held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
held up in rear, headway halfway, chased leaders over 2f out, faded final furlong
tracked leaders, led over 1f out, challenged inside final furlong, held on well
hampered start, in touch on outside, driven halfway, weakened 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, kept on same pace entering final furlong
chased leaders, driven over 2f out, soon lost place
went right start, chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
slowly into stride, chased leaders, every chance over 1f out, kept on well under pressure, never reached winner
led, strongly challenged over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra closing stages
chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, soon weakened
behind, soon outpaced, beaten halfway
prominent, every chance when wandered under pressure over 1f out, stayed on same pace closing stages
Withdrawn
Improvising and Elieden are weighted to dead-heat on official ratings. The former found an extended mile on soft ground beyond him at Nottingham last time but was narrowly beaten on good to soft at Ffos Las earlier. The latter has slightly the better of the draw and though beaten in a Wolverhampton seller last time she's better than that. Cognac Blue has a bit to find and tackles this trip for the first time but Go Annie Go won a seller over the distance at Thirsk and has been put in on a realistic claiming weight. There are few here with scope but SHESCOMINGHOME could be one of them as she showed much improved form at Wolverhampton, despite not getting the run of the race, so is handed the vote.
Gunnabedun (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, weakened over 2f out, last of 9, 30l behind Epona (8-11) at Ayr 6f stks (5) sft in Oct.
Stainforth Swagger 125-1 (9-2) Went right start, soon mid-division, pushed along and effort on outside 3f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, 9th of 10, 16 1/4l behind Fastman (9-6) at Ripon 6f stks (5) gd in Sep.
Cognac Blue 17-2 (8-9) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, not pace challenge, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 11 3/4l behind Power Link (9-3) at Newcastle 6f (5) pol in Sep.
Sylviacliffs (FR) 50-1 (8-12) Always towards rear, 10th of 14, 18 1/2l behind Mot Juste (8-12) at Beverley 7f fll stks (5) gd in Sep.
Abenaki 80-1 (9-0) Outpaced in rear, always behind, 7th of 8, 19l behind Wise Counsel (9-0) at Haydock 6f mdn stks (4) gs in Sep.
Maggies Passion 14-1 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden inside final 2f, kept on same pace, never troubled leaders, 4th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Firewater (9-6) at Ayr 1m (6) gs in Oct.
Percy Drake 40-1 (8-8) Soon chasing leader, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, 6th of 13, 7l behind Camelot Rakti (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (6) pol in Oct.
Elieden (IRE) 5-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride and early reminders, mid-division when hampered after 1f, ridden over 2f out, never able to challenge, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 15 1/2l behind Darwina (8-7) at Wolverhampton 6f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Shescominghome 66-1 (8-11) Close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 11, 4 1/4l behind Trolius (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Bottleared 25-1 (8-9) Last pair, never on terms, tailed off, last of 7, 22l behind Go Annie Go (8-9) at Thirsk 7f stks (6) gf in Jul.
Tres Exigeant (IRE) Lilbourne Lad filly out of Pretty Demanding.
Go Annie Go 25-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 10l behind Queen Of Scheme (8-6) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (6) pol in Oct.
Singe Du Nord 14-1 (8-0) Outpaced, 9th of 11, 12l behind Ghost Queen (9-6) at Catterick 7f (5) gf in Oct.
Improvising (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 12th of 15, 21 1/2l behind Five Angels (9-5) at Nottingham 1m (5) sft in Oct.
