held up, headway over 4f out, went 2nd over 3f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, no extra final furlong
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 4f out, outpaced over 2f out, rallied and hung left over 1f out, ran on to lead towards finish
led, hung right and headed 9f out, stayed prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, effort over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders, led 8f out, ridden over 2f out, headed and no extra towards finish
prominent to over 4f out, soon behind
tracked leaders, led 9f out to 8f out, weakened over 5f out
behind from halfway
Nonrunner
Nonrunner
Sungio may be capable of taking this despite topweight, with Spectested and Islands Farewell others to consider over this marathon trip. The selection runs off a similar mark to that which he won off over course and distance in November. He seems to prefer this surface to the polytrack and we can discount a below par effort here last time out, when he got away very slowly and was never able to get in a blow. He is better than that and can prove it here. Spectested has come back to the fibresand after a couple of hurdles efforts earlier in the autumn. The gelding is still a maiden after 14 starts, but he has shown some ability on his two latest starts here and this extra trip will probably be in his favour, with more time to get into it. He can make the frame, while Gemi Bed would have a fair bit better chance on faster ground, and Islands Farewell did not get home over 11 furlongs at Southwell last time, so having performed largely on fast ground thus far, has a fair bit to prove here. But Sungio will like conditions and a trip and can go in again.
