close up in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong
close up, ridden to chase winner briefly 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
made all, ridden over 1f out, driven out, gamely
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, , weakened final furlong
close up in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, soon chased winner, driven and edged right inside final furlong, stayed on
tracked winner until ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
With Ralph Beckett's yard in superb form, York novice winner Wycliff will have to be considered as he won on soft at Doncaster earlier. GRAND ROCK only won by a neck in a three-runner race at Epsom but was eased down and had plenty in hand. That was on heavy going at is was when he scored at Hamilton so conditions will be in his favour. He's A Keeper couldn't handle Listed company at Haydock after scoring there earlier while Freyja's two Beverley victories were on much quicker ground. King Carney is progressing nicely judging by his Nottingham victory though needs to step up even further.
Grand Rock (IRE) 5-4fav (9-2) Tracked leader, challenged 2f out, led approaching final furlong, hard ridden inside final furlong, just held on, won at Epsom 1m 1f stks (2) hvy in Sep beating Night Colours (8-11) by nk, 3 ran.
He's A Keeper (IRE) 7-2 (9-2) Close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 8, 4 3/4l behind Pyledriver (9-2) at Haydock 1m lst stks (1) sft in Sep.
King Carney 5-1 (9-5) Made most, pushed out final furlong, won at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (2) sft in Oct beating Damage Control (9-5) by 2l, 10 ran.
Sir Arthur Dayne (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Chased leader until 2f out, ridden and went 2nd again over 1f out, strong challenge when rider dropped reins inside final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish, won at Windsor 1m (4) sft in Oct beating Talap (9-0) by hd, 8 ran.
Wyclif 5-2 (9-8) Slowly into stride, held up, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon pressed, stayed on gamely, won at York 7f stks (3) gd in Sep beating Vega Magic (9-2) by nk, 8 ran.
Freyja (IRE) 1-12fav (9-7) Made all, shaken up to go clear from over 1f out, easily, won at Beverley 7f fll stks (5) gf in Sep beating Eventful (9-0) by 4l, 4 ran.