led, ridden and headed briefly entering final 2f, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, not quicken and headed towards finish
slowly into stride, soon tracked leading trio, ridden and outpaced 3f out, headway towards inside over 1f out, stayed on steadily inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
held up in rear, closer order on inside 3f out, switched right to outside 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish
chased leader, slightly wide on bend over 3f out and soon lost 2nd, ridden to challenge and every chance from 2f out until weakened towards finish
held up in 5th, outpaced 3f out, no chance after
chased leading pair, went 2nd inside final 3f, ridden to challenge and led briefly entering final 2f, stayed on and every chance until not quicken towards finish
FATHSTA is hard to oppose in this contest. He's clear of the rest on official ratings and, with improvement expected after a recent pipe-opener at Leicester, David Simcock's charge can return to winning ways. It's difficult to know what to expect from the opposition, as No Hubris scored on his seasonal debut last year only to finish last in four of five subsequent starts, while Beauchamp Yorker made a winning debut in 2009 but was well beaten on his sole start last year. Jack My Boy has the past form to figure but Mujood and Sir Bruno look up against it on today's terms.
No Hubris (USA) 20-1 (8-11) Made most until ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, last of 21, 29l behind Horseradish (8-13) at Doncaster 7f hcp 105 (2) gs in Nov.
Beauchamp Yorker 12-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, hung left and weakened over 2f out, 7th of 10, 17l behind Uphold (8-13) at Haydock 1m 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gs in Aug.
Fathsta (IRE) 22-1 (9-2) Keen tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 10l behind Flambeau (8-11) at Leicester 7f Listed stks (1) gf.
Jack My Boy (IRE) 33-1 (9-2) Led narrowly, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 11th of 14, 11l behind Jimmy Styles (9-2) at Doncaster 6f Listed stks 3yo (1) gd.
Mujood 100-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, under pressure halfway, soon lost place, 17th of 25, 16l behind Light From Mars (9-7) at Newbury 1m hcp (2) gf.
Sir Bruno (FR) 5-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, ridden and chance over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 11, 8l behind Lutine Bell (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov.