led, pulled hard, clear over 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, every chance approaching final furlong, no extra towards finish
tracked leader, led over 1f out, kept on well closing stages
always behind
chased leaders, lost place 3f out
held up in rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, never nearer
mid-division, never dangerous
behind, headway over 2f out, never on terms
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ITALIAN BEAUTY, the winner of five of his 14 starts on Turf, was very disappointing in a Ripon seller in May but bounced back to land a Haydock handicap. He easily has the call on official ratings and the ground was very testing when he was beaten a long way at Hamilton last time. Miningrocks, who completed a handicap double in August, was beaten in a course and distance seller last time though the fast ground looked against him. He still managed to have Nonchalant behind though the going also looked against David O'Meara's grey. Eastern Shore has only had three runs and one was in a seller at Hamilton where he attempted to make all but had no answer when headed two furlongs out.
Miningrocks (FR) 4-1 (9-8) Led, driven over 2f out, soon strongly challenged, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Thello (9-8) at Redcar 1m 2f stks (5) gf in Oct.
Devious Spirit (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) In touch, ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out, 7th of 12, 19 1/4l behind Taking Libertys (9-3) at Hamilton 1m hcp (5) hvy in Sep.
Ronya (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, driven to challenge over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 15 1/2l behind Thello (9-8) at Redcar 1m 2f stks (5) gf in Oct.
Bertha Burnett (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Held up in rear, under pressure over 3f out, never dangerous, last of 9, 26 1/2l behind Thello (9-8) at Redcar 1m 2f stks (5) gf in Oct.
Eastern Shore (IRE) 14-1 (8-7) Led, ridden 2f out, headed well over 1f out, no extra and lost 3rd place towards finish, 4th of 6, 3 3/4l behind Darrington (8-12) at Hamilton 1m 1f stks (4) gs in Sep.
Italian Beauty (IRE) 11-2 (9-2) Chased leaders, pushed along over 5f out, lost place over 4f out, 10th of 11, 32 1/2l behind Rainbow Rebel (9-6) at Hamilton 1m hcp (4) hvy in Sep.
Jasper Jay 33-1 (9-2) Held up, in rear, effort on outside over 2f out, soon no further impression, last of 8, 19 1/4l behind Istanbul Bey (9-2) at Redcar 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gd in Jun.
Little Pippin 11-4fav (8-12) In touch, ridden and headway 4f out, effort 3f out, no extra final furlong, 3rd of 8, 6 3/4l behind Amy Blair (8-11) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (6) hvy in Sep.
Nonchalant 8-1 (9-7) Led, headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 4th of 11, 3 1/4l behind The Resdev Way (9-2) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Oct.