held up in touch, headway on inside over 3f out, led over 2f out, hard ridden, stayed on well
took keen hold in mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on same pace final furlong
slowly into stride, driven forward to join leader, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakening when hampered over 1f out, eased final furlong
held up in rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, never dangerous
mid-division, headway over 3f out, switched left over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, chased winner approaching final furlong, never able to challenge
held up in touch, outpaced over 4f out, rallied over 1f out, never on terms
led until over 3f out, weakening when hampered over 2f out, eased over 1f out
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never troubled leaders
Young Tom won a handicap at Leicester in June on heavy ground so it was a surprise when he ran so poorly in similar conditions at Hamilton last time. Torremar showed enough in his races this summer to suggest he was capable of winning a race and started favourite when stepped up to 1m4f at Pontefract but couldn't make inroads on the leaders. Disquotational travels up from Newmarket but has never looked like winning nor has fellow traveller Heavensfield, who wears a first-time hood. Rockliffe has only won once and was beaten in a Chepstow seller in August but ADHERENCE has gone close on several occasions without winning, including over this trip, so gets the vote in a very poor handicap. Mikro Polemistis may be the one to chase him home as he's another who has gone close over the trip.
Torremar (FR) 11-4fav (9-7) Dwelt, in touch, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, driven and kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 9 1/4l behind Harry Champion (9-7) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Heavensfield 20-1 (9-5) Led and set steady pace, quickened tempo over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Notice (9-2) at Yarmouth 1m 3f mdn hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Disquotational 7-1 (9-0) Held up, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, last of 9, 32 1/4l behind Corpus Chorister (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 3f hcp fll (5) gd in Sep.
Young Tom 11-4jfav (9-3) Tracked winner, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 16 3/4l behind Rocktherunway (10-0) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (5) hvy in Sep.
Rockliffe 17-2 (10-12) Chased leader until 2 out, 4th and fading when mistake last, weakened flat, 4th of 6, 12l behind Inn The Bull (10-12) at Ludlow 2m (4) gf in Oct.
Lady Natasha (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 10th of 13, 22 3/4l behind Elraazy (9-0) at Haydock 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd in Sep.
Adherence 10-1 (8-8) In touch, headway 7f out, close up, ridden to go 3rd 2f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 3/4l behind Harry Champion (9-7) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Calarules 16-1 (8-11) In rear, pushed along 5f out, never on terms, 7th of 8, 12 1/4l behind Harry Champion (9-7) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Mikro Polemistis (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Held up, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 7 1/2l behind Maid Of Tuscany (9-2) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp (6) gs in Oct.
