prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
chased leaders, pushed along well over 1f out, no progress
towards rear, ridden 2f out, never a danger
held up in rear, shaken up and smooth headway 2f out, led and drifted left over 1f out, pushed out and drew away inside last, comfortably
led, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out and no progress, beaten over 1f out
towards rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, kept on and went 2nd final 110 yards, no match for winner
Zain Farhh, a half-brother to three winners, would not not need to be anything special to show up well in a race like this. Aegis Power has placed in five of his seven starts but hasn’t raced since a poor performance at Leicester in April after which he was gelded. Scottish Wind will have a hurdling campaign mapped out and Reach, placed at Redcar and Beverley, could also end up among the jumping ranks. SOBEGRAND was hampered and then ran green when second at Kempton and normal progress should see the Gosdens’ colt, a half-brother to four winners, land this with the minimum of fuss.
Floy Joy (IRE) 150-1 (9-11) Mid-division, pushed along over 8f out, driven along over 4f out, headway under pressure over 3f out, ran on one pace, 8th of 11, 26 1/2l behind Courage Mon Ami (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f stks (4) pol in Sep.
Scottish Wind (FR) 12-1 (9-13) Held up, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Good Show (9-4) at Hamilton 1m 4f stks (5) gs in Aug.
Kaylyn 14-1 (9-8) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on, not pace to get on terms, 3rd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Pretending (9-2) at Southwell 1m 3f fll stks (5) pol in Aug.
Reach (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Held up in midfield, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on to go second final 100yds, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Frankendael (9-4) at Beverley 1m 2f stks (5) sft in Sep.
Aegis Power 4-1 (8-13) Close up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 28 1/2l behind Deciduous (9-2) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Sobegrand 7-2 (9-7) Slowly away, held up in last, went 4th over 4f out, switched right and effort over 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, not trouble winner, kept on, 2nd of 5, 1l behind Prakasa (9-2) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Zain Farhh Farhh gelding out of Local Spirit.