held up, ridden and headway over 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong
behind and keen, ridden over 4f out, never dangerous
held up in touch, ridden 3f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on one-paced
keen and prominent, led over 5f out, headed over 4f out, soon weakened and tailed off
prominent, ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out
held up in touch, led over 4f out, ridden clear 3f out, ran on well
led, headed over 5f out, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off
always towards rear, tailed off
held up in rear, well behind final 5f
held up in touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, soon no extra
prominent, ridden 6f out, soon beaten
held up, headway 6f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
Halland Park Lad had been struggling this term but took advantage of a lenient mark when scoring a narrow victory in a Windsor seller in October before confirming his well being with a placed effort over course and distance next time. Sylvester Kirk's charge has been raised 2lb since but is still thrown in on his old form and is the TEAMtalk choice to come out on top. The lightly raced Fiddlers Creek appeared to appreciate the step up to this trip when successful at Musselburgh last month (now 6lb higher on all-weather bow) and has to be respected if taking to the surface. Dual purpose performer Lunar Lord has not been seen since comfortably landing an Epsom handicap in July and is 7lb lower on his return to the all-weather so should go close if fit. Golden Chance showed signs of a return to form last time but Mr Gisby may struggle under top weight and Littleton Zephir was below his best last time and now has something to prove following a three-month break.
