held up towards rear, ridden 3f out, never dangerous
in rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous
towards rear and pushed along, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra
chased leaders, went 2nd over 4f out, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
led, headed over 5f out, weakened 4f out
held up mid-division, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous
prominent, went 3rd over 3f out, led over 2f out, kept on and headed towards finish
held up towards rear, pushed along over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, kept on
slowly into stride, held up behind, headway over 2f out, kept on to lead towards finish
tracked leader, led over 5f out, headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, effort over 1f out, never a factor
As with Jimmy Fortune in the previous race, Kieren Fallon also has just the one ride today and WARNEFORD can make it a winning one. The penny finally dropped with the lightly-raced four-year-old when winning a claimer for Brian Meehan at Leicester in October and his new yard has a fine record with similar types. Eyedoro makes a quick reappearance after a short-head defeat at Southwell last week, although he was beaten out of sight over C&D in November, while dual course winner War Of The Roses was pulled up here on last month's comeback after being badly hampered. With Hindsight steps up in trip having won a maiden at this track last time and makes more appeal than September's Dundalk winner Mount Abora.
Russian George (IRE) 40-1 (9-4) Close 5th, ridden 3f out, weakening when hampered over 1f out, 8th of 12, 9l behind All The Winds (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Lyric Poet (USA) 20-1 (8-9) In rear, pushed along over 1f out, staying on inside final furlong when eased near finish, 7th of 14, 9l behind True To Form (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Jawaab (IRE) 50-1 (8-10) Mid-division, outpaced 3f out, soon behind, 9th of 11, 10l behind Opus Maximus (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Warneford 11-4fav (9-3) Close up on outside, smooth headway on bit over 2f out, led inside final 2f, ridden clear final furlong, easily, won at Leicester 1m 4f Classified Claiming Stakes (0-70) (3-5yo) (6) gd in Oct beating Lord Of The Storm (8-4) by 9l, 9 ran.
Jeer (IRE) 22-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, led after 1f, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 21l behind Shieldmaiden (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
With Hindsight (IRE) 11-10fav (9-3) Tracked leaders and keen, led over 1f out, kept on well, driven out, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Oct beating Double Trouble (8-12) by 2l, 9 ran.
War of The Roses (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) In rear, weakened over 4f out, soon tailed off, in a race won by Admirable Duque (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec, 8 ran.
Boa 7-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 16l behind Tornado Force (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Ampleforth 14-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, ridden to challenge well over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 13, 13l behind Thunderstruck (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Mount Abora (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Slowly away, in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 5l behind Hip Hip Hooray (9-0) at Kempton 1m hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Eyedoro (USA) 13-8fav (9-3) Led, ridden and pressed over 1f out, narrowly headed final 100 yards, rallied strongly close home, just held, 2nd of 7, shd behind Bravestofthebrave (9-3) at Southwell 1m 3f mdn stks (5) fbs.
Echos Of Motivator 4-1 (9-2) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, headway over 1f out, one pace, 5th of 8, 5l behind Rasheed (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
