tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on one pace
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong
led, ridden 3f out, soon headed, kept on same pace
raced wide in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, chased leader over 1f out, weakened final furlong
slow into stride in rear, ridden halfway, kept on under pressure final furlong, never nearer
in touch, ridden 3f out, switched left over 1f out, no impression
slowly away in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, driven and stayed on to lead well inside final furlong
keen in touch until ridden and outpaced over 4f out, eased final 3f, tailed off
Hickster arrives on the back of a win at Wolverhampton but finished last on his only previous visit to this venue. By contrast, It's All A Game was well beaten at Wolverhampton last week but won an amateur event over track and trip before that. MITCHUM is another course winner and finally showed some improvement for a tumble down the weights when runner-up at Redcar last month. It could be his turn today with Yawail another to consider if handling the surface.
Falcon's Reign (FR) 7-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 13, 6l behind Royal Holiday (9-6) at Southwell 1m hcp (0-65) (6) fbs in Nov.
Pat's Legacy (USA) 4-1fav (9-2) Held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, driven over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 2l behind Royal Duchess (8-11) at Ayr 7f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Oct.
Hickster (IRE) 6-1 (8-12) Made all, quickened 3 lengths clear over 1f out, driven and all out close home, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) beating Crown Pleasure (9-7) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
It's All A Game 8-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, no impression when bumped over 1f out, 10th of 12, 8l behind Steel Stockholder (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6).
Cyflymder (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 4l behind Rochelle (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Yawail 20-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Moulin Rouge (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6).
Quite Sparky 4-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders on inside, switched left over 2f out, one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 7l behind Moon Over Rio (8-12) at Beverley 1m 4f sell hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Aug.
Mitchum 16-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1l behind Brooke's Bounty (9-0) at Redcar 1m sell stks (6) sft in Nov.
Major Rowan 20-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 8, 11l behind Wu Zetian (9-0) at Southwell 1m mdn stks (5) fbs in Nov.
Pepperello 125-1 (8-11) Took keen hold in rear, raced wide towards rear, behind from 8f out, last of 13, well behind Indian Scout (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f amat hcp 0-65 (6).