led overall centre, headed narrowly over 1f out, kept on and edged left, held towards finish
with leader centre, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
in rear stands side, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, led narrowly over 1f out, held on well towards finish
led stands side group, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
tracked leader stands side, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch stands side, ridden over 2f out, kept on to take 3rd place inside final furlong
tracked leaders stands side, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
One To Go is an eight-race maiden but he’s gone close twice over a mile and was placed over 1m2f at Nottingham last month when tried in blinkers. This intermediate distance might suit and he shouldn’t be ignored. ASPIRE TOWER has twice run well on soft going lately and his latest third at Windsor was arguably his best run to date. He probably wouldn’t need much more to get off the mark here though it would be no surprise to see Eesha's Smile bounce back from a poor run when favourite at Pontefract. Damon Runyon was another to produce a below-par effort last time and he makes his handicap debut.
Damon Runyon 7-4fav (9-2) Soon led, headed over 3f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out, 5th of 11, 8 1/2l behind Shoot For Gold (9-2) at Windsor 1m stks (5) sft in Oct.
Eesha's Smile (IRE) 5-4fav (9-7) Went right after start, chased leader until inside final 2f, hung left and weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 10 1/2l behind Illusions (8-9) at Pontefract 1m fll (4) gd in Sep.
Aspire Tower (IRE) 3-1fav (9-7) Slowly into stride, soon prominent on outside, ridden over 3f out, edged right over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, 3rd and held close home, 3rd of 7, 1/2l behind Divine Gift (9-2) at Windsor 1m (4) sft in Oct.
Caplin 12-1 (9-5) Held up, outpaced over 6f out, stayed on from over 1f out, went 2nd well inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 6l behind Allmankind (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f mdn stks (4) pol in Oct.
Aubretia (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 2 3/4l behind Nearooz (9-0) at Newmarket 7f mdn fll stks (3) gf in Oct.
One To Go 9-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, pushed along and every chance over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 3 1/4l behind Prefontaine (9-4) at Nottingham 1m 2f (2) gd in Oct.
Glutnforpunishment 22-1 (9-1) Last pair, ridden on inside over 1f out, never involved, 8th of 11, 8l behind Hard Taskmaster (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m (5) pol in Sep.
