prominent, pushed along and led 2f out, soon ridden, edged right inside last, always doing enough
slowly away, held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, well beaten and eased 1f out
led at modest pace, pushed along 3f out, headed 2f out, soon ridden and stayed on but always held by winner
handy, pushed along well over 2f out, no impression when ridden 1f out, ran on towards finish
chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, plugged on same pace
Manxman had Tarbat Ness behind at Nottingham last month and Yasmin From York was only third when the Crisfords’ three-year-old completed his hat-trick at Carlisle last week. The latter has a penalty to carry here but has come on in leaps and bounds since tackling longer trips. Dereham followed up a win at Newmarket with a second over 1m6f at Yarmouth but was only ninth in this last year. DRAGONBALL PRINCE was beaten a length by Tarbat Ness at Ffos Las but is 3lb better off. He should have more to offer in staying races and may be the value.
Manxman (IRE) 4-11fav (9-9) Close up in rear, pushed along 3f out, soon switched left to outer and headway, ridden over 1f out, led 1f out, stayed on well, won going away, won at Carlisle 2m 1f hcp (5) gs in Sep beating Aighear (8-13) by 5l, 5 ran.
Dereham 9-2 (11-2) Midfield, nudged along over 4f out, headway and ridden to challenge 2f out, kept on final furlong, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Sir Joseph Swan (10-10) at Yarmouth 1m 6f hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Dragonball Prince (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Chased leader, upsides over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, kept on in 2nd, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Tarbat Ness (8-13) at Ffos Las 2m hcp (6) sft in Sep.
Yasmin From York 28-1 (9-3) Handy, pushed along 3f out and slightly outpaced, soon in rear but in touch, ridden over 1f out, plugged on to go 3rd 110 yards out, 3rd of 5, 7 1/4l behind Manxman (9-9) at Carlisle 2m 1f hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Tarbat Ness 5-1 (8-13) Held up, headway going well behind leaders 2f out, ridden to lead final furlong, ran on well, comfortably, won at Ffos Las 2m hcp (6) sft in Sep beating Dragonball Prince (9-4) by 1l, 10 ran.