took keen hold, prominent, ridden to lead over 3f out, kept on strongly when faced strong inside final furlong, just held on
prominent, shaken up over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
midfield, shaken up over 3f out, under pressure over 2f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong but joined for third post
never better than midfield, made no impression
always towards rear, never on terms
took keen hold, prominent, ridden over 3f out, sustained strong challenge inside final furlong, just denied
took keen hold, slowly away, always towards rear
midfield, shaken up over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
midfield, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, led, headed when ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
midfield, shaken up over 3f out, headway over 2f out, kept on strongly inside final furlong, forced dead-heat third
SICARIO has placed in all three outings on the all-weather since joining Mick Appleby. An apprentice takes 5lb off his back today and that could swing things his way. Jenny Ren won a classified race here back in August while Bad Attitude finished in front of the disappointing favourite All About Alice over track and trip last week. My Mirage and Kopa Kilana are the least exposed.
My Mirage (IRE) 18-1 (9-10) Towards rear of mid-division, caught out wide when pushed along rounding home turn, ridden 2f out and soon no extra, 9th of 10, 9 1/2l behind Hoots Toots (9-1) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Baileys Warrior 10-1 (8-9) Led early, prominent, led 7f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 6 3/4l behind How Hard Can It Be (9-1) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp fll (5) pol in Feb.
Jenny Ren 11-2 (10-13) Midfield, headway 4f out, ridden to chase leader 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 8 3/4l behind Another Odyssey (10-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Bad Attitude 16-1 (9-6) Chased leaders on inside, went 2nd 10f out until 9f out, chased leaders led again over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra in 3rd, 3rd of 10, 6 1/2l behind Queen Of Ipanema (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Toybox 50-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, neve ron terms, 9th of 13, 12 3/4l behind Central City (9-9) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Sicario (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, switched left inside final furlong, held after, kept on same pace, 3rd of 14, 2 1/2l behind International Law (9-0) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Born To Please 40-1 (9-11) Never better than midfield, 11th of 12, 17 1/4l behind King's Castle (10-10) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Jun.
Vertice (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) In touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 8 1/4l behind Another Odyssey (9-8) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
All About Alice (IRE) 5-2fav (9-2) Held up towards rear, wide home turn, no headway, 7th of 10, 18 1/2l behind Queen Of Ipanema (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Kopa Kilana (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Disputed lead until led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 11, 6l behind Cold Henry (8-13) at Catterick 2m hcp (6) sft in Oct.
Persian Wolf (IRE) 11-1 (9-1) Awkwardly away and went right start, soon switched left and held up towards rear, still plenty to do when headway between horses over 1f out, kept on, 5th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Lethal Touch (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Oct.