slowly into stride, raced wide, held up, ridden over 2f out, never troubled leaders
close up, ridden and led well over 1f out, headed post
led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, driven and kept on inside final furlong
held up, ridden and some headway over 2f out, no impression from over 1f out
raced wide, keen in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
dwelt, held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous
held up in touch, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
held up, headway 3f out, staying on when broke leg over 1f out, soon pulled up
keen, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
tracked leader, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, stayed on to lead post
Khanjar, Wahoo Sam and Kings Empire all have claims in a very tricky event, but we will take a chance on Red Contact.The selection was beaten by Wahoo Sam over course and distance earlier this month, going down by just three-quarters of a length. There is little change in the weights this afternoon but Red Contact is very lightly raced and should improve past that rival. Khanjar's last visit here ended in victory when he landed a classified event back in August. He has performed with plenty of credit since at Lingfield and Wolverhampton and could be the main threat to the selection. King Empire is the another one to consider, he ran no sort of race behind Wahoo Sam last time, but had previously beaten today's rival Templet in good style and a repeat of that effort would see him vying for a place. Nimello and Najaaba are certainly not out of it on their best form, but Red Contact has the most scope for improvement and gets the vote