slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden over 3f out, hampered and switched right over 1f out, driven and stayed on to take 3rd towards finish
led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, led 3f out, soon ridden, pressed from over 1f out, driven and headed narrowly well inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, wide and headway 3f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
in rear, headway 3f out, soon ridden, weakened approaching final furlong
in touch, chased leader over 2f out, ridden to press leader from over 1f out, driven to lead narrowly well inside final furlong
pushed along towards rear, outpaced from halfway
A 4lb rise in the weights for TOPCROFT looks lenient and he might be able to follow up his Kempton strolls; Hit The Switch looks to be the main danger. The selection chases a hat-trick today after two bloodless wins at Kempton. It is surprising that the handicapper has only raised him a total of 10lbs in the weights and if he handles this surface then from a good draw he may be hard to beat. Hit The Switch is a course and distance winner and he still looks fairly treated; although he has a lot to find with the selection on their run on the 2nd December, this surface may be a leveller and the return to a mile will suit. He was behind Jonnie Skull last time out; that runner is in good form but all the evidence points to stamina issues over this trip. My Sweet Georgia is another who runs the track well but she has never looked like a miler, Amber Sunset is tumbling down the handicap, whilst the same applies to Lindy Hop and better is expected at some stage in the near future. Any market move for Hohrod would be interesting as he makes his handicap debut off a basement mark, however with the consistent Luisa Tetrazzini taken on in first-time cheek-pieces, we are happy to side with Topcroft to land the hat-trick.
My Sweet Georgia (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 11l behind Dash Back (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Amber Sunset 20-1 (8-12) Raced keenly in 3rd, driven to lead just over 2f out, soon headed and under pressure, weakened final furlong, 4th of 11, 7l behind Finnegan Mccool (8-13) at Lingfield 7f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Jonnie Skull (IRE) 15-8fav (9-6) Led until over 3f out, led again over 2f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, weakened, 4th of 8, 1 1/4l behind Ten Pole Tudor (9-7) at Southwell 1m sell stks (6) fbs.
Lindy Hop (IRE) 12-1 (8-13) Held up in touch, effort over 2f out, gradually weakened, 7th of 10, 6l behind Mr Hichens (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Luisa Tetrazzini (IRE) 5-2 (8-12) Went slightly left start, mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with front pair, 3rd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Norse Warrior (9-3) at Wolverhampton 5f mdn stks (5) pol.
Kheskianto (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Towards rear, pushed along and hampered approaching 4f out, ridden and some headway 2f out, never a factor, 8th of 14, 12l behind Jonnie Skull (9-3) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Hit The Switch 9-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 14, 3 1/2l behind Jonnie Skull (9-3) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Hohrod 100-1 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 11, 15l behind Poyle Meg (8-5) at Nottingham 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd in Aug.
Topcroft Evensfav (9-1) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed to lead inside final furlong, soon clear readily, won at Kempton 6f app hcp 0-50 (7) pol beating Place The Duchess (8-8) by 5l, 11 ran.
