towards rear, some headway on inside over 2f out, soon hung left, weakened inside final 2f
raced keenly in rear, headway chasing leaders and switched left inside final 2f, ridden and hung left over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
raced keenly in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, soon beaten, tailed off
led, pushed along and headed 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
never closer than mid-division
chased leaders, driven along out wide 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, outpaced into 4th close home
off the pace and always towards rear
slowly into stride, off the pace towards rear, headway on inside over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner
chased leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd soon after, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on strongly
held up off the pace towards rear, headway out wide and ran on inside final furlong, went never nearer 3rd close home
towards rear, pushed along before halfway, effort on outside over 2f out, soon ridden, no impression final furlong
chased leaders on inside, ridden and weakened final furlong
NonRunner
Few make any appeal and it could pay to stick with with VAXHOLM as he bids for a hat-trick. Stan Moore’s charge won at Kempton before scoring on this surface at Wolverhampton with the re-opposing pair Sun Rising and Token Trader behind. Midgetonamission came up short again at Chelmsford last time while Art Expert and Becoming step up in trip on the back of poor handicap debuts and U A E Fifty goes handicapping for the first time.
Clipsham Gold (IRE) 25-1 (8-8) Towards rear, soon hung right, ran wide bend over 3f out, closed over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, 11th of 13, 9 1/2l behind River Pride (9-7) at Chelmsford City 7f (5) pol in Nov.
Art Expert 25-1 (8-9) Led far side pair, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, 12th of 16, 13 1/2l behind Lawful Command (9-3) at Newmarket 7f (5) sft in Oct.
Sweet Melody 80-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 11, 23 3/4l behind Morning Poem (9-0) at Kempton 1m fll stks (5) pol in Nov.
Fidha 125-1 (9-0) Outpaced and always towards rear, 9th of 13, 8 3/4l behind Bizarre Law (9-5) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Nov.
Becoming (IRE) 22-1 (9-4) Held up, niggled along 3f out, ridden and struggling under 2f out, beaten over 1f out, 12th of 13, 11 3/4l behind Convection (9-9) at Kempton 7f (6) pol in Nov.
Token Trader (IRE) 15-2 (9-5) Slowly away and not much room start, held up in rear, switched right over 3f out, headway over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Jungle Run (9-1) at Wolverhampton 7f (6) pol in Nov.
Do It Today 18-1 (9-4) Raced wide in rear, pushed along halfway, never dangerous, last of 8, 14 1/2l behind Bungley (9-7) at Musselburgh 1m (6) gd in Aug.
Vaxholm (IRE) 16-5fav (8-10) Dwelt mid-division, headway and switched wide 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, edged left and ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (6) pol in Nov beating Melos (8-13) by 1l, 12 ran.
Midgetonamission (IRE) 3-1 (9-6) Raced keenly in mid-division, headway 2f out, chasing leaders when not clear run and switched left over 1f out, not clear run again and switched right 1f out, stayed on towards finish, never able to challenge, 4th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Mcqueen (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m (6) pol in Nov.
Cianciana 28-1 (9-4) In touch, outpaced over 3f out, no impression after, 7th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Dajarus (8-10) at Newcastle 7f (6) pol in Nov.
Summereyes (IRE) 250-1 (9-0) Held up, ridden and outpaced at 2f, never a factor, last of 9, 10 1/2l behind Tippy Toes (9-4) at Chelmsford City 6f fll stks (5) pol in Nov.
U A E Fifty (IRE) 80-1 (9-5) Dwelt held up, never near leaders, 8th of 12, 13 1/2l behind Anatomic (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Honest Lawyer (IRE) 80-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, some late headway, no impression, 6th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Dajarus (8-10) at Newcastle 7f (6) pol in Nov.
Sun Rising (IRE) 10-3 (9-3) Raced wide in touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and late headway final furlong, 4th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Vaxholm (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (6) pol in Nov.
