slowly into stride, held up towards rear, some headway under pressure over 3f out, one pace final 2f
raced wide, towards rear, headway 2f out, stayed on to take 3rd inside final furlong, no impression on front pair
chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, ridden and behind final 4f, tailed off
made all, hung right to stand rail from 2f out, strongly pressed final 1f, stayed on and always just doing enough
held up in touch, headway to chase winner going well 3f out, switched right over 1f out, soon challenging and carried right, stayed on, always just held
always in rear, tailed off
raced in mid-division on outside, driven over 4f out, chased leading pair 3f out, no impression when lost 3rd entering final furlong
soon chased leaders, weakened over 2f out
soon chased winner, lost 2nd 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Many of the usual suspects on view and KING OF THE BEERS can see off the claims of Dot's Delight and Jafaru. Ron Harris has his string in decent nick and while King Of The Beers has struggled to get his head infront of late, he is experienced in racing on this surface and that counts for plenty. Dot's Delight landed a gamble last Monday at Wolverhampton for Mark Rimell. On the negative, she has been well beaten when tried on fibresand in the past. Jafaru has been consistent this year on the turf. This will be his first experience of this track and the market is watched accordingly. Altos Reales has dropped significantly down the weights though not without good reason. Bernix was formerly trained by Tim Easterby and while he has obviously had some issues, he kept on over eight furlongs as if he might come on for the run. Credential won a bad maiden at the track and while difficult to win with, he was far from disgraced at Yarmouth on his latest bow. Cragganmore Creek needs little introduction around here and his turf efforts can be swiftly ignored. Gulnaz belied his 100/1 odds to chase home some better types in a recent course maiden. Mean Machine will probably be of appeal once back over hurdles. King Of The Beers is our order in the first.
Jafaru 4-1 (8-11) Chased leaders on inside, switched right and driven over 2f out, stayed on under pressure to take 3rd final 100 yards, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Penang Cinta (9-4) at Brighton 1m 4f app hcp (6) gf.
King of The Beers (USA) 28-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, 9th of 13, 9l behind Hector Spectre (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Bernix 40-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, outpaced and behind, ridden 3f out, kept on approaching final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 13, 6l behind Guga (8-12) at Southwell 1m (6) fbs.
Dot's Delight 10-1 (8-2) Held up mid division, headway over 2f out, led well over 1f out, driven out, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Barodine (8-5) by 1 1/4l, 13 ran.
Apache Dawn 28-1 (9-5) In touch, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 15, 12l behind The Last Alzao (9-8) at Beverley 1m 2f (6) gf.
Credential 4-1 (8-1) Led, clear over 4f out, pushed along and hung right from 2f out, headed and one pace 1f out, 2nd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Al Azy (8-7) at Yarmouth 1m 3f app hcp (6) gf.
Altos Reales 18-1 (8-8) In touch, ridden and effort over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 16, 8l behind Forrest Flyer (9-1) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in May.
Cragganmore Creek 16-1 (8-0) Slowly into stride, headway to chase leader after 2f til over 3f out, soon weakened, 6th of 7, 26l behind Al Azy (8-7) at Yarmouth 1m 3f app hcp (6) gf.
Gulnaz 100-1 (8-12) Prominent, ridden along over 4f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 4th of 10, 8l behind Red Expresso (9-3) at Southwell 1m 3f mdn auc stks (6) fbs in Dec.
Mean Machine (IRE) 28-1 (9-1) Always behind, last of 9, 9l behind Smirfys Systems (8-7) at Wolverhampton 7f clm stks (6) pol in Dec.
Autumn Charm 33-1 (8-11) Always behind, 11th of 15, 26l behind Shared Moment (8-4) at Nottingham 1m 3yo & 4yo sll (6) gf.
