soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 1f out, ran on inside final furlong to lead near finish
soon towards rear and pushed along, unseated rider over 3f out
held up, pushed along over 2f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, never near leaders
held up and behind, never dangerous
raced keenly, led early, tracked leader, led over 1f out, hung left entering final furlong, headed near finish
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ran on to go 3rd towards finish, not reach front pair
prominent, driven over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
always in rear
chased leaders, weakened well over 1f out, eased inside final furlong
chased leaders, weakened over 2f out
Karen George's Bertie Southstreet has been in good form here of late, winning three of his last four starts and has solid claims of scoring again but GRUDGE has a nice pull in the weights for the two lengths that separated the pair in a claimer last month and can reverse that form with the main danger rated as Decider. The gelding has shown a reasonable level of form for Ron Harris of late and should be thereabouts at the finish again. Kevin Ryan's runners in this grade always warrant respect and Grimes Faith is no exception but he needs to improve on recent form to trouble the judge. Cheshire Rose ran better at Kempton last time in a handicap and could be of interest dropped to this grade, while Thunder Bay has similar claims but has not been in good form of late until an improved effort last time. Several of these have chances but Grudge has a good opportunity to reverse earlier form with Bertie Southstreet and gets the vote.
Bertie Southstreet 9-2 (8-5) Tracked leader, led approaching 2f out, kept on well, won at Wolverhampton 5f clm stks (6) pol in Oct beating Grudge (8-9) by 2l, 12 ran.
Decider (USA) 11-2 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden and rider dropped reign 2f out, soon recovered, driven to lead narrowly over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Forever's Girl (9-2) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Grimes Faith 20-1 (8-5) Pushed along towards rear, ridden and some headway over 1f out, never troubled leaders, 4th of 10, 6l behind Northern Bolt (9-0) at Catterick 5f clm stks (6) sft.
Thunder Bay 7-1 (8-6) Led, headed over 4f out, chased winner, no impression, 2nd of 8, 8l behind Ebraam (9-2) at Wolverhampton 6f clm stks (6) pol.
Edge End 9-1 (8-11) Soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra well inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 3l behind Cheery Cat (8-7) at Lingfield 6f app hcp 0-55 (6) pol in Oct.
Grudge 17-2 (9-4) Chased leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 14, 10l behind Spirit of Coniston (8-11) at Catterick 5f hcp 0-65 (6) sft in Oct.
Monsieur Reynard 11-2 (8-13) Prominent, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Spoof Master (9-1) at Kempton 5f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Wreningham 12-1 (8-7) Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Absa Lutte (8-12) at Kempton 5f clm stks 0-70 (6) pol in Oct.
Cheshire Rose 14-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden and one pace inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 1l behind Spoof Master (9-1) at Kempton 5f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Especially Special (IRE) 7-1 (8-10) Behind, under pressure halfway, headway over 1f out, nearest finish, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Absa Lutte (8-12) at Kempton 5f clm stks 0-70 (6) pol in Oct.
Queen Of Dobbin (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Chased leaders in 5th, no extra from under 2f out, 11th of 15, 18l behind Allegra Tak (8-9) at Naas 7f fll mdn stks in Jul.
Ingleby Star (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, 7th of 10, 7l behind Igoyougo (9-7) at Musselburgh 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Oct.
Andrasta 50-1 (7-11) Chased leaders far side group, kept on final furlong, 6th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Silk Gallery (8-6) at Catterick 5f hcp 0-65 (6) sft in Oct.
