pulled hard in mid-division, weakened over 2f out
led early, soon tracking leader, effort over 2f out, lost place well over 1f out
held up towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside furlong, kept on well, just failed
mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, no extra closing stages
took keen hold tracking leaders, led over 2f out, hard ridden when strongly challenged inside final furlong, just held on
soon led, hard driven when headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
AIRTON was runner-up over track and trip and a similar effort should see him thereabouts again. He can confirm running with Tectonic, who has yet to win on the all-weather, but Kicking The Can won a maiden race over 1m2f here last month. Merriment won over 2m here on her penultimate outing while High On Light has been placed in all four subsequent starts since landing a double during the summer. Percy Verence was not beaten far when fourth here behind Go George Go, who was due to run in the previous race.
Tectonic (IRE) 4-1 (9-4) Keen towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway entering final furlong, driven and stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Polar Forest (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Beaumont's Party (IRE) 11-10fav (11-12) In touch in 4th, left 3rd place from 2nd, pushed along before 2 out, weakened before last, 4th of 6, 19 3/4l behind Endeavor (11-9) at Sedgefield 2m 1f hcp (5) gs in May.
Airton 5-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, effort 3f out, led over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, headed and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Ajman Prince (8-12) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Kicking The Can (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) Close up, chased clear leading pair 7f out, headway to chase leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Newcastle 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov beating Issue (9-0) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Maskoon 20-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 10 1/4l behind Bollihope (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
High On Light 5-1 (8-13) Led early, tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 4 1/4l behind Island Flame (9-2) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp fll (5) pol in Sep.
Merriment 7-4 (8-9) Tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 6, 3 1/4l behind Dubawi Fifty (9-7) at Newcastle 2m hcp (5) pol in Nov.
You'll Do 16-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden and lost place over 2f out, 11th of 12, 9 3/4l behind Faintly (9-4) at Newcastle 7f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Percy Verence 7-2 (9-0) Mainly tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 4th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Go George Go (8-6) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.