prominent, ridden over 2f out, switched left and ran on to lead entering final furlong, kept on strongly close home
held up towards rear, still well off the pace 3f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, ran on to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on final furlong
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, headway to lead over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on
midfield, ridden and one pace from over 2f out
slowly away, in rear, last when ridden 3f out, some headway over 1f out, ran on strongly final furlong
pressed leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong
slightly slow to stride and pushed along towards rear, driven and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
midfield, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
led, ridden 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
towards rear, headway on near rail over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Maggie's Joy might do better now tackling handicaps but SUPERIOR FORCE has been holding his own in stronger company and can take advantage of this easier assignment with neither trip nor going raising any red flags. Box To Box has been largely progressive while Four Notes, at the opposite end of the handicap, found only one too good over course and distance last time having only a second run on Turf. Whitcliffe is better than he showed at Wolverhampton last time.
Superior Force 7-2 (8-5) Held up in last pair, ridden over 2f out, headway chasing leaders over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, soon switched right, almost snatched 3rd post, 4th of 7, 1 1/2l behind Oh Herberts Reign (8-13) at Doncaster 1m (3) sft in Oct.
Box To Box (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Chased leaders near side of group, ridden over 1f out, edged left and stayed on inside final furlong, almost snatched 2nd, no chance with winner, 3rd of 10, 3 1/4l behind Croupier (9-9) at Newbury 7f (5) gd in Aug.
Rollajam (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Close up when groups merged halfway, edged right 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 16, 3 3/4l behind Lawful Command (9-3) at Newmarket 7f (5) sft in Oct.
Bazalgette (IRE) 5-2fav (9-7) Slowly into stride, held up off the pace in last pair, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, hung left and stayed on in 3rd final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Sweet Madness (9-4) at Nottingham 1m (5) gs in Oct.
Marquis Of York 17-2 (9-3) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, 7th of 12, 12 1/4l behind Approachability (9-5) at Pontefract 1m stks (5) gf in Sep.
Whitcliffe (IRE) 10-3 (9-6) Keen, led, pushed 2 lengths clear 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, last of 6, 5 1/4l behind Astaroth (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (5) pol in Sep.
Copperknob (IRE) 4-1 (9-6) Midfield, nudged along 4f out, struggling over 2f out, made no impression from over 1f out, 7th of 9, 15 3/4l behind Haunted Dream (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f (5) pol in Oct.
Gypsy Lady 33-1 (9-6) Held up, pushed along under 4f out, ridden under 2f out, keeping on when not clear run entering final furlong, soon held, 9th of 11, 7 1/2l behind Suanni (9-6) at Bath 6f (5) gf in Sep.
My Name's Howard 40-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, headway and hung left over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 6, 10l behind Baileysgutfeeling (9-5) at Brighton 7f mdn stks (5) sft in Oct.
Maggie's Joy 17-2 (9-0) Tracked leader close up, ridden well over 2f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Mariha (9-0) at Redcar 7f stks (4) gd in Oct.
Four Notes 12-1 (8-9) Mid-division out wide, headway chasing leaders over 3f out, ridden and went 2nd approaching final furlong, stayed on, always held, 2nd of 11, nk behind Sweet Madness (9-4) at Nottingham 1m (5) gs in Oct.
