tracked leader, led entering final 2f, soon joined, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on gamely
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
tracked leaders, joined winner over 1f out, ridden and not quicken inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed entering final 2f, weakened final furlong
raced wide raced freely in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened and hung right from over 1f out
close up, ridden to chase leading pair over 1f out, stayed on one pace
slowly away always in rear
A couple of recent winners could end up fighting this one out. Doldrums won her maiden over a shorter trip here last month and has every chance on her handicap debut. But it could pay to stick with the top-weight MODERNISM, a winner over 1m2f at Lingfield in October and raised only 3lb. Lean On Pete won at this track on his penultimate start but finished behind fifth-placed Berlusca off a higher mark last time and Gabrial's Hope has looked high enough in the weights since landing a double on the Polytrack early in the year.
Modernism 3-1fav (9-10) Soon led, headed over 8f out, chased leaders, effort on inside over 1f out, ridden to lead 1f out, driven out, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Oct beating Red Warrior (9-5) by nk, 11 ran.
Lean On Pete (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Held up in rear, wide entering straight, soon driven and outpaced, never able to challenge, 6th of 7, 7l behind Epic Battle (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Nov.
Berlusca (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Led, ridden and headed 1f out, kept on same pace, lost place inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 5l behind Epic Battle (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Nov.
Doldrums (USA) 7-1 (9-0) Led, headed 6f out, pressed leader, led again 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov beating Like A Diamond (9-5) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.
Munsarim (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Led until over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 12, 11l behind Syncopate (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Red Dragon (IRE) 33-1 (8-10) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd post, no impression on front pair, 3rd of 11, 6l behind Dixie's Dream (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov.
Gabrial's Hope (FR) 8-1 (7-12) 4th of 8, 8l behind Activate (8-11) at Catterick 1m 4f (6) gf in Jun.