slowly into stride, ridden over 2f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, disputed 2nd entering final furlong, kept on same pace, no chance with winner
tracked leader, led 2f out, soon ridden, drew readily clear from over 1f out, eased well inside final furlong, easily
held up towards rear on outside, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, no impression
tracked leaders, effort 2f out, soon ridden, one pace when not clear run and switched left 1f out, no impression final furlong
led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon lost place, no impression when switched inside over 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders on inside, driven over 3f out, ridden 2f out, went 2nd when edged right 1f out, kept on, no chance with winner
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace when squeezed up 1f out, gradually weakened final furlong
held up behind, driven and outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened
DUBAI HILLS shrugged off a 10lb rise in the weights last week and coasted home for another wide-margin victory over this C&D. It's fair to say the handicapper will not be impressed and Bryan Smart's charge is getting off light here with only a 6lb penalty to carry. Everymanforhimself won over 6f here last month in a race that is working out well with the runner-up Silaah having won twice since while Alpha Tauri scored over C&D recently and ran well off his new mark five days ago. However, it's difficult to see either preventing the selection from completing his hat-trick.
Everymanforhimself (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Held up behind in touch, effort when not clear run over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, never able to reach leaders, 4th of 7, 3l behind Perfect Act (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Dubai Hills 4-6fav (9-5) Made all, driven over 2f out, soon well clear, unextended, very easily, won at Southwell 7f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs beating The Lock Master (9-3) by 8l, 8 ran.
Slikback Jack (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders on inside, ridden to chase winner 2f out, until inside final furlong, no extra, 5th of 7, 6l behind Spectait (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Thunderball 7-1 (8-2) Pitched slightly leaving stalls, soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 10, 12l behind Nightjar (9-1) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-95 (3) fbs in Dec.
Alpha Tauri (USA) 6-1 (9-7) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind McConnell (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Fishforcompliments 16-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon one pace, 6th of 11, 8l behind Malcheek (9-7) at Southwell 7f hcp (2) fbs in Dec.
Elusive Fame (USA) 7-2 (8-13) Broke well, soon tracking leaders, led over 3f out, hard driven over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Follow The Flag (9-1) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.
Fantasy Fighter (IRE) 7-2fav (8-4) Held up towards rear, switched right 1f out, ran on, not able to reach leaders, 6th of 12, 3l behind Drawnfromthepast (9-4) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Sep.
