chased leaders, weakened 2f out
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway near side of group chasing leaders over 2f out, stayed on in 3rd inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
led and pulled hard, ridden and headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader, led going well inside final 2f, ridden and hung left inside final furlong, headed post
held up early, closer tracking leaders 7f out, travelling well 3f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led on line
raced keenly, held up in 5th, pushed along chasing leaders 3f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders
soon off the pace in last pair out wide, headway far side of group chasing leaders 3f out, hung right over 1f out, ridden and hung back left soon after, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
Wind Your Neck In ended the campaign landing a Class 2 handicap here in October for which he's 5lb higher. He'd earlier beat Israr by over three lengths at Salisbury though that was on soft ground and the latter will be 7lb better off. Ayr winner Mr Alan found heavy ground against him at Deauville while High Fibre's easy victory here came in a Class 4 handicap and he's 10lb higher. Educator progressed nicely scoring on fast ground at Haydock while INDEPENDENT ACT looked one to follow when scoring under William Buick at Lingfield then hung badly under an apprentice at Kempton. Doncaster winner Thunder Max never looked like getting to grips with the leaders back there last month.
Wind Your Neck In (IRE) 5-6fav (9-6) Close up, pushed along and headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon joined, ridden and edged right entering final furlong, asserted close home, won at Newmarket 1m 2f (2) sft in Oct beating Aegis Power (8-5) by 1l, 6 ran.
Israr 6-4fav (9-8) Tracked leaders in 5th on far rail, headway and switched left 2f out, went 2nd inside final 2f, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Wind Your Neck In (9-2) at Salisbury 1m stks (4) sft in Sep.
Mr Alan (8-13) 4th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Mister Saint Paul (8-13) at Deauville 1m lst stks hvy in Oct.
High Fibre (IRE) 16-5 (8-11) Close up, headway over 2f out, pushed along to lead over 1f out, ran on strongly, won at Newmarket 1m 1f (4) gd in Oct beating New Mission (9-6) by 5l, 9 ran.
Educator Evensfav (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Haydock 1m stks (4) gf in Sep beating Asean Legend (9-0) by nk, 8 ran.
Independent Act (IRE) 7-2 (9-9) Tracked leaders, led 9f out, hung left and headed over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Giavellotto (9-2) at Kempton 1m 3f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Thunder Max 7-2 (9-2) Held up in rear, asked for effort over 3f out, headway when switched left over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous, 3rd of 8, 4 1/4l behind Grand Alliance (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Mar.
