held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon lost place
mid-division, headway over 3f out, led over 1f out, hung left, stayed on
always behind
held up towards rear, kept on final furlong, never on terms
led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, kept on
held up towards rear, took keen hold, headway on outside 8f out, lost place over 2f out
prominent early, tracked leaders, every chance over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, no extra close home
held up towards rear, kept on inside final furlong, never nearer
mid-division, headway over 1f out, went 4th inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
chased leaders, ridden and lost place over 2f out
held up in rear, stayed on inside final furlong, never troubled leaders
took keen hold, soon prominent, weakened from over 1f out
LORD HOWARD debuted on the all-weather with last month’s victory at Kempton. He returned a convincing winner, having lost his place at one point in the race, and there looks more to come from him. Enmeshing finished in front of Good Impression when third over track and trip last time and can race off the same mark today but this is much tougher than the classified event won by Ember's Glow recently with Cheng Gong is preferred.
Good Impression 12-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway from 3f out, chased winner 2f out, hung left over 1f out, soon lost 2nd, stayed on same pace, 4th of 12, 3l behind Hooflepuff (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Enmeshing 9-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, took keen hold, held up towards rear, not clear run over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 1 3/4l behind Hooflepuff (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Lord Howard (IRE) 9-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, still plenty to do 2f out, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on to lead final 100 yards, soon clear, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Nov beating Toybox (9-7) by 2l, 14 ran.
Ember's Glow 7-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, led 1f out, stayed on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Dec beating Gladden (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Cheng Gong 11-8fav (8-10) Chased leaders, every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 9, 1l behind Que Quieres (8-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Golden Deal (IRE) 3-1 (9-3) Prominent, led after 1f, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 24 1/4l behind Born To Reason (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (6) pol in Nov.
Valentine Mist (IRE) 66-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, led over 6f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 12, 10 1/2l behind Seaforth (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (6) pol in Dec.
Gibraltarian (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Prominent, went 2nd over 8f out, led over 7f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened, 12th of 14, 7 3/4l behind Lord Howard (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Final Attack (IRE) 14-1 (8-8) Held up, pushed along over 2f out, never on terms, 9th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Sunshineandbubbles (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Sexy Secret 66-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, lost place 4f out, soon ridden, behind final 2f, last of 15, 22l behind Minnelli (9-6) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
Gms Princess 200-1 (9-0) Toward rear, pushed along 2f out, kept on one inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 15l behind Classic Design (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Louisiana Beat (IRE) 25-1 (8-9) Raced keenly, tracking leaders on inside, shuffled back and lost place halfway, effort on inside chasing leaders over 2f out, weakened towards finish, 6th of 14, 4 1/4l behind Lord Howard (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
