prominent, ridden along over 4f out, driven over 2f out, one pace final furlong
prominent, ridden along over 3f out, soon beaten
in touch, led over 4f out, headed 3f out, remained in touch, driven to regain lead over 1f out, ran on final furlong
held up behind leaders, driven 3f out, weakened over 1f out
towards rear, headway over 3f out, one pace final 2f
tracked leaders, ridden along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up behind leaders, led 3f out, driven and headed over 1f out, hung left and no extra inside final furlong
led, reminders and headed over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
Propaganda will surely win races and came close to doing so at Wolverhampton last month but Luca Cumani's filly is by Sadler's Wells and very few of his progeny win on the Fibresand so a safer bet looks to be Scary, who gets the vote with Satindra rated the pick of the remainder. The selection ran a promising race on his debut at Kempton last month and Paul Cole's son of Peintre Celebre should come on for that outing so gets the vote to do so and open his account today. Soldier Field has claims on the pick of his form but has seemingly regressed and is hard to recommend on recent evidence. Joe Rich makes limited appeal on pedigree and of more interest may be Satindra, who has run respectably albeit in a low grade of late. Scary is unexposed though and he is preferred.
Island King (IRE) 50-1 (9-2) Always rear division, 8th of 12, 17l behind Veloso (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 4f sll (6) pol in Nov.
Swimandyouwin (IRE) Xaar gelding, half-brother to 1m6f winner French Lady.
Satindra (IRE) 15-2 (8-9) Led, ridden and headed 3f out, lost 2nd 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Pearl (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo clm (6) pol.
Scary 5-2 (9-3) Ridden to lead, pushed along 4f out, headed over 1f out, no impression, 3rd of 10, 4l behind Highest Esteem (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Nov.
Soldier Field 4-1 (8-0) Held up 7th, headway over 2f out, ridden to join winner and every chance over 1f out, unable to quicken, no extra inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Pearl (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo clm (6) pol.
Long Gone 100-1 (8-11) Soon led, headed over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 17, 16l behind Troialini (9-2) at Leicester 1m 4f clm (6) gs in Oct.
Wordy's Girl 66-1 (10-7) Mainly towards rear, 9th of 10, well behind Lavender Track (10-12) at Fontwell 2m 2f mrs nhf (6) gd in Nov (N.Hunt).
Propaganda (IRE) 7-4fav (8-12) Held up towards rear, headway 5f out, every chance over 2f out, kept on, just failed, 2nd of 7, shd behind Restless Soul (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol in Nov.
Reflective Glory (IRE) 50-1 (8-5) Chased leaders to over 2f out, soon beaten, 12th of 15, 17l behind Blue Empire (9-4) at Thirsk 1m sll hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Sir Jake 100-1 (9-3) Dwelt, soon in touch, under pressure and struggling over 3f out, 10th of 11, 31l behind Sugar Ray (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gf in Aug.
Joe Rich Piccolo gelding, half-brother to winning hurdlers Lord Fernando and Breezer.