made all, shaken up over 1f out, ran on
tracked winner, pushed along 2f out, faded inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, kept on one pace
dwelt, close up in 4th, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
Masham Star beat Aventinus three lengths when scoring at Doncaster last month and went close again at Wolverhampton off a higher mark. But he’s been upped a further 2lb for this and stablemate Morning Suit may well improve past him having just missed out over 7f here a fortnight ago. But the vote goes to Marco Botti’s PIRATE LOOK, who made a winning start at Redcar earlier this month and should prove suited by this extra furlong.
Masham Star (IRE) 7-1 (9-6) Prominent, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Commander Cole (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (2) pol in Nov.
Aventinus (IRE) 15-2 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Masham Star (9-6) at Doncaster 7f (3) gd in Oct.
Morning Suit (USA) 20-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, headway 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven and edged left inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, shd behind Textured (9-1) at Newcastle 7f (4) pol in Nov.
Pirate Look (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders in 3rd, led over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, won at Redcar 7f mdn stks (5) gs in Nov beating Nastenka (9-0) by 3/4l, 14 ran.