prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, headed close home
held up in touch, pulled hard, not much room after 1f, ridden over 1f out, one pace
held up, effort on inside over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, driven over 1f out, one pace
mid-division, hampered after 1f, weakened inside final furlong
missed break, held up in rear, switched right over 1f out, ran on well final 100 yards, nearest finish
slowly into stride, held up, hung left over 1f out, no impression
slowly away, behind, never dangerous
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, led close home
mid-division, edged left and weakened inside final furlong
prominent, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden an every chance inside final furlong, held close home
BOOMERANG BOB came up short in Class 2 company last time but won in this grade at Chelmsford before that. Jamie Osborne’s sprinter should make another bold bid and is preferred to stablemate Illegally Blonde, though is closely matched on Chelmsford running with Highland Acclaim. Most of the remainder are upped in class including recent 7f winner Young John and the three-year-old Alkhor, who won at Lingfield last time when beating Salvatore Fury a short-head. Cool Bahamian won off a similar mark at Newmarket in August but it’s been sometime since he last won on the all-weather.
Boomerang Bob (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Justice Good (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Highland Acclaim (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Chased leader, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 5th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Nimr (9-1) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Illegally Blonde (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Always in rear, never a factor, last of 9, 2l behind Wolowitz (9-5) at Lingfield 5f stks (2) pol in Mar.
Young John (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Close up, headway 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, won at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Nov beating Holiday Magic (8-10) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Cool Bahamian (IRE) 25-1 (8-7) Pulled hard, in rear, weakened over 2f out, 13th of 14, 11 1/4l behind Lord Of The Land (9-10) at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Oct.
Steelriver (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Dwelt, behind, stayed on final furlong, never dangerous, 8th of 14, 6l behind Kenny The Captain (8-13) at Newcastle 6f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Salvatore Fury (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish and closed, just failed, 2nd of 11, shd behind Alkhor (9-2) at Lingfield 6f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Fleckerl (IRE) 14-1 (9-6) Started slowly, behind, headway on inside over 1f out, never going pace to get involved, 7th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Alkhor (9-2) at Lingfield 6f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Oriental Relation (IRE) 14-1 (9-6) Towards rear, ridden halfway, never on terms, 8th of 14, 4 1/4l behind Showdaisy (9-4) at Southwell 5f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Equally Fast 12-1 (9-4) Led until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 15, 7 1/4l behind Orient Class (8-11) at Haydock 5f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Yeeoow (IRE) 12-1 (9-8) Raced wide, chased leaders, went 2nd inside final furlong until inside final 150 yards, weakened and lost 4th close home, 5th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Al Khan (9-13) at Lingfield 7f stks (6) pol in Nov.
Sophisticated Heir (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) In touch, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 14, 3 1/4l behind Captain Dion (9-6) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Alkhor 8-1 (9-2) Chased leaders on inside, good headway between horses to lead inside final furlong, driven and just held on, all out, won at Lingfield 6f hcp (4) pol in Nov beating Salvatore Fury (9-3) by shd, 11 ran.
