raced keenly, made all, driven clear before 2 out, edged left run-in, unchallenged
chased leaders, weakened 3 out, tailed off and pulled up before next
raced wide, last pair, mistake 2nd, tailed off and pulled up before 2 out
held up in 5th on inside, headway approaching 7th, ridden in 2nd and no impression when fell 2 out
chased winner, no impression in 3rd approaching 2 out where left modest 2nd
well in rear, tailed off 5th, pulled up before 2 out
held up in 6th place, pushed along and no impression when left in modest 3rd 2 out
chased leaders, pushed along before 3 out, soon lost place, driven in modest 4th and weakened before next
Bertie Blake’s run at Wetherby last month was too bad to be true and his yard continues to fire in the winners but EMERALD CHIEFTAN has been operating at an entirely different level to these and the winning pointer gets another chance dropping back down in distance. Raise Your Shades has been consistent without pulling up any trees but tries a new trip and Our Delboy may need another run to put him straight.
Emerald Chieftan (IRE) 8-1 (11-6) Tracked winner, hit 3 out, soon ridden and lost place, no impression before next, weakened last, last of 7, 25 3/4l behind Nemean Lion (11-4) at Catterick 3m 1f hcp (4) gs in Dec.
Raise Your Shades (IRE) 50-1 (11-0) Mid-division, towards rear when not fluent 3 out, no impression, well beaten from 2 out, 8th of 12, 17 1/2l behind Ebony Gale (11-0) at Leicester 2m mdn (3) gf in Dec.
Our Delboy 12-1 (12-7) Tracked leaders on inside, lost place after 7th, well beaten 3 out, 8th of 9, 31 3/4l behind Field Exhibition (12-7) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp (5) hvy in Dec.
Yalla Habibti 33-1 (10-10) Handy on outside, ridden and weakened before 2 out, 5th of 7, dist behind Chilli Romance (11-3) at Leicester 2m hcp (4) gf in Dec.
Bertie Blake (IRE) 7-2fav (10-7) Led, not fluent 4th, headed 5 out, lost place next, tailed off, 8th of 12, dist behind Discay (12-2) at Wetherby 3m hcp (5) gs in Dec.
Allnite (IRE) 20-1 (9-9) Led, headed 9f out, tracked leaders, weakened quickly 5f out, behind final 3f, last of 10, dist behind Katie Gale (10-13) at Southwell 2m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Millrose Bell (IRE) 16-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along 8th, lost place approaching 3 out, 6th of 8, 31 1/2l behind Wig Wam Wiggle (11-7) at Newcastle 2m 6f hcp (5) gs in Jan.
Sory 20-1 (10-0) Mid-division on inside, headway to chase leaders halfway, weakened 4 out, tailed off, 9th of 12, dist behind Discay (12-2) at Wetherby 3m hcp (5) gs in Dec.
Luvly Boy Blue 66-1 (11-5) Chased leaders on outside, lost place 4th, soon behind, continued tailed off, last of 14, dist behind Border Victor (10-9) at Kelso 2m 7f hcp (4) gs in Dec.
