close up, tracked leaders halfway, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong
headl up, wide and headway over 3f out, led approaching final furlong, ridden out (hand timed)
prominent, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace
led, pushed along and edged right over 1f out, soon headed, stayed on
held up, some headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent until halfway, close up, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, headway to track leaders halfway, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, rallied final furlong
raced wide prominent 2f, in touch, ridden and weakened 3f out
raced wide towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, never on terms
slowly away in rear, behind 8f out, tailed off
RESTIVE landed a double here including this race at this time last year. He’s reunited with winning partner Luke Morris today and should make a bold bid. Amitie Waltz remains 7lb higher than when scoring at Bath last month but handles this surface while Vivernus has won twice in only six starts for Adrian Nicholls and debuts on the Fibresand. Star Ascending won both here and at Wolverhampton early in the year and is back on a winning mark while Scrafton won over 1m6f here in May and is 3lb lower today.
Restive (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 12, 11 3/4l behind Lopes Dancer (9-7) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp (5) sft in Nov.
Amitie Waltz (FR) 2-1fav (10-12) Towards rear, some headway and ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 16, at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Vivernus (USA) 10-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, ridden on outside over 3f out, edged right over 2f out, soon beaten, 6th of 9, 15l behind The Pinto Kid (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Purple Rock (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) In rear, pushed along 4f out, never on terms, 7th of 9, 12 1/2l behind Hawridge Flyer (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Star Ascending (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on outside under pressure over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 12, 6l behind Universal Command (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Bombero (IRE) 20-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, headway to lead over 7f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened quickly over 1f out, last of 13, 11 1/4l behind Point In Time (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Epitaph (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Close up, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 11, 16 3/4l behind Victoria Drummond (9-2) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Essenaitch (IRE) 18-1 (9-3) Mid-division, weakened over 3f out, 9th of 12, 8 3/4l behind Iconic Code (8-6) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Scrafton 20-1 (11-9) Mid-division, mistake 1st, jumped right throughout, weakened 4 out, 8th of 14, dist behind Chozen (12-0) at Southwell 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Landscape (FR) 9-4fav (11-6) Mid-division, headway to chase leaders 6th, effort after 3 out, soon weakened, 6th of 11, 26 1/2l behind Hear The Chimes (11-11) at Sedgefield 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Nov.