held up, headway 2f out, soon ridden, one pace final furlong
led, ridden and headed 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, one pace final 2f
prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden over 2f out, led 1f out, headed and not quicken towards finish
slowly into stride, always behind
slowly into stride, soon switched left, held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on, not reached leaders
in touch, ridden 2f out, no extra final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace
prominent, ridden over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
slowly into stride, behind, ridden when not much room and headway over 1f out, ran on strongly to lead towards finish
Trinculo is the pick over Our Little Secret, Special Gold and City For Conquest. Trinculo justified his short price when landing a similar event to this at Catterick in August, and turns out again for Dandy Nicholls here. He is not the force of old that is for sure, but should have the class to do the business again. Our Little Secret has a number of placed efforts to his name, and this is just about his level, while Special Gold was successful last time, and although he is no world-beater either, is another that can get involved. City For Conquest has winning form over the course-and-distance and looks best of the three-year-olds, but we are happy to go with age over youth in the shape of Trinculo.
Johnston's Diamond (IRE) 50-1 (8-9) Soon led, headed halfway, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 12l behind Bygone Days (8-9) at Hamilton 6f stk (2) gs in Sept.
Our Little Secret (IRE) 12-1 (8-13) Went right at start, soon in touch, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 21, 1 1/2l behind Elkhorn (9-1) at Redcar 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Sept.
Special Gold 16-1 (8-7) With leader far side, challenged from halfway, led close home, won at Newcastle 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Sept beating Harrys House (9-1) by 1/2l, 16 ran.
City For Conquest (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Chased leader, edged slightly left over 3f out, led over 1f out, driven out, won at W'hampton 5f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Sept beating Even Bolder (8-12) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Sounds Simla (IRE) 25-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 15th of 17, 7l behind Dancing Mystery (8-11) at Goodwood 5f app hcp (5) gd in Sept.
Diamond Josh 12-1 (7-13) Behind most of way, 12th of 16, 11l behind The Cayterers (8-11) at Brighton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Sept.
Howards Princess 25-1 (9-1) Chased leaders to halfway stand's side, 14th of 16, 12l behind Special Gold (8-7) at Newcastle 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Sept.
Trinculo (IRE) 1-2fav (9-7) Raced wide, pushed along halfway, ridden over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on, won at Catterick 5f clm (6) sft in Aug beating Sounds Simla (8-5) by a nk, 6 ran.
