chased leader after slow jump 2nd, hampered and left in lead 4th, headed next, led again before 3 out, headed 2 out, jumped right last, edged right and flashed tail flat, stayed on, just held
led 1st, slowed into 4th and headed, not fluent 3 out, soon pushed along, weakened 2 out
chased leaders, jumped right 4th, challenged next, led 5th, headed before 3 out, led again 2 out, not fluent and went left on landing last, just held on
green to post, green on run to 1st where jumped big and slow and unseated rider
held up towards rear, went right 3rd, headway 3 out, weakened before 2 out
chased leaders, went left and slow 1st, mistake 4th, slow next, pushed along after 3 out, went 3rd 2 out, weakened before last
led until 1st, soon in rear, well beaten before 2 out, went remote 4th latter stages
There wouldn’t have been a lot to choose between the Alan King pair Victory and Forward Flight on the Flat though the former was probably the more reliable. Non Stop never raced beyond a mile on the level so will have stamina to prove while the maiden filly Lemon Ice was beaten a long way when third on her hurdles bow at Stratford. CHARLES ST (NAP) won over 1m4f at Wolverhampton in January and went close several times after over middle distances on Turf. He’s joined a powerful and in-form NH yard so gets the nod with Romancero Le Dun making his racecourse debut.
Charles St 9-4jfav (9-8) Tracked leaders, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, rallied and stayed on inside final furlong, no match for winner, 2nd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Zhang Fei (9-12) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Forward Flight (IRE) 66-1 (8-13) Keen towards rear, weakened over 2f out, tailed off, 11th of 12, 35 3/4l behind Prydwen (10-4) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Non Stop (FR) 5-2fav (9-6) Led after 1f, headed over 4f out, tracked winner, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 7 1/2l behind Cookies And Creme (9-8) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Romancero Le Dun (FR) Spanish Moon gelding out of Uranus Le Dun.
Vaxholm (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Took keen hold, prominent, ridden and weakened from 2f out, 8th of 11, 14 3/4l behind Another Odyssey (9-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Victory (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden and no headway from over 2f out, 7th of 13, 7 1/4l behind Natchez Trace (9-10) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Lemon Ice (IRE) 14-1 (10-9) In rear, ridden and headway approaching last, never nearer, 3rd of 7, dist behind Medyaf (11-2) at Stratford 2m mdn (4) gd in Oct.
