tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out
close up, headway 2f out, led approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on
keen close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
close up, pushed along and weakened over 1f out
prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace
steadied start, took keen hold towards rear, pushed along and edged left over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong
PINNATA hit top form at this time last year when landing a hat-trick on the all-weather including a defeat of Straight Right. The latter re-opposes on better terms but hasn’t raced since June and Stuart Williams’ charge is fancied to confirm running back over 7f today. Above The Rest is at home at this level if back to his best form but Raydiance ended the Turf season out of sorts and dual novice winner Aljari never threatened on his handicap debut. Intisaab and Finoah are upped in class for this while Caballero ended last year with a victory at Newmarket and is 5lb higher on his reappearance.
Arctic Sound 40-1 (9-6) Towards stands side alone early, mid-division, well beaten over 2f out, 15th of 20, 21 3/4l behind Escobar (9-6) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) hvy in Oct.
Above The Rest (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 12, 5 1/4l behind Judicial (9-6) at Lingfield 6f lst stks (1) pol in Nov.
Straight Right (FR) 50-1 (9-5) Raced centre, held up towards rear, never on terms, 23rd of 26, 11 3/4l behind Cape Byron (9-9) at Ascot 6f hcp stks (2) gf in Jun.
Muntadab (IRE) 20-1 (9-8) Led until over 2f out, soon lost place, 7th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Reeves (8-6) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Pinnata (IRE) 12-1 (9-12) Raced wide towards rear, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, never nearer, 8th of 14, 5l behind Entangling (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Intisaab 7-1 (10-0) In rear, ridden and ran on final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Typhoon Ten (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Finoah (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Held up in touch, headway and effort on inside over 1f out, soon ridden, one pace inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 2 3/4l behind Power Link (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Raydiance 40-1 (8-7) Mid-division, headway chasing leaders 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 17, 7 1/2l behind Kynren (9-2) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) sft in Oct.
Aljari 8-1 (9-4) Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 5th of 8, 4l behind Alfarqad (9-0) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Caballero (IRE) 4-1 (8-12) Raced wide prominent, pushed along to lead approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Newmarket 7f (2) gf in Oct beating Watchmyeverymove (8-8) by 2 3/4l, 7 ran.