held up in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, nearest finish
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on under pressure
in touch, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, stayed on well
tracked leaders, took keen hold, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Starwatch has to come into the reckoning on his second here last week while Appease has been threatening to score with a couple of recent placed efforts on the all-weather to his credit. But STORM is less exposed than both of the above and Charlie Hills' filly is fancied to make a winning return after going close at Kempton in November. One Pekan found only Evangelist too good over track and trip in July and looks set to run a big race on his reappearance and Bobbyscot has also been placed at the track off a higher mark.
Icebuster 7-1 (8-12) Reluctant to leave stalls and lost many lengths, behind until over 8f out, in rear, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, last of 11, 28l behind Viewpoint (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f app hcp 0-105 (2) pol in Apr.
Presburg (IRE) 40-1 (9-5) Towards rear, never a factor, 9th of 14, 13l behind Litigant (9-5) at Lingfield 2m cnd stks (4yo+) (2) pol in Apr.
One Pekan (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace and no impression inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Gone Dutch (8-10) at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) pol in Oct.
Appease 7-2 (9-0) Led until over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 2nd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Red Runaway (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Apr.
Starwatch 20-1 (8-10) Chased leader, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, readily held but kept on for 2nd, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Top Diktat (9-7) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Apr.
Bobbyscot (IRE) 16-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, lost place well over 2f out, 7th of 9, 25l behind Aloha (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Sep.
Storm (IRE) 13-8fav (9-3) Tracked leaders in 3rd, led over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Thankyou Very Much (8-9) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.