held up, headway to go 3rd 8f out, chased leader over 3f out, led on bit over 1f out, readily
led, 4 lengths clear 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on, no chance with winner
held up, ridden and weakened over 4f out
tracked leader to over 3f out, soon weakened
in touch, lost place 9f out, soon ridden, kept on one pace from over 2f out
Nonrunner
An unusually small field for this mile and half contest and the three in with chances are York Cliff, High Frequency and Tiegs, the last named just gets the verdict. The selection showed much improved form to beat Farnborough last time. Coming again over a furlong out and going on to score by four lengths. That was in a slightly stronger race than this and so he has obvious form claims. High Frequency has been running well over further but does have solid form over course and distance. With the stable amongst the winners he should be capable of getting involved in the finish. York Cliff has also been contesting better races than this and although he has to give weight away he should be in there at the death. Scott's Mill is from a top yard but has shown very little in three runs and so we return to Tiegs as our idea of the winner.
York Cliff 6-1 (8-12) Held up, ridden over 4f out, headway over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous, 5th of 13, 7l behind Lady Pilot (8-12) at W'hampton 2m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
High Frequency (IRE) 9-4fav (9-3) In touch, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Trebello (9-0) at Southwell 2m banded stk (7) fbs.
Solipsist (IRE) 100-1 (9-5) Behind, ridden over 3f out, never on terms, 7th of 10, 20l behind City Well (8-3) at W'hampton 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol.
Tiegs (IRE) 10-1 (8-3) Led, headed over 5f out, ridden to lead again over 1f out, hung right, ridden out, won at Southwell 1m 4f app hcp (6) fbs beating Farnborough (8-12) by 4l, 8 ran.
Scott's Mill 25-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, weakened over 4f out, 11th of 15, 44l behind Gifted Musician (9-0) at Catterick 1m 4f mdn stk (5) sft in Nov.
Power And Demand 80-1 (9-7) Soon outpaced, last of 8, 24l behind Beauteous (9-6) at W'hampton 7f banded stk (H) fbs in Apr '04.