tracked leader, led over 4f out, edged left over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, not much room on rail and switched left inside final furlong, no impression on winner when lost 2nd last stride
mid-division, ridden 4f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never reached leaders
close 5th, going well 3f out, not clear run briefly over 2f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, no impression
led until over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, eased
chased leaders, awkward on bend and lost place over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, headway on outside under pressure over 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong
started slowly, towards rear, reminders 4f out, moderate effort on outside over 1f
held up in last pair, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, took 2nd last stride, no impression on winner
in touch, ridden along 3f out, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged right to rail inside final furlong, soon clear
held up towards rear, under pressure over 3f out, no progress
slowly into stride, last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong
chased leaders, driven over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
Both Mountain Range and FINE THREADS ended their first campaigns in winning form and are likely to do much better this season. The latter in particular has scope to make major improvement and could have been let in off a very fair mark for her handicap debut. Tijori won a couple of minor races before running reasonably well in a better event at Salisbury while another unexposed type, Undulant Way, begins her handicap career from the bottom of the weights after three maiden runs and she's bred to be much better over middle-distances. Praxios is another with the requisite three runs behind him and looks just the type that Luca Cumani, who won this last year, does so well with. Jaridh ran a shocker at Kempton in October after showing some promise at Wolverhampton earlier but Little Black Book stormed home in a Southwell maiden and could be anything though this is obviously much tougher.
Little Black Book (IRE) 12-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ridden and edged right final furlong, ran on (hand timed), won at Southwell 1m mdn stks (5) fbs in Apr beating All Right Now (9-13) by 4l, 12 ran.
Sylas Ings 11-2 (9-3) Tracked leaders, joined leader over 3f out until 1f out, no extra, 4th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Amerthyst (8-12) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (5) pol in Nov.
Tijori (IRE) 17-2 (8-12) Held up in touch, chased leaders over 2f out, stayed on well, never able to challenge, 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Boogie Shoes (9-7) at Salisbury 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) fm.
Puttingonthestyle (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Terdaad (9-3) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn stks (4) pol in Oct.
Jaridh (USA) 12-1 (9-3) Took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened 3f out, last of 10, 24l behind Splash Point (9-3) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn stks (4) pol in Oct.
Levantera (IRE) 16-1 (9-1) With leader, led over 8f out, headed 3f out, led again 2f out, soon ridden, headed towards finish, 2nd of 16, nk behind Slight Advantage (9-1) at Nottingham 1m 2f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Sep.
Praxios 3-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, headway on outside 3f out, went 3rd well over 1f out, one pace and no impression on leading duo final furlong, 3rd of 7, 4l behind Fadhaa (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Apr.
Mountain Range (IRE) 8-1 (8-11) Held up towards rear, pushed along and headway over 2f out, switched left to outer over 1f out, kept on to lead final 100 yards, won at Windsor 1m 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Oct beating Jacobs Son (9-7) by 1l, 10 ran.
Fine Threads 11-10fav (8-12) Slowly into stride, tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on to lead close home, won at Ayr 7f 2yo mdn (5) hvy in Oct beating Sabratha (8-9) by ns, 6 ran.
Red Mercury (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Led, ridden 2f out, headed approaching 1f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 8l behind Tullius (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Undulant Way 10-1 (8-12) Chased leader until 3f out, close up, ridden and hung left on camber inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 11l behind Maywood (9-3) at Brighton 1m 2yo mdn (5) gd in Oct.
Brilliant Barca 9-1 (9-5) Dwelt, soon close 4th, went 3rd over 3f out, ridden and one pace when hung left from over 1f out, weakened and lost 2 places inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 10l behind Dubai Glory (8-12) at Windsor 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr.
Tornado Force (IRE) 7-2fav (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden to lead 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Baharat (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
