held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, led over 1f out, kept on headed near finish
slowly away, held up behind, never dangerous
tracked leaders, outpaced over 4f out, kept on from 2f out, no impression
held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to briefly chase winner over 3f out, ridden and beaten over 2f out
led after 1f, ridden over 2f out, edged left and headed over 1f out, stayed on to regain lead near finish
Cool Isle, Mossman Gorge and Zaffeu are the three that catch the eye in this trappy seller, and Cool Isle is given the vote to come up for auction. Zaffeu has been running respectably in handicaps recently but won a claimer three outings ago. This represents a drop in grade, and although not favoured at the weights, he can make a bold attempt to concede weight all round. Winner of a claimer here over a mile four outings ago, Dream Forest was well beaten in a seller at Lingfield last time. He did not appear to see out ten furlongs last time, so this attempt at two furlongs further may be beyond him. Cool Isle has landed sellers at Beverley and Wolverhampton recently and will have no problems with the trip, unlike some of his rivals. He appears well treated here and can bounce back to winning form after respectable efforts in defeat recently. Cool Isle is the selection.
Zaffeu 13-2 (8-10) Towards rear, ridden over 3f out, not clear run, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on, 5th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Little Richard (9-1) at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Dream Forest (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, outpaced over 4f out, soon beaten, 4th of 6, 9l behind Ciccone (8-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f sll (6) pol in Dec.
Come What July (IRE) 16-1 (8-6) Always behind, 7th of 9, 14l behind Maria Antonia (8-8) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Futoo (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders to over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 14, 10l behind Wind Chime (9-1) at Kempton 1m 2f banded stk (7) pol in Dec.
Mossmann Gorge 12-1 (9-9) Held up, headway over 7f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten, last of 8, 27l behind Tioga Gold (8-10) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Cool Isle 5-1 (8-12) Led early, prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 10l behind Saameq (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 4f sll (6) pol in Dec.
Laurollie 25-1 (9-3) Towards rear, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, edged left and one pace final 2f, 4th of 11, 5l behind Miss Holly (9-8) at Southwell 1m 4f banded stk (7) fbs in Dec.
Tiegs (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Mid-division, one pace over 5f out, soon no impression, 8th of 13, 11l behind Padre Nostro (8-9) at Southwell 1m 3f banded stk (7) fbs in Dec.
Fit To Fly (IRE) 10-1 (9-1) Pulled hard, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 6th of 8, 14l behind Maria Antonia (8-5) at Southwell 1m 4f sll (6) fbs in Nov.