prominent, raced keenly, shaken up over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened
refused to race
held up in rear, struggling 3f out, never dangerous
pressed leader until relegated to 3rd over 2f out, rallied to go 2nd again 1f out, stayed on well to lead close home
raced keenly, always prominent, led 2f out, soon looked in command, ridden and hung badly left inside final furlong, headed close home
mid-division, headway halfway, weakened over 3f out
held up in rear, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and headway 3f out, weakened 2f out
led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up towards rear, raced keenly, headway over 3f out, hung right over 2f out, soon weakened
took keen hold in rear, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, tailed off
A competitive bumper to close the card and it could pay to side with David Pipe's newcomer QUEL NOUBA, who is nominated over Priors Coppice and Brukirk Lass. The selection hails from a yard in decent form and anything David Pipe sends to post in these type of events is worth a look. Quel Nouba makes plenty of appeal on breeding and as the form of those who have seen the racecourse is only moderate, he looks worth chancing. Priors Coppice has shown up quite well on his two runs so far and he ran a solid race to chase home Cross Kennon at Ludlow last time. That looked quite a weak race but he clearly has ability and he looks the best of those with racecourse experience. Brukirk Lass won well on her debut but she disappointed under a penalty last time out when she was well beaten. Necromancer showed a degree of promise here on his debut, but more will be required to win this and we will take a chance on the newcomer Quel Nouba who might be good enough to make a winning debut.
Blessed Forever (IRE) 40-1 (11-0) Mid-division until weakened over 3f out, 12th of 19, 17l behind Bensalem (11-0) at Sandown 2m nhf (4) sft in Nov.
Furmagiatt 7-1 (10-13) Led to 7f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace final 2f, 3rd of 7, 14l behind Royal Scoundrel (10-13) at N Abbot 2m 1f nhf (6) gd in Aug.
My Jim Fan Beat All gelding out of Topical Times.
Necromancer (IRE) 7-1 (10-11) Prominent, lost place 6f out, some progress again 3f out, one pace, 5th of 14, 9l behind Bai Zhu (10-9) at Towcester 2m nhf (5) sft in Nov.
Priors Coppice 10-3fav (11-2) Prominent, soon led, ridden, headed over 2f out, one pace, 3rd of 16, 10l behind Cross Kennon (11-2) at Ludlow 2m mdn nhf (4) gs in Nov.
Quel Ferbet (FR) 9-2 (11-4) Held up towards rear, headway 7f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 13, 19l behind Abey M'Boy (11-4) at Hereford 2m 1f nhf (6) gs in Nov.
Quel Nouba (FR) Vertical Speed gelding out of Very Happy.
All The Fashion (IRE) 8-1 (10-7) Held up, ridden and some progress to chase leading trio halfway, kept on one pace to take poor 3rd final furlong, 3rd of 9, 20l behind Neil Harvey (11-0) at Towcester 2m nhf (5) gs in Dec.
Brukirk Lass 9-2 (10-11) Mid-division, ridden 4f out, weakened 3f out, 8th of 13, 47l behind Gilwen Glory (10-13) at Taunton 2m 1f mrs nhf (5) gs.
Buck The Trend 50-1 (10-12) Led 4f, weakened 6f out, 17th of 18, 35l behind Suburban Bay (10-9) at Warwick 1m 6f jnr opn nhf (5) sft in Nov.
Wild Bury 100-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, ridden 4f out, weakened over 3f out, 15th of 18, 27l behind Zazamix (10-12) at Newbury 1m 4f 4yo nhf (6) sft.
