slowly into stride, outpaced, ran on final furlong, nearest finish
slowly into stride, behind
held up, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead well inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
with leader, led over 2f out, soon ridden, headed and stayed on near finish
held up in rear, headway and wide over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish
pulled hard, held up, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
chased leaders 4f
chased leaders, ridden to chase leader over 2f out, soon every chance, weakened final furlong
led over 3f
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakening when hung left over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, weakened halfway
This is a very tricky finale and we will just give the vote to Amanda's Lad, Party Princess and Magic Amour are two others with strong claims. The selection was a shade disappointing over the seven furlong trip here last time, fading into sixth place behind The Job. However she ran out an impressive victor over this trip the time before and she can regain the winning thread today. Party Princess went off the boil after winning at Nottingham in August, but ran a promising race at Wolverhampton time out. With more improvement expected she should be involved in the finish. Magic Amour is one of the more consistent performers in the line up. He wasn't disgraced behind Far Note over course and distance last time and has to be considered for each-way purposes. Desertina and Pragmatica can also be given a chance on the pick of their form, but on this occasion we will side Amanda's Lad
Mind Alert 9-1 (8-6) Behind, ridden and headway 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, ran on, nearest finish, 4th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Mambazo (8-7) at W'hampton 5f hcp (6) pol.
Party Princess (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, soon weakened, 6th of 11, 6l behind Miskina (9-0) at W'hampton 7f fll hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Cayman King 66-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, outpaced, 11th of 13, 16l behind He's A Rocket (8-7) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Nov.
Magic Amour 7-1 (9-0) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 4th of 14, 6l behind Far Note (8-11) at Southwell 6f sll (6) fbs.
Desertina (IRE) 12-1 (8-9) Mid-division, until ridden over 3f out, weakened quickly, 11th of 13, 9l behind Magic Amour (8-8) at W'hampton 6f stk (7) pol in Nov.
Amanda's Lad (IRE) 12-1 (8-10) Led, headed over 4f out, remained close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 13, 6l behind The Job (8-11) at Southwell 7f Stks (41-45) (7) fbs.
On The Trail 20-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 14, 8l behind Orchestration (8-11) at Southwell 5f stk (7) fbs in Nov.
Pragmatica 8-1 (9-0) Prominent 2f, 10th of 12, 11l behind Orchestration (9-1) at W'hampton 6f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Nov.
