midfield, lost ground halfway, ridden in rear over 4f out, detached 3f out, eased over 1f out
held up in midfield, headway to chase leader 4f out, ridden over 3f out, one pace
chased leaders, in touch when ridden over 4f out, weakened final furlong
slightly slow to stride and pushed along in rear, headway to chase leaders halfway, driven over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
chased leader, led travelling strongly halfway, ridden and drifted right over 2f out, almost joined inside final furlong, just held on
towards rear, headway into midfield over 4f out, ridden to chase leader 3f out, ran on to get almost upsides final furlong, just denied
held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, soon detached and faded over 2f out
soon led, ridden and headed halfway, weakened quickly over 4f out
NonRunner
GRIMSTHORPE CASTLE beat Grand Pianola easily enough over track and trip before just missing out back here a couple of days ago. Mick Appleby’s charge gets another chance in this. Grand Pianola can figure once again while Jorgie scored over hurdles last time but has yet to win on the Flat. Bad Rabbit is upped in trip for his all-weather debut and Hajey was still beaten a long way when third at Newcastle.
Bad Rabbit (IRE) 10-3fav (10-5) Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden along over 1f out, lacked pace to trouble winner, 5th of 14, 5 1/4l behind Menin Gate (11-0) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (6) sft in Oct.
Grand Pianola 6-5fav (8-9) Chased leaders, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong, 2nd of 13, 3 1/4l behind Grimsthorpe Castle (8-2) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Hajey 80-1 (9-2) Led, ridden 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened, 3rd of 5, 11l behind Amtiyaz (9-2) at Newcastle 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Absolute Altitude 9-2 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out, 10th of 14, 6 1/4l behind My Lady Claire (9-5) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Grimsthorpe Castle 11-4fav (8-12) Tracked leader, led 5f out, ridden 2f out, soon hung right, headed inside final furlong, rallied gamely close home, 2nd of 11, shd behind Fortultous (8-12) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Jorgie (FR) 40-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders 4th, travelled strongly to lead before 2 out, headed when awkward leap 2 out, soon recovered to lead last, quickened clear run-in, won at Perth 2m mdn (4) gs in Sep beating Billy The Squid (10-12) by 4 1/4l, 6 ran.
Sea Willow 16-1 (8-7) Held up, headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out, 4th of 9, 8 1/4l behind Glass Of Bubbles (8-7) at Leicester 1m 2f stks (5) hvy in Oct.
Fedora Fits 25-1 (9-12) Led, pushed along when headed 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 15 1/4l behind Bigbadboy (10-0) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) sft in Oct.
Megans Approach 50-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced halfway, eased final 2f, last of 11, dist behind Fortultous (8-12) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.