tracked leaders, switched right over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon clear
reared start, pulled hard, led briefly 1f out, soon beaten
tracked leaders, soon pushed along, kept on one pace
led, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out and weakened
Dress To Impress, Baytown Paikea and Yungaburra are three against the field in a tough race to call for punters and the narrow vote is given to Dress To Impress. The selection won well last time out when beating Ama de Cassa and despite his penalty he remains ion a fair mark and will be hard to beat. Baytown Paikea rates the main danger on his latest third behind Billy Ruffian; he looks likely to be given an easy lead and off a low weight he will not be far away. Yungaburra is game and consistent and is sure to run his race but he looks vulnerable under top weight. Of the remainder, Hephaestus' best form is on turf and with this in mind for the winner we return to Dress To Impress.
Yungaburra (IRE) 3-1jt-fav (9-3) Chased leader, led 2f out, ridden and edged left 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened near finish, 2nd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Cool Box (8-11) at Lingfield 6f 2yo hcp (3) pol in Nov. Later dsq to 3rd.
Dress To Impress (IRE) 8-11fav (9-3) Took kean hold, led 4f out, clear over 1f out, ran on, won at W'hampton 5f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Nov beating Ama de Casa (8-12) by 2l, 7 ran.
Hephaestus 20-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, ridden and weakened quickly over 2f out, last of 9, 22l behind Alittlebitleft (9-2) at W'hampton 7f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Baytown Paikea 11-2 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, carried right inside final furlong, one pace, 3rd of 7, 2l behind Billy Ruffian (9-7) at W'hampton 5f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
