raced wide in touch, wide and headway 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, ran on
led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on one pace
dwelt close up, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
led 1f, close up, pushed along and every chance 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
raced wide tracked leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
keen switched left start, in rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, nearest finish
keen close up, pushed along and every chance 2f out, ridden and stayed on one pace final furlong
raced wide keen, close up, pushed along and headway over 2f out, soon led, ridden and ran on
steadied start and switched left start, towards rear, never on terms
dwelt close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden over 1f out, not trouble leaders
NonRunner
BATOCCHI has benefitted for the step up to 1m4f and scored over course and distance last time. There looks more to come over today’s trip and he’s preferred to Reset Button, who only placed in a classified race at Newcastle earlier in the week. Al Gaiya has yet to race over this far but was beaten only a neck at Wolverhampton a fortnight ago while Donya and Heat And Dust are others upped in distance with the latter making most appeal. Uther Pendragon finished runner-up here last time but is still looking to break his duck on the all-weather after 20 attempts.
Al Gaiya (FR) 11-1 (9-3) Midfield, ridden 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, nk behind Diamond Jill (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Uther Pendragon (IRE) 18-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, led 5f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, 2nd of 14, 2l behind Maharashtra (9-1) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Hammy End (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) Led until 2f, ridden and headed entering final furlong, weakened closing stages, 5th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Morani Kali (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Quiet Thunder (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Held up, pushed along 3f out, never involved, last of 9, 14 1/2l behind Billy Roberts (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Nine Elms (USA) 8-1 (9-1) Mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden hung left and not much room over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 3l behind Oud Metha Bridge (9-5) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Tulane (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Raced freely, led, clear over 6f out until over 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 4 3/4l behind Yagood (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Fleursals 18-1 (9-5) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 14, 7 1/2l behind Maharashtra (9-1) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Heat And Dust 11-1 (9-1) Towards rear mid-division, ridden 1f out, kept on one pace, 6th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Desert Land (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Donya (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Raced keenly tracking leaders, ridden and hung left over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 13, 1l behind Captain St Lucifer (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Batocchi 11-4 (8-11) Raced keenly, soon chasing leaders out wide, went 2nd 9f out, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Vertice (9-0) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Seaborough (IRE) 13-2 (10-8) Held up towards rear, not fluent 1st, headway 4th, weakened before 3 out, 5th of 9, dist behind Gala De Corton (11-8) at Doncaster 2m 1f hcp (4) sft in Dec.
Wildmountainthyme 125-1 (8-5) Midfield, niggled along over 2f out, soon beaten, 12th of 14, 19 1/4l behind Selecto (8-7) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Archive (FR) 14-1 (8-9) In rear, ridden over 2f out, never involved, 9th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Cuban Hope (9-13) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Reset Button Evensfav (9-2) Led, ridden 2f out, joined over 1f out, headed 1f out, ran on, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Selecto (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Jan.
