held up in rear, took keen hold, not fluent 4th, effort after 3 out, not fluent 2 out, no impression, no extra last
pressed leader, not fluent 1st or 2nd, led 4th, headed after next, ridden 3 out, switched right and challenged last, led flat, headed post
tracked leaders, went 2nd after 3 out, led when guessed at 2 out, headed flat, unable to quicken
tracked leaders, mistake 5th, lost place when mistake 9th, well beaten 3 out, tailed off
led until 4th, led after next, not fluent 6th, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, no extra flat
tracked leaders, ridden after 3 out, weakening when mistake 2 out
mid-division, took keen hold, not fluent 7th, headway 9th, mistake 3 out, ridden when mistake next, no extra last
held up, mistake and ridden 8th, well beaten when mistake 3 out
held up in rear, not fluent 7th, ridden after 9th, not fluent 3 out, headway 2 out, ran on flat to lead post
held up towards rear on outside, took keen hold, headway after 7th, not fluent 3 out, not fluent, slightly hampered and stumbled 2 out, no extra when hit last
Tigre D'Aron didn't show much on his reappearance but should strip fitter here. Philadelphus may be capable of better while Carribs Leap was a decent novice last term and will have needed his run at Newbury in November. Dantari was just beaten over 2m4f here last time but is 5lb higher now so we'll stick with the in-form CARRICKMINES. Though trainer Philip Hobbs has Pavillon Bleu in the line-up, Richard Johnson keeps faith with Richard Newland's veteran who was up against a couple of progressive novices when third at Ascot last month. Quinte Du Chatelet shouldn't be ignored but is probably still a few pounds too high in the weights.
Tigre D'aron (FR) 5-1fav (11-4) Held up in mid-division, ridden approaching 3 out, no headway, 14th of 23, 27l behind Decoy (11-6) at Cheltenham 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gd in Nov.
Pavillon Bleu (FR) 40-1 (11-7) Prominent, ridden after 7th, lost place approaching 9th, well held 2 out, 8th of 11, 12l behind Fox Appeal (11-2) at Taunton 3m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gs in Dec.
Carribs Leap (IRE) 8-1 (10-9) Took keen hold in mid-division on inside, slow 7th, hit next, ridden and weakened before 3 out, 8th of 12, 43l behind Sivola De Sivola (10-13) at Newbury 3m hcp hdl 0-140 (3) gs in Nov.
Dantari (IRE) 11-4fav (11-7) Led, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, stayed on, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind J'Adhere (11-2) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) gs in Dec.
Quinte du Chatelet (FR) 10-1 (11-6) Tracked winner until outpaced from 4 out, kept on from 2 out, no impression, 6th of 9, 31l behind Radetsky March (11-12) at Ffos Las 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) hvy in Dec.
Mac Federal (IRE) 14-1 (10-6) Mid-division, lost place after 4th, never dangerous after, 10th of 21, 22l behind Albertas Run (10-4) at Aintree 3m Listed hcp hdl (1) gd in Apr '07.
Otter Mist 20-1 (10-13) Held up towards rear, mistake and outpaced 3 out, stayed on flat, no threat to leaders, 4th of 11, 10l behind Fox Appeal (11-2) at Taunton 3m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gs in Dec.
Philadelphus 80-1 (10-7) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, outpaced approaching 3 out, not fluent 2 out, stayed on flat, 5th of 12, 9l behind Real Milan (11-0) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f NH mdn hdl (5) sft in Dec.
Carrickmines (IRE) 5-1 (11-3) Held up in rear, headway 4 out, chased leaders after next, kept on under pressure, never able to challenge, 3rd of 14, 19l behind Water Garden (11-2) at Ascot 3m nov hcp hdl 0-120 (4) sft in Dec.
Madame Jasmine 4-1 (11-3) Held up off the pace in 5th, mistake 7th, went 3rd approaching 8th, closer order 10th, went 2nd briefly before 2 out, no chance with leading duo soon after, 3rd of 6, 21l behind Always Bold (11-9) at Fontwell 3m 3f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs in Nov.
Sovereign Spirit (IRE) 50-1 (11-7) Held up, not fluent and ridden 6th, behind 7th, continued well tailed off, 8th of 9, well behind Bringewood Belle (10-4) at Uttoxeter 3m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) hvy in Dec.
