held up towards rear, ridden inside final 3f, stayed on from over 1f out, never going pace to get involved
took keen hold, chased leader, led inside final 2f, kept on strongly final furlong
in touch, wide on bend 5f out, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, not pace to challenge, closed on 2nd close home
held up in rear, never a factor
chased leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
held up towards rear, pushed along on inside over 2f out, never on terms
led, headed inside final 2f, no impression when lost 2nd 1f out, no extra in 4th inside final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, keeping on and still well there when badly hampered on inside rail over 2f out, soon eased, not recover
chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, switched sharply right to inside rail over 2f out, stayed on to 2nd 1f out, no chance with winner
Planetoid did well last year, winning at Kempton and Newmarket, and David Lanigan's stable is in reasonable form. He has claims but Steuben would prefer a softer surface and this looks a little too tough for all-weather regular Admirable Duque. New River continues to disappoint and Warwick fifth Anton Dolin still looks too high in the weights so we'll take a punt on KINGS TROOP. It's now obvious that Alan King's six-year-old will never make a hurdler but he has some decent form on the level over this sort of trip and the fast ground won't be a problem. He's handicapped to go very close if fully wound-up.
Planetoid (IRE) 5-2fav (9-6) Tracked leaders, steadied over 10f out, headway over 2f out, challenged well over 1f out, not look that straight forward, unable to quicken inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2l behind A Boy Named Suzi (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Sep.
Vasily 8-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders and keen, led halfway, headed over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 9th of 18, 13l behind Mulaqen (9-6) at York 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Anton Dolin (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Took keen hold, held up in touch, headway to chase leaders 3f out, stayed on same pace final 2f, 5th of 9, 7l behind Miss Aix (9-1) at Warwick 1m 3f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Apr.
The Cayterers 8-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, behind, headway on far rail inside final 3f, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd last stride, 3rd of 12, 4l behind Galiando (9-6) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug.
Kings Troop 33-1 (9-10) Behind, some late headway, 9th of 18, 8l behind Gulf of Naples (9-2) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Admirable Duque (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Keen towards rear, never a factor, 8th of 9, 15l behind Storm Hawk (8-13) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-95 (3) fbs in Mar.
Tasfeya 14-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 13, 7l behind Star Commander (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
Sohar 15-2 (8-12) Chased leading pair, went 2nd 8f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, lost 2nd inside final 2f, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 3l behind Deck Walk (8-12) at Newbury 1m 2f 3yo fll stks (5) gd in Aug.
New River (IRE) 11-4fav (9-5) Dwelt, held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4l behind Understory (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Steuben (GER) 33-1 (9-7) Led until 5f out, lost 2nd 4f out, weakened quickly over 3f out, tailed off, last of 4, 24l behind Grumeti (8-11) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp 0-95 (3) gs.
Iron Condor 25-1 (8-4) Mid-division, effort on outside over 2f out, never on terms, 7th of 16, 6l behind Franciscan (9-6) at York 1m 4f hcp 0-90 (3) gf.
