led, headed over 7f and remained in touch until weakened over 3f
held up, smooth headway over 1f, ridden to challenge and every chance approaching final furlong, kept on
towards rear, headway over 3f, kept on final furlong
held up in rear, effort over 3f, never reached challenging position
in touch, ridden along over 5f, soon beaten
mid-division, headway over 3f, led well over 1f, driven and kept on gamely final furlong
always rear division
held up behind leaders, ridden along over 3f, weakened final furlong
in touch, led over 7f, headed 3f out, soon beaten
With plenty of these seemingly in the grip of the handicapper he vote goes to EUREKA MOMENT but only just with Brave Mave and Rawdon also looking dangerous. It's true the selection had very little to beat when breaking the maiden's tag last time but with a lot of the main rivals handicapped to the hilt and with no margin for error she looks fairly treated. Her handicap form before that victory is also solid enough and with improvement expected she can go on again on a surface which has already brought out her best. Brave Mave had to live up to her name to land a similar race over course and distance last time. Her mark has suffered to the tune of six pounds and with the margin so small last time that looks vital. Rawdon has been running well in some novice hurdle events and ran well on his last appearance on the level so he must be respected while Il Grande Ardone will win a race like this but needs a shorter trip so Eureka Moment can get in front again.
Karmest 17-2 (9-7) Held up behind leaders, ridden along and headway over 2f, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 6, 3/4l behind Orkney (8-10) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Brave Mave 4-1fav (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader over 2f out, led inside final furlong, driven out, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Nov beating Pertemps Networks (9-8) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
Rawdon (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Held up, headway 3f out, soon chasing winner until over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Bavarian Nordic (9-1) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) hvy in Oct.
Mustajed 8-1 (9-1) Started slowly, soon prominent, led over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 12l behind Heathyards Pride (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 4f clm (6) pol.
Red Wine 33-1 (8-6) Started slowly, always rear, struggling over 2f out, tailed off, 9th of 10, 28l behind Paktolos (9-10) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Hill Billy Rock (IRE) 7-2 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, soon lost place, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 9, 13l behind Bukit Tinggi (9-5) at Haydock 1m 6f hcap (4) gf in May.
Il Grande Ardone 11-4 (9-3) Held up in rear, ridden along 4f out, headway to take 2nd place over 1f, no chance with winner, 2nd of 4, 10l behind Taikoo (9-4) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Agapanthus (GER) 16-1 (9-4) Tracked winner, ridden along over 3f, soon beaten, last of 4, well behind Taikoo (9-4) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Eureka Moment 5-2fav (8-12) Held up behind leaders, led 3f, clear over 1f, pushed out final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 4f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) fbs beating Monaadi (9-3) by 3l, 7 ran.
Summer Lodge 7-1 (8-12) Prominent, chased leader over 4f out, led over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Prince Golan (8-13) at W'hampton 1m 1f app hcp (5) pol.
