mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon hard ridden, no impression
held up in touch, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
slowly into stride, mid-division, headway over 2f out, never on terms
always behind, never a factor
mid-division, smooth headway over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, nearest finish
chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well
tracked leader, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1 out
slowly into stride, behind, headway over 2f out, never dangerous
tracked leaders, lost place over 3f out
led, hard ridden and strongly challenged over 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong
pulled hard in rear, some late headway, never dangerous
held up mid-division, under pressure over 4f out, soon weakened
Hard to be confident about any of these, but POLAR AURORAS gets the token vote as she's dropped in class after a fourth at Kempton last time. Indian Emperor also produced a better effort at this track last week having slipped down the weights, while Princess Gail scored over a shorter trip here in October, but is 7lb higher today. Baby Driver is another sliding down the handicap and he finished a bit closer at this track on Monday, but Edgware Road and Ace Master have proved best over shorter trips so far.
Indian Emperor (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 2l behind Winged Valkyrie (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Nov.
Polar Auroras 20-1 (8-10) Behind, headway on inside 2f out, ridden and stayed on to 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 3l behind Full Bloom (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Merrjanah 66-1 (10-5) Slowly into stride, in rear, rider became unbalanced and nearly fell off over 2f out, 11th of 14, 10l behind Minortransgression (10-10) at Southwell 1m am hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Nov.
Joyously 50-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on from over 1f out, never near leaders, 7th of 12, 4l behind Bill Page (9-2) at Kempton 1m 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Dec '10.
Edgware Road 15-2 (9-6) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression, 8th of 19, 4l behind Half A Crown (9-4) at Redcar 6f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Nov.
Maven 15-2 (8-7) In touch, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 11, 18l behind Green Howard (9-7) at Redcar 7f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Nov.
Ace Master 22-1 (9-5) Held up in rear, ridden 3f out, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 5th of 9, 7l behind Silver Wind (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Nov.
Princess Gail 9-2 (9-1) Last to break, held up, headway over 3f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 7l behind Miss Villefranche (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Nov.
Littleportnbrandy (IRE) 20-1 (8-1) Chased leaders, ridden and lost place 4f out, last of 6, 21l behind Honkers Bonkers (8-11) at Southwell 7f 3yo sell stks (6) fbs in Feb.
Baby Driver 9-1 (8-10) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged left and kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Barton Bounty (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Excellence (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Mid-division on inside, losing place when badly hampered inside final 3f, no real progress after, not recover, 8th of 13, 11l behind Lady On Top (8-9) at Lingfield 7f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in May.
Cairanne 100-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 7th of 10, 13l behind Riczar (8-12) at Southwell 7f 3yo mdn stks (5) fbs in Nov.
Illawalla 100-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along over 3f out, soon ridden and weakened, last of 12, 42l behind Stylistickhill (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Oct.
