prominent, pushed along halfway, driven along 3f out, soon behind
towards rear, headway over 3f out, stayed on final 2f
was slowly into stride and soon mid-division, driven along halfway, weakened over 2f out
towards rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on towards finish
prominent, hard ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
soon led, pushed along and headed over 4f out, soon beaten
was slowly into stride and towards rear, was driven halfway, ridden over 2f out, some late headway but was never near to challenge
was prominant, ridden over 2f out, was one pace until weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, driven over 3f out, soon out pace
was never better than mid-division
was never a factor
in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, final furlong
mid-division, effort over 2f out, no impression
was prominant, chased along over 3f out, was ridden and one pace final 2f
mid-division, headway over 2f out, ran on final furlong, not reached winner
in touch, led over 4f out, was ridden 2f out, battled on gamely final furlong
Nonrunner
Mademoiselle is the pick in the finale, with Amorist, Time To Regret and Caerphilly Gal others for the short-list. Mademoiselle and Amorist should have another good battle here, and in truth there should again be little between them. The pair met at Brighton just over a fortnight ago, with Barry Hills's filly coming out on top to the tune of half-a-length. There was only a pound between them at the weights then, and they now meet off levels, so Amorist should theoretically finish even closer. However, it was Mademoiselle that showed the better turn of foot by far, and with the ground and finishing straight in her favour here she can repeat the feat. Time To Regret gained his last victory at Redcar a year ago and is racing off around the same mark, but has been hard to place of late. He does at least go soft ground though and is at the bottom of the handicap here. Caerphilly Gal goes on the ground but her recent success at Brighton was on fast going, which is a bit off-putting, and in any case we much prefer the claims of Mademoiselle.
Huxley (IRE) 28-1 (8-9) Slowly away, always towards rear, 13th of 16, 13l behind Fossgate (8-8) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Oct.
Supreme Salutation 11-1 (8-5) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway 2f out, never nearer, 8th of 14, 5l behind Kensington (9-0) at Lingfield 7f app hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Pride of Kinloch 7-1 (8-7) Towards rear, pushed along and headway on outer 3f out, stayed on final furlong, 5th of 18, 2l behind Cadogen Square (7-9) at Catterick 7f fll hcp (6) gd in Sept.
Essex Star (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Towards rear, never dangerous, 9th of 13, 17l behind Formidable Will (8-6) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) fbs in Oct.
Mademoiselle 7-2 (8-9) In touch, ridden and headway 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Brighton 1m 3yo hcp (6) gs in Oct beating Amorist (8-10) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Amorist (IRE) 3-1fav (8-10) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Mademoiselle (8-9) at Brighton 1m 3yo hcp (6) gs in Oct.
Caerphilly Gal Evensfav (8-7) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 14, 6l behind Desertina (8-11) at Southwell 6f stk (7) fbs in Oct.
Time To Regret 11-2 (8-7) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 9, 2l behind Newcorp Lad (8-10) at Beverley 1m hcp (6) gd in Sept.
