led, ridden and headed well inside final furlong, no extra
dwelt in rear, ridden and headway inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
close up, ridden and headway inside final furlong, ran on, just failed
tracked leader, pushed along 2f out, ridden to lead well inside final furlong, all out
in touch, soon pushed along, ridden halfway, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, switched left over 1f out, shaken up inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish
towards rear, ridden 2f out, never a factor
Fine 'n Dandy began last year off a mark of 84 but was down to 58 when scoring at Musselburgh in September. He went up 7lb for that and led for a long way at Southwell last month where he reportedly broke a blood vessel. Things haven't been going right for Give Us A Belle for some time and he was impeded at the start here last week. He's on a decent enough mark and should get involved but the consistent Major Muscari very rarely runs over the minimum these days and is better over further. OHSOSECRET (NAP) won here in November and is back on the same mark despite only having run three times subsequently. He's no world-beater but is generally thereabouts at this sort of level so gets the nod.
Fine 'n Dandy (IRE) 5-2fav (9-7) Tracked leaders, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon weakened, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Coto (9-5) at Southwell 5f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Your Gifted (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) In touch towards rear, short lived effort on outer over 1f out, 7th of 9, 3 3/4l behind Summer Isles (9-6) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Major Muscari (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Held up, headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd close up, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Hamis Al Bin (8-7) at Lingfield 6f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Ohsosecret 6-1 (8-13) In touch, ridden 2f out, headway entering final furlong, stayed on, not trouble leaders, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Zipedeedodah (9-2) at Lingfield 5f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Give Us A Belle (IRE) 7-1 (9-1) In touch, ridden 2f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Summer Isles (9-6) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Frank The Barber (IRE) 3-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, challenged over 1f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, kept on until no extra in 4th towards finish, 4th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Rat Catcher (9-2) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Seraphima 12-1 (8-12) Held up, never dangerous, 8th of 11, 5 3/4l behind Hamis Al Bin (9-5) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Daring Dragon 20-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, in touch, hard driven to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 10 3/4l behind Crosse Fire (9-10) at Southwell 5f hcp (5) pol in Jan.