tracked leaders, pushed along before 3 out, weakened before 2 out
tracked leader, led before 5 out, headed 4 out, led again before 3 out, clear before 2 out, kept on strongly
in rear, reminders after 3rd, tailed off 5 out, pulled up before 3 out
held up towards rear, outpaced from 5 out, plugged on from 2 out, went 3rd from last, never dangerous
mid-division, outpaced 3 out, plugged on from 2 out, never dangerous
led, reminders before and passing stable bend when wandered badly and headed before 5 out, led again 4 out, headed before next, one pace
held up towards rear, went 4th from 3 out, went 3rd before 2 out until last, no extra
Mondlicht is 0-15 over hurdles and is up against some potentially nice prospects here. Fellow Flat winner Moccasin is going jumping late in life while former pointer The Bay Oak may not have the pace for this but another winner between the flags, Monsieur Arkadin, won a Huntingdon bumper in May and Le Breuil also won in that sphere. Jonagold is becoming expensive to follow so COSETTE, a rare runner here for Caerphilly trainer Bernard Llewellyn, is preferred and the mare can come out on top if she improves a little on her neck second to Solstalla at Newton Abbot.
Jonagold 7-1 (11-9) Tracked leaders, ridden after 3 out, one pace before next, weakened before last, 5th of 12, 23l behind Midnight Sapphire (11-3) at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Le Breuil (FR) 3-1cfav (11-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, faded inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 7 1/4l behind Mr One More (11-0) at Bangor 2m 1f (6) gd in Oct.
Moccasin (FR) 12-1 (9-3) Dwelt, outpaced in rear, never dangerous, 12th of 13, 27 1/4l behind Ronya (9-8) at Redcar 1m 1f hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Mondlicht (USA) 6-1 (11-0) Mid-division, pushed along before 4 out, soon outpaced, headway before last, kept on to take 2nd place towards finish, 2nd of 13, 3 1/4l behind Black Ivory (11-0) at Hexham 2m 4f mdn (5) gd in Oct.
Monsieur Arkadin (FR) 2-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 4f out, led over 2f out, ridden clear 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Huntingdon 2m (6) gd in May beating Lord Bryan (11-0) by 2 1/4l, 6 ran.
The Bay Oak (IRE) 1-2fav (12-0) Held up; jnd ldrs 13; unable qckn 2 out; snatched 2nd cl home, 2nd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Grumblers Holt (12-0) at Guilsborough 3m sft in Apr.
Cosette (IRE) 9-1 (10-10) Chased leaders, closed 5th, ridden before 2 out, went 2nd last, stayed on, just held, 2nd of 11, nk behind Solstalla (11-2) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f (4) gd in Sep.
