in touch in rear, headway over 3f out, chased winner entering final 3f, soon ridden, no impression final furlong
close up, ridden to chase winner briefly over 3f out, one pace final 2f
close up, ridden and slightly outpaced over 3f out, plugged on
slowly away in touch in rear, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
made all, set steady pace, ridden over 2f out, stayed on gamely
keen tracked winner, stumbled and lost action 5f out, soon eased, pulled up entering final 3f
Last month's Wolverhampton winner Waahej has claims on the book though he'll need to step up on his previous efforts on the Fibresand to figure. In contrast, Calculating saves his best for this track though he does all his winning over longer trips nowadays. This surface also brings out the best in DAAWEITZA as he's scored twice over C&D and fancied to go in again today despite being 6lb higher than his win here in August. The Coolmore-owned Effervesce has shown nothing so far in three starts on the Flat for David Pipe and C P Joe makes more appeal having won in testing ground at Ffos Las on his latest start.
Waahej 4-1fav (9-6) Held up behind, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Bennelong (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Daaweitza 13-2 (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened towards finish, 6th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Phluke (9-0) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Oct.
Calculating (IRE) 9-1 (9-9) Dwelt in rear, ridden over 4f out, headway 2f out, kept on to go a never dangerous 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, 2 3/4l behind First Rock (8-13) at Southwell 2m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Ibrox (IRE) 14-1 (9-13) Held up, ridden 5f out, weakened over 3f out, 7th of 8, well behind Bivouac (9-12) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Aug '10.
Effervesce (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Very slowly away, always behind, 9th of 10, 20l behind Raucous Behaviour (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Brockfield 7-2fav (8-12) Prominent, led 7f out, ridden 2f out, headed entering just inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Hidden Glory (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.
C P Joe (IRE) 14-1 (8-9) Keen in rear, headway 3f out, led and hung left over 1f out, ridden clear, won at Ffos Las 1m 4f app hcp (6) hvy beating Sistine (9-0) by 5l, 13 ran.