chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, challenged inside final furlong, stayed on
slowly into stride, held up, never in contention
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
slowly into stride, outpaced and always in rear
held up, headway over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong
reared start and slowly away, held up, switched right over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened from over 1f out
always prominent, led over 1f out, stayed on well
TURANGA LEELA has been threatening to get her head back in front and may well do so today dropping down a grade. She’s preferred to Steelriver, placed at Kempton a week ago, while Bahuta Acha has only his second outing on the all-weather having finished runner-up at Windsor recently. Upstaging ran well in the Ayr Bronze Cup but reverted to type with only a moderate effort at Newcastle last time, though still finished in front of Great Shout.
Steelriver (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on inside 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 3/4l behind Swiss Pride (9-6) at Kempton 6f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Upstaging 20-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never near leaders, 6th of 13, 5 1/4l behind Futuristic (9-6) at Newcastle 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Silca Mistress 14-1 (9-7) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Jabalaly (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Turanga Leela 3-1fav (9-2) Chased leaders on outside, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on, 4th of 6, 1 3/4l behind Betsey Trotter (10-1) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp fll (4) pol in Oct.
Laubali 25-1 (9-1) Mid-division, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, never threatened leaders, 8th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Helvetian (9-7) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Great Shout (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Fly-leapt leaving stalls, behind, ridden 2f out, never pace to challenge, 8th of 13, 7 3/4l behind Futuristic (9-6) at Newcastle 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Spirit Of Wedza (IRE) 28-1 (8-11) In rear, ridden 2f out, never a factor, 11th of 14, 6 1/4l behind Secretinthepark (9-3) at Newcastle 5f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Miracle Garden 14-1 (9-3) Always towards rear, never on terms, 8th of 11, 7 1/4l behind Oeil De Tigre (10-3) at Windsor 6f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Bahuta Acha 12-1 (11-7) Always prominent, chased winner approaching final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Smokey Lane (11-10) at Windsor 6f hcp (6) sft in Oct.