held up, raced keenly, pushed along briefly over 4f out, headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, hung left and challenged inside final furlong, ran on to lead close home
always prominent, went 2nd over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed close home
mid-division, headway over 5f out, ridden 3f out, one pace when not clear run over 2f out, no impression after
held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, soon eased
in touch, ridden and switched right over 2f out, soon hung left, weakened inside final furlong
raced keenly, held up, ridden over 3f out, soon struggling
held up in rear, headway over 5f out, ridden over 4f out, weakened well over 3f out
slowly into stride, soon recovered to lead, hung right on bend from 7f out until over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leader until over 6f out, weakened over 4f out, soon lost touch, tailed off
Twist Bookie will be popular and he keeps an admirable level of consistency on his CV, but preference tonight is for Raquel White, while Oasis Sun is also a danger. Raquel White is 5lb above her most recent win but she does like it here and she has dropped 1lb since a very good effort last time. It is open but it may well be her turn tonight. Twist Bookie will make them all go and has been kept very busy over hurdles and on the flat throughout 2007. The New Year brings no change for him except that he has again gone up in the weights and is now 5lb higher than when a head second to Sir Sandicliffe over c&d last time and that will make this particularly tough. Oasis Sun is also up in the weights, now 8lb higher than when winning over 11f at Kempton last month and even though he should run his race he will also find things tricky with that to shoulder. Kings Fable has some ability but has a bit to prove after being out of form over obstacles lately and we will side with Raquel White.
Fantasy Ride 3-1jt-fav (9-7) Held up, ridden over 2f out, no headway, soon outpaced, 8th of 11, 10l behind dhtrs Noah Jameel (8-9) & Sir Haydn (9-6) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Raquel White 11-1 (8-7) Dwelt, headway to track leaders over 9f out, pushed along 4f out, chased winner over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 9, 3/4l behind Gamesters Lady (9-5) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Dec.
Twist Bookie (IRE) 6-5fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, driven 2f out, ran on held, 2nd of 9, hd behind Sir Sandicliffe (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Oasis Sun (IRE) 3-1 (9-2) Held up 4th, ridden 3f out, no impression over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong to take 3rd near finish, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Royal Premier (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
King's Fable (USA) 7-1 (8-1) Chased leaders until weakened over 3f out, 8th of 12, 10l behind Virginia Rose (8-4) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Nov '06.
Beauchamp Turbo 7-1 (9-3) Always in rear division, 15th of 16, well behind Tiffin Brown (8-7) at Beverley 2m 3yo mdn hcp (6) gd in Jul '05.
Sea Frolic (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Always in rear, 9th of 13, 36l behind Young Scotton (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp 0-50 (6) pol in Nov.
Cyril The Squirrel 20-1 (9-3) Raced keenly towards rear, headway 2f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong, not reached leaders, 6th of 8, 2l behind Auntie Mame (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Dec.
One And Gone (IRE) 66-1 (8-4) Always in rear, 10th of 11, 19l behind Haroldini (9-0) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) fbs in Dec.
