivals start, held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed into 4th close home, nearest finish, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Lou Lou's Gift (8-13) at Newcastle 6f stks (4) pol in Nov.
Never Fear (IRE) 15-2 (9-6) Rear of mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon hung left, strong challenge inside final furlong, just prevailed post, won at Wolverhampton 7f (5) pol in Nov beating South Kensington (9-7) by ns, 9 ran.
Leveret (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Raced keenly tracking leaders out wide, pushed along 3f out, outpaced and beaten over 2f out, 7th of 10, 10 3/4l behind Pitney (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Enpassant (IRE) 5-4fav (9-8) Raced very keenly and soon handy, ridden and led over 1f out, headed under 110 yards out, no extra, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Royal Tapestry (9-6) at Lingfield 1m (5) pol in Nov.
Valadero (IRE) 18-1 (9-9) Held up off the pace in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 8th of 10, 5 1/2l behind Miami Heat (9-6) at Kempton 7f (5) pol in Nov.
Game Management 18-1 (9-7) Appear to take a false step exiting stalls but lost little ground and led early, headed after 2f, remained prominent until outpaced from 1f out, dropped to fifth final strides, 5th of 6, 6 1/4l behind Involvement (9-7) at Redcar 7f mdn stks (4) gf in Sep.
Petra Celera (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Off the pace towards rear,m good headway on inside over 1f out, chasing leaders when not clear run and switched right inside final furlong, went 2nd final 100 yards, led towards finish, won going away, won at Wolverhampton 6f (5) pol in Nov beating Bulldog Drummond (9-7) by 1l, 12 ran.
Flying Fletcher 9-2 (9-7) Raced alone nearside, prominent, joined by rivals gradually from over 5f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, gradually weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 7 1/2l behind Sir Gabrial (9-7) at Newcastle 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Fariha (IRE) 3-1fav (9-8) Towards rear, pushed along and headway well over 1f out when not clear run, shuffled back, in clear and ridden with plenty to do under 1f out, ran on well, just denied, 2nd of 11, shd behind Mulciber (9-7) at Newcastle 7f (6) pol in Nov.
Chat Up Line 66-1 (9-4) Chased leaders out wide, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 11, 6l behind Brummell (9-4) at Southwell 6f (6) pol in Nov.
