led, ridden over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish
held up behind, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous
in touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on to lead towards finish
outpaced towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden and no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
mid-division, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden and no extra inside final furlong
chased leader, ridden 2f out, soon switched right, edged left inside final furlong, kept on
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HELEN SHERBET has been raised only 2lb for last month’s course and distance success but that is negated by an apprentice’s allowance and Karl Burke’s filly has enough scope to confirm running with several of these. She narrowly got the better of Give Em A Clump on that occasion with Our Kid and Optimickstickhill not far away, though all three have been beaten since with the latter struggling here earlier in the week. Montague won a novice race over 7f at Wolverhampton earlier but Lina's Star ran a shocker at the latter track having won at Newcastle before that.
Montague (IRE) 7-1 (9-10) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Insurgence (9-4) at Lingfield 7f (5) pol in Nov.
Arden Pearl (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) With leader, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 12 3/4l behind Mushtaq (9-2) at Chelmsford City 6f stks (4) pol in Dec.
Hard Graft 16-1 (9-1) Short of room soon after start, soon behind, tailed off, last of 20, dist behind Lexington Grace (9-6) at Newmarket 7f (5) gf in Oct.
Helen Sherbet 10-1 (9-2) Close up, ridden 2f out, effort inside final furlong, stayed on to lead near finish, won at Southwell 6f (5) pol in Nov beating Give Em A Clump (9-2) by hd, 8 ran.
Lina's Star (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Chased leaders on outside, hanging right and lost place over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out, last of 7, 22l behind Joegogo (9-13) at Wolverhampton 6f (5) pol in Nov.
Give Em A Clump (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Dwelt, took keen hold and soon chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, eased, 10th of 11, 15 3/4l behind Roman Spinner (9-7) at Kempton 7f (6) pol in Nov.
Jaffar 100-1 (9-2) Raced wide close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 13, 14 3/4l behind On The Warpath (9-9) at Southwell 7f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Our Kid (IRE) 13-2 (9-7) Switched left soon after start, towards rear, switched right over 1f out, ridden and ran on final furlong, not quite reach leaders, 3rd of 11, nk behind Skyva (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f (6) pol in Nov.
Lady Sophiebella 200-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 11, 6 1/4l behind Two Weeks (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f fll stks (5) pol in Nov.
Optimickstickhill 13-2 (9-4) Led, ridden and edged right over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 14, 8 1/2l behind Shades Of Mist (9-7) at Southwell 6f (6) pol in Dec.