tracked leader, pushed along 4f out, driven over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
a little slowly away, held up, headway over 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, kept on but not able to get to winner
tracked leaders, outpaced over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
made all, pushed along over 2f out, kept on well
slowly into stride, in rear, headway on inside 4f out, 3rd when switching right well over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
awkwardly away from widest draw, closed 8f out, went 2nd over 3f out until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, lost place 8f out, weakened over 4f out
Coroberee's rating is based on his debut victory in a Nottingham maiden last year when the odds-on second, who has won five times since, was well below par. He showed little at York last month on his only start since on the Flat, though was placed over hurdles during the summer. At the likely odds, we'd rather take a chance on RESTIVE, who wasn't winning out of turn here last month and had no chance at the weights at Newcastle subsequently. Outback Blue has claims on these terms but Metronomic has lost his way and none of the others have much chance according to the handicapper.
Coroberee (IRE) 33-1 (9-6) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 14th of 18, 15 1/4l behind Grand Inquisitor (9-0) at York 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Oct.
Restive (IRE) 20-1 (8-9) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never on terms, 6th of 14, 7 3/4l behind La Casa Tarifa (8-0) at Newcastle 1m 2f stks (3) pol in Oct.
Clayton Hall (IRE) 22-1 (8-12) Keen tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 9, 21 1/4l behind Highway Robber (8-9) at Hamilton 1m 3f hcp (6) gd in Jun.
Metronomic (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Held up mid-division, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, 12th of 15, 16 1/4l behind Pioneering (9-0) at Beverley 1m hcp (5) sft in Sep.
Outback Blue 12-1 (9-2) Always behind, 9th of 13, 5 1/4l behind Island Brave (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Little Pippin 5-1 (8-12) Mid-division, outpaced over 3f out, went 3rd when ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, no chance with front pair, 3rd of 9, 6 1/2l behind Traveltalk (8-13) at Redcar 1m 2f stks (6) sft in Oct.
Just Heather (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) Held up, weakened over 3f out, last of 6, dist behind Tamih (9-5) at Chester 1m mdn stks (4) hvy in Sep.