slowly into stride, in rear, headway over 3f out and still going nicely, shaken up and closed 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong and weakened closing stages
chased leaders, ridden under 3f out, kept on same pace until ran on final furlong, took 3rd close home
led, headed after 2f and tracked leader, led again over 6f out, headed under 4f out, ridden 2f out, kept on until weakened final furlong
held up, outpaced over 3f out, headway when hung sharply left 2f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong and took 4th final strides
went left start, tracked leader early, chased leaders after 2f, pushed along 3f out, closed over 2f out, led 1f out, ran on well
short of room start, in touch, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, no impression until ran on well final furlong, took 2nd final strides
short of room after start and soon stumbled, headway on outer after 1f and soon led, headed over 6f out, led again under 4f out, shaken up over 2f out, headed 1f out, ran on until no extra and dropped to 5th close home
ONE NIGHT IN MILAN won over 1m5f at Ayr recently having gone close over today’s trip before that. He gets a speculative vote in an open contest on his all-weather debut. Major Snugfit won over 1m4f here a fortnight ago while Yagood scored over 2m at Nottingham earlier and Victoriano placed over track and trip last time. Crane should be noted back on the all-weather for a leading jumps yard while Can Can Girl went close at Chelmsford and Manjaam has won an all-weather bumper here.
Manjaam (IRE) 80-1 (9-3) Raced in rear, ridden well over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 12th of 13, 29 1/4l behind Goobinator (9-7) at Haydock 2m hcp (4) gf in Sep.
Yagood (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, no impression but kept on final furlong, 5th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Oceanline (8-12) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Major Snugfit 4-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, took lead 2f out, sustained duel final furlong, stayed on gamely, just held on, won at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct beating Peerless Percy (9-11) by hd, 14 ran.
Crane (IRE) 13-2 (10-5) Refused to race, at Uttoxeter 2m hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Victoriano (IRE) 16-1 (9-11) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, 3rd and held inside final 150 yards, stayed on, 3rd of 12, 2 1/4l behind Freewheelin (8-2) at Newcastle 2m hcp (6) pol in Oct.
One Night In Milan (IRE) 2-1fav (9-3) Held up, ridden 3f out, headway 2f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, hit the front inside final 50 yards, won going away, won at Ayr 1m 5f hcp (6) sft in Oct beating Smart Lass (10-2) by nk, 14 ran.
Can Can Girl (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Held up in 5th on inside, headway chasing leaders every chance inside final furlong, stayed on same pace towards finish, went 2nd post, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Lindwall (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
