held up towards rear, progress into midfield 4f out, ridden and lost ground over 2f out, weakened and eased over 1f out
pressed leader, close up travelling strongly over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, faded final furlong
led, drifted right 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, ran on strongly to lead inside final furlong, kept on
held up in touch, headway to press leader over 3f out, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, one pace final furlong
midfield, ridden to chase leaders over 3f out, kept on for 3rd entering final furlong, no extra
slowly away, towards rear, driven over 4f out, gradually weakened from over 3f out
held up in touch, close up when ridden 3f out, led narrowly over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
dwelt, detached in rear, last travelling strongly 4f out, headway into midfield when ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
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MAC AILEY had Camile and Zealous well beaten when just failing to hold My Ukelele over slightly shorter at Hamilton and is better suited by this trip so gets the nod. Paddyplex was in decent form on Tapeta last winter and was having his first start since March when making his debut for Keith Dalgleish at Ayr in August. His former trainer runs Dutch Coed here and he suffered in the weights after scoring four times last summer. He looked on the way back at Hamilton last time and should make a bold bid. Uther Pendragon scored on fast ground at Bath in June and has been looking a couple of pounds high but Blistering Barney ran his best race to date on soft ground at Ripon and has more scope than most.
Ours Puissant (IRE) 18-1 (9-0) Raced keenly pressing leader, led 9f out, headed over 3f out, ridden and lost 2nd soon after, weakened quickly, last of 11, 33 1/4l behind Awesomedude (9-10) at York 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Uther Pendragon (IRE) 14-1 (9-10) Midfield, ridden and switched wide over 2f out, kept on one pace, 5th of 11, 5 1/4l behind Precisely (8-13) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (5) fm in Sep.
Blistering Barney (IRE) 14-1 (10-0) Hampered start, soon led, headed over 4f out, led again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 3 1/2l behind Fox Kasper (9-12) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (6) sft in Aug.
Mac Ailey 9-4fav (8-10) Tracked leaders, led travelling well over 3f out, ridden clear over 1f out, kept on, collared close home, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind My Ukulele (9-7) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Camile (IRE) 4-1 (8-13) Tracked leader, led after 2f, headed over 3f out, ridden and close up 2f out, kept on final furlong but no chance with leading pair, 3rd of 9, 10 1/2l behind My Ukulele (9-7) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Dutch Coed 12-1 (9-2) Held up in midfield, headway on outside from over 2f out, ran on well into second inside final furlong but held by winner, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Reaver (9-5) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (6) gs in Sep.
Bad Rabbit (IRE) 40-1 (9-5) Raced wide tracked winner until ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 13, 21 3/4l behind Union Spirit (9-10) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Tarnhelm 22-1 (9-10) Dwelt badly in stalls, detached in rear, last when switched wide 4f out, rapid headway under pressure to chase leader over 2f out, faded final furlong, 5th of 13, 5 3/4l behind Roman's Empress (8-11) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
Paddyplex 5-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders on inside, hampered 2f out, plugged on in 3rd, 3rd of 12, 11l behind Firlinfeu (9-6) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Zealous (IRE) 10-1 (8-7) Slowly away but soon recovered, towards rear, headway on outside over 3f out, ridden to chase leader over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out, 4th of 9, 11l behind My Ukulele (9-7) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (5) gs in Sep.
