held up in touch on outside, went 2nd over 5f out, led well over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on final furlong, held near finish
tracked leaders on inside, outpaced over 4f out, soon lost place and ridden, behind final 3f, tailed off
led, headed well over 2f out, soon ridden, no chance with front pair from over 1f out
held up behind in touch, driven to chase leaders over 3f out, ridden and edged left 2f out, kept on same pace, hung right final furlong, no chance with leaders
pressed leader, lost place and switched outside over 5f out, challenged 3f out, led and edged left over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on near finish
tracked leaders, outpaced on outside 4f out, ridden over 3f out, no chance with leaders final 2f
Nonrunner
Honoured landed a double here before going close again behind St Ignatius. He's upped another 3lb and Royal Alcor may reverse earlier running on better terms, though the latter had an engagement at Wolverhampton yesterday. Dame Nellie Melba's recent course and distance victory is working out well and she's preferred to stablemate My History, but LUV U WHATEVER makes most appeal in this. The latter won over 1m3f here early last year and made a winning comeback at Wolverhampton a fortnight ago. Still improving, Jo Hughes' charge gets the vote to go in again.
Honoured (IRE) 7-4fav (9-3) Prominent, led 3f out, hard ridden entering final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 7, nk behind St Ignatius (9-3) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Dec.
Fair Trade 6-4fav (9-0) Held up, closed on leaders over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 5th of 6, 28l behind Beyond (9-2) at Salisbury 1m 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun.
Mystery Bet (IRE) 6-1 (8-5) In touch, under pressure over 3f out, hard ridden over 1f out, faded final furlong, 6th of 7, 2l behind Karam Albaari (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Dec.
Absent Amy (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, soon detatched, headway over 1f out, ran on, never nearer, 3rd of 8, 3l behind Frost Fire (8-12) at Southwell 1m fll hcp (0-75) (3yo+) (5) fbs in Dec.
Luv U Whatever 5-1 (9-7) Held up in touch on outside, headway and wide enetering straight, ridden to lead inside final furlong, edged left and kept on towards finish, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Dec beating Taxiformissbyron (9-2) by 2 3/4l, 8 ran.
My History (IRE) 4-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, led 2f, remained prominent, weakened over 3f out, eased over 1f out, last of 7, 22l behind St Ignatius (9-3) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Dec.
Royal Alcor (IRE) 3-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, headway on inner to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Admirable Duque (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Dame Nellie Melba 12-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, edged left and led approaching final furlong, driven and ran on, won at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Dec beating Returntobrecongill (9-1) by nk, 8 ran.
