slowly into stride, soon with winner, ridden and every chance 2f out, not quicken well inside final furlong
slowly into stride, behind, kept on final furlong, never dangerous
chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, jumped path inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish
towards rear, ridden 2f out, ran on final furlong, never reached leaders
in touch, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
carried left and bumped start, mid-division, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
hampered start, always towards rear
chased leaders, ridden halfway, one pace final furlong
went left start, made virtually all, ridden 2f out, ran on
Cativo Cavallino looks the pick in this modest affair, Prettilini and Succeed could provide most danger. Julian Poulton's gelding is steadily getting the hang of this game and finished an excellent third behind Overwing at Lingfield last time. With further progression expected he should be hard to beat here. Prettilini has a bit in hand of the selection on official ratings and didn't fair badly last time. However the stable is very much out of form and so you can't back this one with any confidence. Succeed ran well over course and distance last time and may be a bit of each-way value. The others make very little appeal and so we come back to Cativo Cavallino as our idea of the winner.
Radiator Rooney (IRE) 16-1 (8-0) Held up, kept on from over 1f out, 8th of 15, 3 1/2l behind Platinum Blonde (8-3) at Navan 5f 2yo hcp gd in Oct.
Ballyhooligan (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Prominent on outer, ridden 3f out, soon outpaced, weakened quickly over 2f out, 8th of 9, 25l behind Racer Forever (9-0) at Salisbury 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Aug.
Cativo Cavallino 7-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders on inner, not much room entering final furlong and again inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Overwing (8-9) at Lingfield 5f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Nov.
Drink To Me Only 100-1 (8-6) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 17, 24l behind Misphire (8-7) at Pontefract 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gs in Oct.
Scattered Empire (IRE) 80-1 (8-9) In touch, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 20l behind The City Kid (8-4) at Southwell 6f 2yo mdn aut (7) fbs in Nov.
No Inkling (IRE) 100-1 (8-9) Went right start, led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 8l behind Sant Elena (8-9) at Nottingham 6f 2yo mdn aut (6) sft in Oct.
Succeed (IRE) 10-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, not quicken inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Magidene (8-8) at W'hampton 5f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Prettilini 7-2 (8-2) Slowly into stride, raced wide, held up, ridden and headway well over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 13, nk behind Soviet Legend (8-6) at W'hampton 5f 2yo mdn aut (7) pol in Oct.