restless in stalls, awkwardly away and went left start, held up, headway chasing leaders halfway, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
made all, ran on strongly, unchallenged
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, went modest 3rd final furlong
chased leaders near side of group, weakened inside final 2f
chased leaders, went 2nd halfway, ridden and stayed on same pace final furlong, no chance with winner
pulled hard and prominent, pushed along and lost 2nd halfway, soon weakened
New Hope Bullet has shown good progress this year having completed a double in handicaps before beaten at Lingfield off today’s mark. She has the beating of Michaela's Boy on collateral form but Castan won at Catterick last month though has a 7lb rise to contend with. A novice winner at Thirsk in April, ZUFFOLO was having his first outing since when third at Beverley last month. He’ll be sharper for this and, with improvement likely now handicapping, may prove the one to side with.
New Hope Bullet (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, edged right over 1f out, held inside final furlong, kept on, 5th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Princeville (9-10) at Lingfield 5f (4) pol in Sep.
Michaela's Boy (IRE) 125-1 (9-8) Prominent, ridden and edged left over 1f out, no extra final 110 yards, 4th of 7, 4 1/4l behind Never Just A Dream (9-11) at Newcastle 6f stks (2) pol in Oct.
Zuffolo (IRE) 3-1 (9-9) Prominent 1f, tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner briefly approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Squealer (9-11) at Beverley 5f stks (5) gd in Sep.
Thunder Star 6-1 (9-9) Led, pushed along 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 5th of 12, 5l behind Destiny's Spirit (8-11) at Haydock 5f (5) hvy in Oct.
Castan 4-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, pushed along to chase leader approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, pushed out, won at Catterick 5f (5) gs in Sep beating Betweenthesticks (9-9) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Cavalier Approach (IRE) 200-1 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Sporting Hero (9-11) at Newcastle 5f stks (5) pol in Oct.